Art by SmokeLong Quarterly
This story is part of SmokeLong Quarterly‘s Global Flash Series. To maintain the integrity of the Hebrew text, we are presenting it in the form of a pdf.
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‘Drowned’ is a prime example of how flash fiction can tell a story with a past, present, and future all bundled into a small space. There is such a sense of both history and character here, and the writing itself is glorious.
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The SmokeLong Grand Micro Contest
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Previously published as well as previously unpublished work will be considered.