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Simon Barker

Simon Barker is an Australian living in Sydney, though for a number of years he lived in the Bay Area of California. His writing has appeared in Eclectica, Word Riot, Storyglossia and elsewhere and will appear soon in Birkensnake. His 2009 story, “Tarzan of the Danube,” was nominated by decomP for a Pushcart Prize.

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Stories in Smokelong Quarterly

Story: Two Boyfriends
Interview: Smoking With Simon Barker

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The SmokeLong Grand Micro Contest

Deadline November 15th!

The SmokeLong Grand Micro Contest (The Mikey) is now an annual competition celebrating and compensating the best micro fiction and nonfiction online.

The grand prize winner of The Mikey is automatically nominated for Best Small Fictions and any other prize we deem appropriate. In addition, we will pay the grand prize winner $1000. Second place: $500. Third place $300. Finalists: $100. All finalists and placers will be published in the December ’25 issue of SmokeLong.

Previously published as well as previously unpublished work will be considered.