Issue Eighty-Two

December 2023

From the Editor

I have so much to tell you. We have winners! Lots of them. Over the last few months, we’ve been reading for The SmokeLong Grand Micro Competition, The SmokeLong Workshop Prize, and The SmokeLong Fellowship for Emerging Writers. You’ve been busy, and so have we. The winners of The SmokeLong Grand Micro Competition (The Mikey)… Continue reading Issue Eighty-Two

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Deliver Us Maureen Langloss(Read author interview)
Things the Rain Says[i] Amy Bobeda(Read author interview)
The Title of Our Memoir Mara Aguilar-Erdman(Read author interview)
Chicken Natalie Warther(Read author interview)
How to Talk to Your Children About War E.A. Aymar(Read author interview)
Balance Barbara Diggs(Read author interview)
The Great Butter Baby Championship Emily Rinkema(Read author interview)
Perseids Madeline Anthes(Read author interview)
Mother Tongue Kik Lodge(Read author interview)
Noir Story Joy Castro(Read author interview)
Hey Lisa I Hope You Like Sara Hills(Read author interview)
Passing Dhyanna Raffi-David(Read author interview)
Unfinished Houses Ani King(Read author interview)

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