art by Karen Prosen
Bezalel Stern’s work has been published in McSweeney’s, MonkeyBicycle, Wigleaf, The Literary Review, SmokeLong Quarterly, Contrary Magazine, Revolution House, >kill author, and other places. In 2013-2014, Bezalel was an Emerging Writer Fellow at the Center for Fiction in New York. He is currently working on a novel.
In September 2022 SmokeLong launched a workshop environment/community christened SmokeLong Fitness. This community workshop is happening right now on our dedicated workshop site. If you choose to join us, you will work in a small group of around 15-20 participants to give and receive feedback on flash narratives—one new writing task each week.