cover art "A Gathering of Matisse" by Marty D. Ison Our Mission: SmokeLong Quarterly is dedicated to bringing the best flash fiction to the web on a quarterly basis, whether written by widely published authors, or those new to the craft. The term "smoke-long" comes from the Chinese, who noted that reading a piece of flash takes about the same length of time as smoking a cigarette. All the work we publish is precisely that—about a smoke long. Issue Sixteen Letter From the Editor Smoking With Alicia Gifford Mike Amato Heaven by the Highwayside Rusty Barnes There Swells and Jets a Heart Myfanwy Collins Miss Hempstead's Brother Tod Goldberg This Is What You Left Behind John Leary Ten Very Short Stories Stefani Nellen Photographer and Model Cami Park On Mondays, Francesca Takes the Stairs Max Ruback Seven In The Morning Tom Saunders Baby in a Jar Holly Selph The Color of Moths Paul Silverman The List Rob McClure Smith Glasgow Lullaby Craig Terlson Night Birds Beth Thomas Quake Robert Travieso Deep in the Heart of Texas Jeff Vande Zande Disappearances Ann Walters This Is Just Another Yarn Nancy Zafris Travel