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SmokeLong Quarterly

SmokeLong Quarterly has been dedicated to publishing the best flash narratives since 2003.

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Issue Eighty-Seven

December 2024

From the Editor

I have so much to tell you and so much to ask. These are troubling times, but you will have noticed this. What can an independent online journal do to resist rising fascism choking the arts and putting people at risk? In my last letter from the editor I mentioned the Kennedy Center, and now… Continue reading New Front (continue reading)

Smokelong Quarterly Issue Eighty-Seven

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The core workshop of SmokeLong Fitness is all in writing, so you can take part from anywhere at anytime. We are excited about creating a supportive, consistent and structured environment for flash writers to work on their craft in a community. We are thrilled and proud to say that our workshop participants have won, placed, or been listed in every major flash competition. Community works.

 

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Have you just written some new flash and don’t know what to do next? Is there a story that won’t let you go but that never quite feels ‘there’? Do you keep submitting a piece you love that never quite lands? This session is designed to help you attack the process of editing and polishing… Continue reading High Intensity Interval Training for Flash Writers: All New Editing Edition, 2025

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Issue Fifty-One

Flash fiction can often be just like those nebulous jellyfish on our beautiful cover art by Jessica Gawinski. Floating in a larger world, its soft edges blurring. Some flash feels like you can put your hand through it. The story wants to sting you. It’s there, in front of you, but still indistinct, still difficult… Continue reading Issue Fifty-One

Featuring stories by: Claire PoldersKendra FortmeyerElizabeth Deanna Morris LakesBix GabrielChristopher LockeVanessa MártirLorie BroumandDenne Michele NorrisEmma Smith-StevensShasta GrantTyler BartonLara EhrlichLeonora DesarLisa SmithiesMeredith AllingMaria MutchJames R. GapinskiScott OnakTim RaymondJames NokesJillian Jackson

Haley Sim

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Haley Sim

Haley Sim is a writer from Queens, NY. She is a 7 train rider, a Fiona Apple enjoyer, and the keeper of a lovely calico cat.

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