Issue Twenty-One

June 2008

From the Editor

Today is our birthday! SmokeLong Quarterly is five years old! Can you believe it? In our five years, we’ve published almost 500 flashes by over 300 different authors. That kind of boggles my mind (although my mind might be more easily bogglable at the moment than usual—I’m probably a wee bit sleep deprived). And that… Continue reading Issue Twenty-One

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Paper Mouse Bob Arter(Read author interview)
The Folk Singer Dreams of Time Machines Matt Bell(Read author interview)
The Bone Orchard Randall Brown(Read author interview)
Disease Relics Blake Butler(Read author interview)
We Decided to Make Porn Brian Allen Carr(Read author interview)
The Baby Drop-Off Natascia Casey-Dean(Read author interview)
The Cougar Dave Clapper(Read author interview)
Anointed Myfanwy Collins(Read author interview)
Sister Earth John Colvin(Read author interview)
Soap Katrina Denza(Read author interview)
The Interpretation of Light Murray Dunlap(Read author interview)
The Hole Ashley Farmer(Read author interview)
Repair Man Kathy Fish(Read author interview)
In the Kitchen She Wakes Stefanie Freele(Read author interview)
American Gothic Scott Garson(Read author interview)
Lobster Girl Alicia Gifford(Read author interview)
Pen and Notebook Natalie Goldberg(Read author interview)
Memento Mori Rosanne Griffeth(Read author interview)
BiC Steven Douglas Gullion(Read author interview)
Parting Evelyn Hampton(Read author interview)
Tuesday Lindsay Hunter(Read author interview)
Waiting on Lombard Street W.P. Kinsella(Read author interview)
Johnny Nance Knauer(Read author interview)
Like Swimming Jeff Landon(Read author interview)
Feeling Sad Darby Larson(Read author interview)
Alone With Cooper Ellen Meister(Read author interview)
The Angel’s Visitation Corey Mesler(Read author interview)
South Dakota Mary Miller(Read author interview)
California Fruit Meg Pokrass(Read author interview)
Home Made Bruce Holland Rogers(Read author interview)
Handful of Dirt Jim Ruland(Read author interview)
Steam City Girl Paul Silverman(Read author interview)
Sugar Claudia Smith(Read author interview)
The 13th Toast Amy Sparks(Read author interview)
Gathering Kelly Spitzer(Read author interview)
Tiny Shadows Maryanne Stahl(Read author interview)
Double-Exposure Thomas White(Read author interview)
Epistemology Joseph Young(Read author interview)
Why This Isn’t a Good Story to Tell Shellie Zacharia(Read author interview)
Liquid Michelle Zellers(Read author interview)
Real Estate Bonnie ZoBell(Read author interview)

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