SmokeLong Quarterly Issue Twenty-Eight (July 25, 2010): Young Waitresses by Steve Almond «» Frank by Matt Baker «» The Life and Times of Dmitri Kulikov by Tobias Amadon Bengelsdorf «» Scapegoat by Thomas Cooper «» What You Could Catch Me Bumping by Craig Davis «» Complicit by Gay Degani «» What You See When You Think of Home by John Mark DeMoss «» In the Attic by Murray Dunlap «» A Flower Thing by Jen Gann «» Seahorse Sex by Molly Giles «» Gertie by Kyle Hemmings «» Vertigo by Ann Hillesland «» Rock by Stephanie Johnson «» A Shot of Whatever by David LaBounty «» Palo Alto by Paul Lisicky «» The Lake House by Michelle McMahon «» Hell Is a Headline by Emily McPhillips «» How I Liked the Avocados by Wendy Oleson «» Regrets by Bridget Pelkie «» What Passes for Normal by Michelle Reale «» Avalanche by Joseph Scapellato «» Last Seen Leaving by Laura Ellen Scott «» Explicable by Sabrina Stoessinger «» A Fistful of Buttercups by Nancy Stebbins «» My Maggie by Eugenia F. Tsutsumi «» The Ghost by Russell Whitaker «» The Strain of Collusion by xTx «» Interviews: Steve Almond «» Matt Baker «» Tobias Amadon Bengelsdorf «» Thomas Cooper «» Craig Davis «» Gay Degani «» John Mark DeMoss «» Murray Dunlap «» Jen Gann «» Molly Giles «» Kyle Hemmings «» Ann Hillesland «» Stephanie Johnson «» David LaBounty «» Michelle McMahon «» Emily McPhillips «» Wendy Oleson «» Bridget Pelkie «» Michelle Reale «» Joseph Scapellato «» Laura Ellen Scott «» Nancy Stebbins «» Sabrina Stoessinger «» Eugenia F. Tsutsumi «» xTx «» Cover Art "Wall Street Must Be Tripping" by Marty D. Ison «» Letter From the Editor SmokeLong Weekly Bearded by Patrick Allen, July 19, 2010 She is a woman, was once a girl. She had a pink room, a light bulb in a box for baking cupcakes, a father who called her aftervarious fruits—peach, pear, pineapple, sometimes his little kiwi. She is a woman. Read more. This Week's Reader Tara Laskowski earned an MFA in Creative Writing from George Mason University. She was the 2009 Kathy Fish Fellow at SmokeLong Quarterly, and is currently a Senior Editor. Her fiction and nonfiction have been published in several places, most recently Barrelhouse, JMWW, Everyday Genius, and Necessary Fiction. Her short story "Like Everyone Else" was a storySouth Million Writers Award notable online story in 2009. Tara lives and works in a suburb of Washington, D.C., and is learning how to play the piano. She will read stories submitted to SmokeLong from July 19-25. Submit. SmokeLong Video Barely Used by Delinquent Accounts, June 28, 2010 Delinquent Accounts is a Seattle-based film-making group that also performs improvisational comedy. Its members are Dusty Lee, Jordan Naftolin, Lauren Skelton, and Laura Turner. As their schedules permit, they will be making videos for SmokeLong Quarterly based on stories that first appeared here. This film was their entry into Seattle's 2010 edition of the 24-Hour Film Race. Watch the video. Feature Article Smoking With Steve Almond by Meg Pokrass and Tara Laskowski, April 25, 2010 Steve Almond is the author the story collections My Life in Heavy Metal and The Evil B.B. Chow, the novel Which Brings Me to You (with Julianna Baggott), and the non-fiction books Candyfreak and (Not That You Asked). His new book, Rock and Roll Will Save Your Life, will be out in Spring 2010. He is also, crazily, self-publishing a book called This Won't Take But a Minute, Honey, which is composed of 30 very brief stories, and 30 very brief essays on the psychology and practice of writing. Read the interview.