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SmokeLong Quarterly

SmokeLong Quarterly has been dedicated to publishing the best flash narratives since 2003.

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Issue Eighty-Nine

September 2025

From the Editor

I have so much to tell you. We have a banger of an issue to share with you. As usual “we” are a village that spans the global flash community—so many dedicated, talented writers, editors, interviewers, reviewers, readers, and artists. Producing an issue of SmokeLong always relies on the efforts of around 60 people. As… Continue reading New Front (continue reading)

Smokelong Quarterly Issue Eighty-Nine

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Promptember Nov 8-Dec 14!

Jump in anytime! It’s free! Join the SmokeLong workshop community for a mysterious month between November and December that we’ve christened Promptember! We’ll be meeting several times a week online with write-in and open mic events at various times to suit participants around this spinning globe. And the wonderful thing about Promptember is that it’s… Continue reading Promptember Nov 8-Dec 14!

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Issue Forty-One

We are proud to share a wide range of stories in this issue, and also an impressive depth. Several touch on alienation and the act of moving on. More than a few deal with death in their own unique ways. We even have an alienated ghost in the story “The Eleventh Floor Ghost,” by our… Continue reading Issue Forty-One

Featuring stories by: Adam PetersonBindu BansinathCarla ChaitDavid MohanFreda Love SmithKaren DietrichKayla Rae WhitakerKristin BonillaLeesa Cross-SmithLeigh Allison WilsonLuke WigetMargaret Patton ChapmanMaxim LoskutoffMegan GiddingsMeg CarrollRebecca PodosShawn RubenfeldTeresa MilbrodtTracey S. Rosenberg

Colette Love Hilliard

Colette Love Hilliard is a writer and English teacher from St. Louis, MO. She is the author of two blackout poetry collections—A Wonderful Catastrophe and Celestial Timpani—and her work is featured or forthcoming in HAD, SmokeLong Quarterly, The Indianapolis Review, and elsewhere. Among other things, a photo of her dog can be found at colettelh.com.

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