Issue Sixty-One

September 2018

From the Editor

This has been such a full year so far for the SmokeLong family. Our first competition—the SmokeLong Quarterly Award for Flash Fiction—was a staggering success, resulting in 23 killer stories in Issue 60. We’ll be holding the competition again in 2020 (so now would be a good time to start drafting something amazing). The other… Continue reading Issue Sixty-One

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Ringo Starr Jeff Landon(Read author interview)
Sky Like Concrete Mike Riess(Read author interview)
We Lose Our Virginities Diana Clarke(Read author interview)
Sister Wives at the County Fair Lynn Mundell(Read author interview)
We All Know About Margo Megan Pillow(Read author interview)
If the light, then the light Beckie Dashiell(Read author interview)
The Photo Svetlana Beggs(Read author interview)
Weather Person Steven Grassel(Read author interview)
Swans John Mancini(Read author interview)
Sweetness Gary Moshimer(Read author interview)
‘Shopping’ ya Shilingi Elfu Tano James Kemoli Amata(Read author interview)
Now You See Me Tiffany Quay Tyson(Read author interview)
Government-issued Bunnies Caroline Bock(Read author interview)
Ourself, Ourself Lindsey Baker(Read author interview)
The Way to Reach You Janelle M. Williams(Read author interview)
Gathered Family Janika Oza(Read author interview)
A Case of Fire Tochukwu Emmanuel Okafor(Read author interview)

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The SmokeLong Grand Micro Contest

Deadline November 15th!

The SmokeLong Grand Micro Contest (The Mikey) is now an annual competition celebrating and compensating the best micro fiction and nonfiction online.

The grand prize winner of The Mikey is automatically nominated for Best Small Fictions and any other prize we deem appropriate. In addition, we will pay the grand prize winner $1000. Second place: $500. Third place $300. Finalists: $100. All finalists and placers will be published in the December ’25 issue of SmokeLong.

Previously published as well as previously unpublished work will be considered.

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