Really grateful to have my debut short story collection on Quill and Quire's Best Books of the Year list. ❤️

Screenshot of the linked story, Family Night by Ani King, with inset artwork, a black and white image of old rusty cans

Today's ICYMI story from SmokeLong Issue 85 is "Family Night" by Ani King, which was the winner of the SmokeLong Summer Fiction Contest 2024. Read or listen to the author's audio here: www.smokelong.com/stories/fami... @aniking.bsky.social

smokey grey text on black background. The SmokeLong Grand Micro Contest Finalists

⭐THE FINALISTS OF THE SMOKELONG GRAND MICRO CONTEST⭐ These six micros will appear in the December issue of SmokeLong alongside four stories chosen from 3000 submissions in the general queue. Congratulations to everyone on this list; you’ve done something remarkable. www.smokelong.com/the-smokelon...

Current read: Station Eleven

Current write: second draft edits to my still unnamed novel.

Titles are hard.