Issue Forty-Eight

June 2015

From the Editor

Hello Readers, It’s already proving to be a hot summer in D.C., and I feel like I want to be the cat in the art paired with our interviews for Issue 48. Nice comfy couch outside in the shade, quiet all around, half-asleep and daydreaming. I’m really excited for this issue of SmokeLong Quarterly because… Continue reading Issue Forty-Eight

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A Window Rolli(Read author interview)
She Waits between Egg and Slug Chauna Craig(Read author interview)
Silence in Forty-Two Dustin M. Hoffman(Read author interview)
Old Man Falling Off of Stool Timur Jonathan Karaca(Read author interview)
The Sadness of Spirits Aimee Pogson(Read author interview)
Laura Palmer’s Bar and Grill Andrew F. Sullivan(Read author interview)
The Easy Arm of Adam Katie McClendon(Read author interview)
Rapping Gary Fincke(Read author interview)
Broken Bird Debbie Kinsey(Read author interview)
Any Friend of My Friend Mardith Louisell(Read author interview)
Puberty Kat Gonso(Read author interview)
Beethoven’s Fifth in C Minor Pete Stevens(Read author interview)
Ghosht Korma Tara Isabel Zambrano(Read author interview)
Drone Gary V. Powell(Read author interview)
Bricolage Kathryn Kulpa(Read author interview)
Bird of Paradise Alexander Lumans(Read author interview)
Twelve Things I Can Tell You about Cutting Kathryn Lipari(Read author interview)
Fall Santi Elijah Holley(Read author interview)

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