Wrote something while on vacation and got a prize for it 🥲 thank you Wigleaf and thank you jet lag! wigleaf.com/202409sydw.htm

Read our p-card finalists! (winner announced soooooon)

Winner to be announced later this week. In the meantime, read/reread these awesome stories!!! 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟

me watching the film adaptation of Eileen waiting for the word "oceanic" to drop

Stephanir Yusdottir - is that anything?

“The Christmas Miracle,” by Rebecca Curtis From 2013, Rebecca Curtis’s short story about how dying cats and a madness-inducing brain infection upend a family’s Christmas traditions.

Sharing this story I reread every year. A must read in the “tick lit” cannon. Sad Christmas theme but funny too. Immaculate vibes www.newyorker.com/magazine/201...

December 2024 Twenty (and a few more) of my favourite flash fiction pieces from 2024

This month's #Mondettes have been picked by me and are a bumper affair of 20 (+ a few more) of my favourite #flashfiction pieces from 2024. Also, some waffle about why I like each piece and six fun prompts to have a go at!

mondettes.substack.com/p/december-2...

Thank you, Matt! Honored that my story resonated with you

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Thank you @smokelong.bsky.social for this honor!

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Digging one out from the archives (still love it) xraylitmag.com/dog-dentist-...

Sheila Heti’s The Middle Stories is also great

Two by Stephanie Yu No dreams The people in their beds are awoken by an energetic and urgent barking. It is far too late and far too cold for a dog to be barking like that. Each person in each bed lives in a separate ...

still love these little guys @hexliterary.bsky.social and everything they're putting out over there hexliterary.com?p=2205

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Amen to that brother

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WHEW this story is so good

Thanks for reading it means the world!

I have given up writing bc this is so good.

@stephanieyu.bsky.social delivers a masterclass in story structure.

Check it out!

I'm flattered but please don't give up on writing - your stuff is too good!

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I love this story.

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Congrats!!

Our first starter pack of SmokeLong contributors: Issue 63-85. If we've missed you, please tag us so we can add you! go.bsky.app/2BsZebW