Issue Sixty-Six

December 2019

From the Editor

I have so much to tell you. As always. A quarter goes by, and so much happens. First, if Tara Laskowski published your work, gave you some great editing advice, championed you in any way while she was editor-in-chief of SmokeLong, give her a shout out. She gave nine years of her life to this… Continue reading Issue Sixty-Six

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The Sugar that Comes from Funerals Avra Margariti(Read author interview)
Cartwheel Mia Heavener(Read author interview)
Double Blind David Ryan(Read author interview)
MarsOne Sara C. Thomason(Read author interview)
On Desert Towns and How To Leave Them Shawn Mangerino(Read author interview)
Whistle Language Alyssa Proujansky(Read author interview)
Nail Polish Carolyn Oliver(Read author interview)
Knife Game Kira Homsher(Read author interview)
Kamote Janssen Cunanan(Read author interview)
Curving the Pointy Edges Santino Prinzi(Read author interview)
Sweet-N-Low Pingmei Lan(Read author interview)
Tolls Amanda Marbais(Read author interview)
Eternal Sunshine Tom McMillan(Read author interview)
The Thick of It Sacha Bissonnette(Read author interview)
Gator Bait Alexander Cendrowski(Read author interview)
Librarian Wendy BooydeGraaff(Read author interview)
The Door Michael Alessi(Read author interview)
The First Invention Tyler Sones(Read author interview)
Mother Christen Noel Kauffman(Read author interview)
What You Will Think About at Your Mother’s Deathwatch Shawn Nocher(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Previously published as well as previously unpublished work will be considered.

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