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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

SmokeLong Fitness--The Community Workshop

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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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Kickstart Your Novel with Flash
with Shasta Grant

In this 90-minute craft discussion and reading with Shasta Grant, we’ll explore ways flash writers can approach writing longer works. We’ll discuss Grant’s When We Were Feral, a novel coming out in 2026 and how she used her flash chops to gain traction in a novel-length work. Date: June 15th Time: 2pm NYC. Please check for… Continue reading Kickstart Your Novel with Flash
with Shasta Grant

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Issue Sixty — The SmokeLong Quarterly Award for Flash Fiction

When I first thought of the idea for the contest issue, I was excited but also very nervous. Would we be able to earn enough money to pay our winner? Would anyone enter? Would our submitters be mad at us for closing our general submissions for so long? And yet, after 15 years of publishing,… Continue reading Issue Sixty — The SmokeLong Quarterly Award for Flash Fiction

Featuring stories by: Alvin ParkDevin KellyElaine EdwardsEliezra SchaffzinJennifer WortmanJonathan CardewTochukwu Emmanuel OkaforTheresa HottelSam BurnsMichelle OrabonaKerry CullenSara Johnson AllenJonathan D. NixonMolly GilesDevin KellyKathryn McMahonUlf PikeLyndsie ManusosJosh WestonMolia DumbletonJoy BaglioJessica CaveroK.C. Mead-Brewer

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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