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The 2020 SmokeLong Nominations for The Best Small Fictions!

December 22, 2019

Congratulations to the SmokeLong nominees for The Best Small Fictions 2020! We are so proud of all the stories we publish. We wish we could nominate them all. The decision is always beyond hard.

“Flyover” by Jen Julian

“Panda Breeder” by Tang Fei, translated by Tony Huang

“From Your Jerry” by Kevin Sterne

“Friday Night at Debra Jo’s Phone Sex Emporium” by Amy Rossi

“Mortality Event” by Hadiyyah Kuma

We’re crossing our fingers for you all. All of these stories do something amazing with the word count.

The SmokeLong Team

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