Wyatt Bonikowski’s fictions have appeared in Fairy Tale Review, HAD, Lake Effect, Necessary Fiction, New World Writing, Wigleaf, and other journals. His creative nonfiction, “Gin: A Diptych,” was published in August 2025 in The Palisades Review. In September he presented an essay, “Haunted by the Other,” at the Kathryn Davis Symposium at Porter Square Books Boston Edition. He teaches literature and creative writing at Suffolk University and lives outside of Boston, Massachusetts, with his wife and two daughters.
Stories in Smokelong Quarterly
Story:
Conflagration Kills Five
Interview: Smoke Signals with
Wyatt Bonikowski
Story:
Bible Camp
Interview: Smoking With Wyatt Bonikowski
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.