Christopher Allen

Thank you so much, Laura Black from @fictivedream.bsky.social for believing in my kerosene man.

The gubernatorial race in Tennessee is so close. Let's do this!

Thank you so much!

Aw, thank you!

Issue 93 cover reveal! Available to read on Monday September 21. Cover art by Victoria Ojo

if you receive an email from "me" telling you that I've changed my bank details, it's a scam.

Tickets for this are dwindling--don't miss out! In addition to the speakers below, we'll be joined by @christopherallen.bsky.social and @anamariacaballero.bsky.social Our programme is full of exploration, collaboration and of course, excellent food and wine 🍇 Join us!

Night Parrot Press has provided the ebook version of Salt City Runaway, Gillian O’Shaughnessy’s debut collection of micro and flash fiction, at a sweet discount! More details here: smokelong-quarterly.mn.co/posts/101613...

Five day alert!

"...humor, sorrow, bitterness, fear, joy..." Suzanne Biro is our featured author this week. Read Sarah K. Lenz's interview with the author at SmokeLong. www.smokelong.com/interviews/s...

Featuring courses from @markabowles.bsky.social and Sharon Black, book club with @norami.bsky.social, online salon with @kiklodge.bsky.social, and our Annual Salon in Madrid with @nussaibah.bsky.social, @christopherallen.bsky.social, @anamariacaballero.bsky.social and many more!

ONE WEEK left to enter the Smokey 2026. Use the Force. Win $2,500. www.smokelong.com/the-smokelon...

Yay!!!

Our programme is coming together, and we're delighted this year to feature @womensprize.bsky.social winner Yael van der Wouden, @nussaibah.bsky.social, Jacobo Bergareche, @christopherallen.bsky.social and @anamariacaballero.bsky.social ✨ Tickets at the link below ⬇️

We're delighted so many of you have bought tickets to our Annual Salon in Madrid this September - and there are still spots left✨ This year will feature Yael van der Wouden, @nussaibah.bsky.social, Jacobo Bergareche, @christopherallen.bsky.social, @anamariacaballero.bsky.social and many more!

Yay!!! What an exceptional collection!

I'm thrilled! I love Madrid, and I can't wait to reconsider how we write about time. And of course lots of rioja.

PSA! A SmokeLong Summer 26 dates!! May 28th-Sep 1st! Onboarding May 28th-June 2nd, Three-task-a-week peer-review workshop June 3rd-Aug 4th, then cool down with one task a week until Sep 1st. More live events than ever this year! Mark your calendars! More info soon! Summer just got longer.

Holly Mitchell is our featured author this week. Read America Marvel's interview with the author, in which Mitchell talks about narrative structure, in SmokeLong. www.smokelong.com/interviews/s...

Hey, flash writers. We've started a FREE space for the flash community. We're SmokeLong, but we're also all of us. The Village will be a space for exchange, for info, for celebration beyond the noise of social media. Head over to @heyflashvillage.bsky.social for an invitation.

New @smokelong.bsky.social! So many fantastic flashes—and interviews, too!

It's time for another #FlashInTheFeed. Let's fill our dumpster-fire social media feeds with art for the next three days. Share a great flash narrative by a writer you don't know with this hashtag and we'll give away a copy of Shasta Grant's debut novel, When We Were Feral, to seven people at random.

It's here! So long in the works. We can't wait to share this issue with you. It's grand.

ICYMI (because we can't find it), our Pushcart nominations for December were: “Good” by Audrey Obuobisa-Darko; “Savior” by Seth Gleckman; “Organs” by Aimee Bender; “Pigeon-Toed” by Claire Guo; “Grave” by CJ Scruton; “Between Chamisa and Rengyō” by Mizuki Yamamoto.

We'd love to see you! We're getting there at around 4:30 to hang out, eat and drink before the reading, so even if you have obligations later, please stop by and say hello!

Preorder alert! Snag your copy of @joelhans.com's The Bedtime Emptying of Our World, winner of @mooncitypress.bsky.social's 2024 Moon City Short Fiction Award! www.uapress.com/product/bedt...

Thank you, Helen Rye, for making a graphic for me. She'll also be leading me around at AWP! Watch for us. If you see us wandering aimlessly around the bookfair, stop us and say hi!

We're reading for the 2026 SmokeLong Quarterly Award for Flash Fiction. Prize pot: $4700. Be sure to read the previous years' issues before you enter. www.smokelong.com/the-smokelon...

I need someone to plan AWP for me. Just tell me where to go. Shove me in to one Uber after another. I'll be uploading my Find Me at AWP post soon, as soon as someone tells me.

“I’ve never protested before - but I just watched 4th & 5th grade kids run away from our own government.” 😕🇺🇸💔 (From @crindivisible.bsky.social )

Trump is actively making our goods more expensive by blocking a piece of key infrastructure - apparently all because his most Epstein-linked Cabinet Secretary conveyed a request from a billionaire GOP donor. America does not have to tolerate this kind of corruption.

Oh no. We never know how long we have. youtu.be/kPBzTxZQG5Q?...

Yay!!!!

Sadly, this is timeless. New work by @avitusbcarle.bsky.social in Ghost Parachute. ghostparachute.com/issue/februa...

It's been a minute since I published something of my own! SmokeLong and SmokeLong Fitness are like having two full-time jobs (which I LOVE), so I'm thrilled to have found time to write something. Sending a huge hug to this kid. ghostparachute.com/issue/februa...

Aw, beautiful art! Thank you for giving this story the perfect home!

Don't miss our outstanding final nomination for this year's Best Small Fictions, "A Silent Cage" by Wafa-e-fatima: www.smokelong.com/stories/a-si...

"Slack" by Brandon McNeice @brandonmcneice.bsky.social is the fourth of our phenomenal stories nominated for Best Small Fictions this year: www.smokelong.com/stories/slack/

We're privileged to nominate "Between Chamisa and Rengyō" by Mizuki Yamamoto @mizuki-yama.bsky.social for this year's Best Small Fictions: www.smokelong.com/stories/betw...

The incredible "Love ; Sigh" by Claire Y. Guo won the SmokeLong Grand Micro Contest 2025 and is our third nomination for this year's Best Small Fictions: www.smokelong.com/stories/love...

We're honored to announce our Best Small Fictions nominations for this year. First up: "Sati" by Vaibhavi Kerkar. www.smokelong.com/stories/sati/

"Poetry often reminds me of Karachi" Vaneeza Sohail is our featured author this week. Read her interview and "Party Song," a finalist for The SmokeLong Grand Micro Contest. www.smokelong.com/interviews/s...

Thinking about doing SmokeLong's March Micro Marathon? Did you know that you can book at a discount until January 12th? It's still a great price after Jan 12th, but every little helps. Come write with us. We are definitely not a cult. Our mother had us checked. www.smokelong.com/the-march-mi...

Singapore flash writers, unite! @smokelong.bsky.social will be in Singapore soon and we're doing a reading and open mic with Lit Namjooning and @eunoiareview.bsky.social. If you're in/around SG and want to read your flash-length work, do register. docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...