Published in Lost Balloon: July 15, 2026 Counting to Ten In Japanese READ HERE Published in The Masters Review: July 6, 2026 Searching for God in a Mosh Pit READ HERE Published in The Bulb Region, …

Fiction from Mario Aliberto III, Ani King, Travis Flatt, Claudia Monpere, Melissa Llanes Brownlee and one of her own.

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Ichi, ni, san, shi… Benny’s only been a Wal-Mart stockboy a couple of weeks, part time after school, and he’s already managed to screw it up. He grinds his teeth, literally bites his tongue, listen…

In hot Haiti sun, on the NGO compound at rue Pelican, Boy scrambles up the bark. Through mango tree leaves, illuminated lime green, in his fluorescent cocoon for one, he lays pressed to timber slats o...

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 automatical...

Each month we celebrate our current and previous workshop participants’ publications reported to us through Submittable (The SmokeLong Workshop Prize). Each of the publications below, with the excepti...

Flash has always held a special place in my heart. My very first editing role was at a little flash fiction mag on campus when I was an undergrad. I've been fortunate to edit and publish some terrific...

Flash has always held a special place in my heart. My very first editing role was at a little flash fiction mag on campus when I was an undergrad. I've been fortunate to edit and publish some terrific...