Stephen Graham Jones’s last book is Zombie Bake-Off. His next is Growing Up Dead in Texas, which this story really is the dedication for, except it’s not in the book. He says this: “I blurbed Michael Kimball’s brilliant Dear Everybody back forever ago, and then by six or seven years later, in a thieving state of mind, forgot that this was his form, not mine. So, for more like ‘Dedication,’ hit Dear Everybody, everybody. But I was also trying to re-tell Peter Tysver’s amazing wonderful perfect “After the Stations of the Cross.” So read that too.”
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.