If I had to pick a song to go along with this issue, I’d probably choose Marvin Gaye’s “Let’s Get It On.” This issue oozes with sex in all its aspects (more on that below). But I don’t have to pick just one song. That’s because, for the first time, we have a whole playlist to go along with the issue. Update 2025: Please note that SmokeLong deleted its Spotify account subsequent to this issue. This playlist is no longer available.
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In the beginning of 2016, I asked our readers and submitters to send us some stories about sex that don’t read like bad porn. A year and a half later, you all listened! As we started putting together this issue, we realized a theme was emerging—we had a small collection of stories about doing the deed, and they were all super interesting and very different from one another.
There’s Caitlin GD’s “What We Do for Work,” in which two young girls deal with a particular client’s fetishes. In “Sins of Omission,” James Claffey looks at the interesting crossroads of sex and religion as a young boy obsesses over an older woman. Jen Michalski takes us into the soul of an aged rocker who’s outgrown her biggest hit song in “I’m Such a Slut and I Don’t Give a Fuck.” In “Belly,” a group of boys gets more than they bargained for when watching a young girl shower.
But this issue gets even weirder! Among all the sex, we had a few mythical creatures slip in—from a unicorn to a werewolf to a chimaera.
So… read, listen, share, and let us know what you think. We are always interested in hearing your feedback. Just email us at editors AT smokelong.com.
Until next time…over and out.
Tara
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