The Summer for SmokeLong
The summer is the perfect time for tasting short fiction. Between a dip in the river, after an early morning hike, during a tall sweet-tea, under an umbrella, over a raft (well, maybe not with a laptop), below the fan, next to the breeze, in front of the ocean – it’s all the time to read. And, read something quick between the next run for ice cream, the next bicycle ride, the next watering of the garden.
The latest issue of SmokeLong Quarterly has just been released, featuring 18 fantastic pieces of flash fiction from these authors: Cynthia Helen Beecher, Pam Bolton, Z.Z. Boone, Dan Chaon, Frank Dahai, Natalie DeClerck, Steven Gullion, Mary Hamilton, Joan Harvey, Tara Laskowski, Dorianne Laux, Amanda Nazario, Darlin’ Neal, Ryan Ridge, Gail Louise Siegel, Ray Vukcevich, Lindsay Marianna Walker, Brandon Wicks. www.smokelong.com
SmokeLong Quarterly is dedicated to bringing the best flash fiction to the web on a quarterly basis, whether written by widely published authors, or those new to the craft. The term "smoke-long" comes from the Chinese, who noted that reading a piece of flash takes about the same length of time as smoking a cigarette. All the work published in SmokeLong Quarterly is precisely that—about a smoke long.
Oh, and it’s a darn good issue, this latest SmokeLong Quarterly. There is something for everyone and many places to go. Africa, rats, balloon rides, deserts, Mexico City, flying pens. What else do you need?
After each story is a brief interview with the authors with questions such as: Why this title? Why this story? Who are these characters? What are your writing habits? All that stuff we want to know when we read a darn good piece of fiction.
Enjoy the summer. Enjoy short fiction. Enjoy the breeze from the ocean. Have it all at once.
Stefanie Freele is an editor with SmokeLong Quarterly.
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