Paul Rousseau is a disabled writer represented by Darhansoff & Verrill literary agency. His debut FRIENDLY FIRE: A FRACTURED MEMOIR is available from HarperCollins. Paul’s work has also appeared in Catapult, New Delta Review, CRAFT, Writer’s Digest, SmokeLong Quarterly, Monkeybicycle, Wigleaf, the San Francisco Chronicle, and Newsweek, among others, and has been selected for Best Small Fictions 2024, the Wigleaf Top 50, winner of the SmokeLong Summer CNF Competition 2024, as well as nominated for a Pushcart Prize, Best of the Net, and Best American Science Fiction & Fantasy.
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.