Nickalus Rupert spent most of his life near the Gulf Coast of Florida. In 2015, he completed an MFA fellowship at the University of Central Florida. Currently, he is a PhD student at the University of Southern Mississippi and a former associate editor of Mississippi Review. His fiction has appeared or is forthcoming in Harpur Palate, Slice Magazine, The Literary Review, Pleiades, Tin House Online, Sonora Review Online, and other journals. Currently, he is at work on Giants of the False Desert, a novel.
In September 2022 SmokeLong launched a workshop environment/community christened SmokeLong Fitness. This acclaimed 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.