Issue Forty-Three

March 2014

From the Editor

Dear SmokeLong Friends, Once again, we have a wonderful selection of stories for you. As I look over this batch, it strikes me that our authors have taken some serious liberties with reality: the full-on magic of “Womb Viewer,” the loose connections of “Salvador Dalí Eyes” (Press 53 Contest winner), the dreamlike language of “A… Continue reading Issue Forty-Three

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And Day and Night and After Adam Peterson(Read author interview)
What We Understand to Be Ghosts Andy Myers(Read author interview)
Sparks Bezalel Stern(Read author interview)
Baseball Bat Chase Burke(Read author interview)
Salvador Dali Eyes Douglas Campbell(Read author interview)
A Light Kneels By a Gutter Emma Sovich(Read author interview)
We Are Pictures of Ourselves Drinking Grant Bailie(Read author interview)
Repeatable Sequence #7 ‘A Bad Scallop’ Ian Woollen(Read author interview)
The Part of the Story I Won’t Be Telling You Janet Frishberg(Read author interview)
Other Damage Jef Otte(Read author interview)
Womb Viewer Julienne Grey(Read author interview)
The Tiny Woman Who Hates You Megan Giddings(Read author interview)
True, False and Floating Rijn Collins(Read author interview)
If There’s Any Truth In A Northbound Train Ryan Werner(Read author interview)
Animal Sarah Herrington(Read author interview)
What You Sold Online Sarah Moesta(Read author interview)
Bred in Captivity Sonja Vitow(Read author interview)
Doubles Stephen S. Mills(Read author interview)
White Guys Are All the Same Thaddeus R. Gunn(Read author interview)

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