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The Music of Flash now available as a webinar even if you're not in SmokeLong Fitness! If you've submitted work to SmokeLong over the last couple of weeks, you'll have a voucher that will make this webinar cost almost nothing. smokelong.com/product/the-mu…
Book by July 31st to jump in August 1st! Monthly or annually. From anywhere. Feeling isolated? Passionate about workshopping? smokelong.com/smokelong-fitn…
It's sign-up time to begin Fitness on August 1st! If you're a flash or flash-adjacent writer passionate about workshopping, come write with us! smokelong.com/smokelong-fitn…
They're video-taping you because you're a white nationalist, which is a particular type of racist. To be precise. And this piece of shit probably also calls herself a Christian.
You see how quickly white women go from perpetrator to victim?
The Smart Search List of the Day is: Literary Nonfiction feat. @missouri_review @pshares @thesunmagazine @SmokeLong @dogwoodlit @thecitronreview @pitheadchapel et al. duotrope.com/search/smart/n…
Congratulations to former SmokeLong contributor Tim Fitts on his new novel, The People's Island! spuytenduyvil.net/The-Peoples-Is…
We are thrilled to host an interview and reading with Aimee Bender on August 9th as part of our newly christened Master Series, which we'll be talking about more and more in the coming months. #bookgiveaway smokelong.com/product/master…
The hypocrisy is staring you right in the face. These people want you to know that they can do or say anything and it won't matter. This person was hired to protect Trump. That's her job. She doesn't care about the police or you or The United States of America.
AG Pam Bondi: “Know this. Donald Trump and our entire administration will never tolerate any attacks on our police officers." On his first day in office, Trump pardoned nearly 200 people who assaulted police officers on Jan. 6.
Only those who are culpable have anything to hide here. Release the files and let the cards fall where they may.
🚨BREAKING: Hakeem Jeffries just nailed it: "Dems didn't put the Jeffrey Epstein thing into the public domain. This was a conspiracy that Trump, Bondi, and MAGA extremists have been fanning the flames for the last several years. And now the chickens are coming home to roost."
PSA! Reading now for the Dec issue and considering leaving the Dark Fantasy/Psychological Thriller call open. We'd love to see stories that trouble us but also thrill us at the line level, as flash should do. Send us something amazing and terrifying. Paying $300.
A winner of The Archive Challenge has been chosen randomly from the 27 writer-readers who finished the challenge posting daily for 2 weeks on Bluesky, X, Facbook, and Instagram! Congratulations to Sumitra Singam smokelong.com/the-archive-ch…
The SmokeLong Flash Masterclass with Christopher Allen is available now as a webinar three-pack! Or book SmokeLong Fitness by September 1st, and we'll send you these free of charge. smokelong.com/product/smokel…
In August we're continuing our focus on the intersections between long and short narrative forms. Come write with us. With Sherrie Flick! smokelong.com/product/compre…
We're so happy that almost 40 people took up The Archive Challenge, and 27 of them have posted until the end (today). Those of you who began on the second day, don't forget to post tomorrow. We'll be choosing a winner ($400!!!) on Friday!
Novelists, don't miss this! August 2! smokelong.com/product/compre…
I don't know why this hasn't received more publicity, but this fifty-foot sculpture was unveiled recently in South Dakota. It's called 'Dignity' and was done by artist Dale Lamphere to honor the women of the Sioux Nation.
Flash Fusion’s 1st birthday is on the way! 🥳 Launched at the Flash Fiction Festival last year on 15 July, we’re celebrating this year with 3 writing workshops with the editors, starting with Anita's... All workshops on Zoom, recorded, discounts available: eventbrite.co.uk/e/flash-fusion…
Independence Day is a reminder that America is not the project of any one person. The single most powerful word in our democracy is the word ‘We.’ ‘We The People.’ ‘We Shall Overcome.’ ‘Yes We Can.’ America is owned by no one. It belongs to all citizens. And at this moment in…
Yay!!!! Congratulations, Johannah!
Excited to be part of this incredible issue. "I Like to Watch" was born out of a @SmokeLong workshop. Thank you to @UnderbellyPress for including my unhinged and intimate micro in your anniversary issue.