SmokeLong Weekly Hard to Carry and Fit in a Trunk by Jules Archer, June 17, 2013 Ginny Hanover always envisioned herself as a slender-boned girl. Hell, she always envisioned herself in the trunk of car so right off the bat something's wrong with this scenario. She wants that frail, swan-like neck, bony-bird arms. She wants to be lifted, crisscrossed over shoulders, bound and gagged. She can rip Duct tape in two. She's practiced. Her full-throttle scream is at the ready. Read more. SmokeLong Quarterly Issue Thirty-Nine (March 25, 2013): Chartres by Matthew Brennan «» With Dragon by Carol Guess and Kelly Magee «» Your Hindenburg by Gabrielle Hovendon «» Amateur Trailmaking for $1600 by Jennifer A. Howard «» Flood Damage by JD Jahangir «» Lessons from Oregon by Mark Keats «» Clearwater by Peter Kispert «» Copper Heart by Beth Konkoski «» The Quiet by Cara Long «» Cannibal by Rachel Lyon «» The Summer I Stole Joey's Matchbox Car by Tara L. Masih «» The Sahara Is No Place for a Boy by Vincent Pagé «» This Guy's Biggest Problem by Tammy Peacy «» Vigil by Emily Rinkema «» The Albino Alligator by Daniel Wessler Riordan «» Jesus Never Lies by TJ Rivard «» Interference by Glenn Shaheen «» Toska by Manuela Silvestre «» David Hasslehoff Is from Baltimore by Kara Vernor «» The Last President by James Zerndt «» Interviews: Matthew Brennan «» Carol Guess and Kelly Magee «» Gabrielle Hovendon «» Jennifer A. Howard «» JD Jahangir «» Mark Keats «» Peter Kispert «» Beth Konkoski «» Cara Long «» Rachel Lyon «» Tara L. Masih «» Vincent Pagé «» Tammy Peacy «» Emily Rinkema «» Daniel Wessler Riordan «» TJ Rivard «» Glenn Shaheen «» Manuela Silvestre «» Kara Vernor «» James Zerndt «» Cover Art by Alexander C. Kafka «» Letter From the Editor This Week's Reader Wendy Oleson is a PhD candidate at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, where she served as senior fiction reader for Prairie Schooner. She won the 2013 Washington Square Fiction Award (judged by Karen Russell), and her stories appear in Baltimore Review, PANK, Copper Nickel, and elsewhere. Tomorrow, she's moving back to Los Angeles. Wendy is the author of "How I Liked the Avocados," which will be included in our upcoming anthology, SmokeLong Quarterly: The Best of the First Ten Years. She will read stories submitted to SmokeLong June 17-23. Read more about Wendy on our blog. Submit. SmokeLong Feature Artist Spotlight: Carrie Wells April 22, 2013 This is part of an intermittent series of interviews with the artists who illustrate the wonderful stories we publish. Here, art editor Ashley Inguanta chats with Carrie Wells, an Austin-based artist working in photography. Read more. Interested in subscribing to SmokeLong's weekly newsletter? Click here. An email should be created. Send it as is, and you'll be subscribed. If the link does not work for you, send an email to imailsrv@smokelong.com with Subscribe slq-info in the body of the email (no subject is necessary). You'll receive updates detailing the release of new issues, new reading periods, contests, etc. We do not make our mail list available to anyone else.