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	SmokeLong News Subscribe in a reader Literary News presented by SmokeLong authors and staff Tuesday, February 22, 2005 Million Writers Award Notable Stories of 2004 Two stories from SmokeLong were selected as notable stories of 2004 in StorySouth's Million Writers Awards. They are Instructions for a Son upon Finding Something of his Father's by Robert S. Jersak and Not the Real Jesus Christ by Bob Thurber. The full list of winners is: 42opus http://www.42opus.com "In Search Of" by Sarah Layden http://www.42opus.com/contents/contents.php?iss=v4_2&pg=insearchof Absinthe Literary Review http://www.absinthe-literary-review.com "Bonsai" by Alexandra Fox http://www.absinthe-literary-review.com//stories/fox.htm Adirondack Review http://www.adirondackreview.homestead.com "Adjustments" by Jared Hegwood http://www.adirondackreview.homestead.com/hegwood.html Agni http://www.bu.edu/agni/index.html "Bone on Bone" by Jai Clare http://www.bu.edu/agni/fiction/online/2004/clare-bone.html AuthorMe.com http://www.author-me.com "Strange Fruit" by Monica Arac de Nyeko http://www.author-me.com/fict04/strangefruit.htm Arriviste Press http://www.arrivistepress.com "One Way or The Other" by Avital Gad-Cykman http://www.arrivistepress.com/September04/cykmanoneway0904page1.shtml The Barcelona Review http://www.barcelonareview.com "Fatso" by Leelila Strogov http://www.barcelonareview.com/40/e_ls.htm "Just Don't Take the Little I Got" by Eduardo Antonio Parra (Christopher Winks, translator) http://www.barcelonareview.com/45/e_eap.htm Barrelhouse http://www.barrelhousemag.com "Ryan Seacrest is Famous" by Dave Housley http://www.barrelhousemag.com/seacrest.html Bullfight Review http://bullfightreview.com "The Earhart-Knievel Party in Room 306" by Lee Klein http://bullfightreview.com/archive/index1.html Blithe House Quarterly: queer fiction lives here http://www.blithe.com "Christmas In A Minor Key" by Allison Burnett http://www.blithe.com/bhq9.1/9.1.08.html "The Mercy Seat" by Trebor Healey http://www.blithe.com/bhq8.2/8.2.01.html "Personal" by Kurt Heintz http://www.blithe.com/bhq8.3/8.3.01.html "Time, Desire, and Fog" by Etel Adnan http://www.blithe.com/bhq8.1/8.1.04.html Carve http://www.carvezine.com "Whenever Part of You Breaks" by Anne Leigh Parish http://www.carvezine.com Chiaroscuro http://www.chizine.com "Dragons" by Laura Anne Gilman http://www.chizine.com/dragons.htm Conversely http://www.conversely.com "Stolen Biography of a Father" by Valeria Vegas http://www.conversely.com/Unhin/un026.shtml dead drunk dublin http://www.deaddrunkdublin.com "The Annihilation of the Spectator" by Sean Brijbasi http://www.deaddrunkdublin.com/stories/sean_brijbasi/annihilation_of_spectator.html Dead Mule http://www.deadmule.com "The Last Ride of General Lee" by Elizabeth Roberts-Hamel http://www.deadmule.com/content/word.of.mule.php?content_id=965 deathlings.com http://www.deathlings.com "The Vampire Tibbles," James Quiggle, deathlings.com http://www.deathlings.com/tibbles.html Defenestration http://www.defenestrationmag.net "Mr. Crow" by Jonathan Redhorse first part: http://www.defenestrationmag.net/prose/jredhorse.htm second part: http://www.defenestrationmag.net/prose/jredhorse2.htm Drunken Boat http://www.drunkenboat.com "From Me Then to You Now" by David Barringer http://drunkenboat.com/db6/barringer/fromme.html Eclectica Magazine http://www.eclectica.org "Dreams" by Chika Unigwe http://www.eclectica.org/v8n1/unigwe_dreams.html "Errand" by David Taylor http://www.eclectica.org/v8n3/taylor.html "The Boy From Bul" by Sylvia Petter http://www.eclectica.org/v8n3/petter.html "One Day in the Life of Irene Dennison" by Dennis Kaplan http://www.eclectica.org/v8n3/kaplan.html "A Proctor is More Than Just a Reader" by Aaron Sitze http://www.eclectica.org/v8n2/sitze.html "Publisher" by Corey Mesler http://www.eclectica.org/v8n3/mesler.html "Remade Tobacco" by Joan Shaddox Isom http://www.eclectica.org/v8n3/isom_tobacco.html "The Ride Home" by Siew Siang Tay http://www.eclectica.org/v8n4/tay.html "Sleight of Hand" by Dennis Tafoya http://www.eclectica.org/v8n2/tafoya.html "Thinking of Angel" by Chika Unigwe http://www.eclectica.org/v8n1/unigwe_angel.html "Trash" by David LeMaste http://www.eclectica.org/v8n3/lemaster.html Exquisite Corpse http://corpse.org "The Crowd Forms" by Ali Fahmy http://corpse.org/issue_12/pets_beasts/fahmy.html "Midnights" by Jim Hazard http://www.corpse.org/issue_14/wc_sweat/hazard.html Eyeshot http://eyeshot.net "From the Journal of Mike Shipley, Unfit Parent" by Randall DeVallance http://eyeshot.net/unfitparent.html "The Truth About Belafonte Garcia" by Jamie Allen http://eyeshot.net/belafonte.html "Variations on a Party" by Charles Ullmann http://eyeshot.net/ullmann.html "How to Seduce the Woman of Your Dreams & Make Her Yours Forever" by Scott Bryan Wilson http://eyeshot.net/seductiontips.html Failbetter http://www.failbetter.com "Sunshine Over Helsinki" by Michael Hartford http://www.failbetter.com/2004-3/HartfordSunshine.htm "This Is What Gets Me" by Courtney Weber http://www.failbetter.com/2004-3/WeberThis.htm Fiction Attic http://www.fictionattic.com "Merciless Daylight" by Michelle Tea http://www.fictionattic.com/michelletea.html Fiction Warehouse http://www.fictionwarehouse.com "Branch Libraries of Southeastern Brooklyn" by Richard Grayson http://www.fictionwarehouse.com/yr03/stories/040818.asp "Bulldozer" by Alex Shishin http://www.fictionwarehouse.com/yr03/stories/040512.asp? "Charity" by Stephen Anderson http://www.fictionwarehouse.com/yr03/stories/041103.asp "Dear Jenks" by Melissa Checker http://www.fictionwarehouse.com/yr03/stories/040922.asp "Scratch" by Sean Conway http://www.fictionwarehouse.com/yr03/stories/040908.asp "Vacation" by Johanna Pirko http://www.fictionwarehouse.com/yr03/stories/040505.asp Fortean Bureau http://www.forteanbureau.com "Another Hollywood Miracle" by Marissa K. Lingen http://www.forteanbureau.com/nov2004/Lingen/index.html FRiGG: A Magazine of Fiction and Poetry http://www.friggmagazine.com "Arctic Mint Whip" by Philip Alexander http://www.friggmagazine.com/volumeonearchive/alexanderwhip.htm Gator Springs http://homepage.ntlworld.com/fandango.virtual/gator "Karma" by Susan O'Neil http://homepage.ntlworld.com/fandango.virtual/gator/dm_page_8.htm "Riley's Shoes" by Bob Arter http://homepage.ntlworld.com/fandango.virtual/gator/ptk_page_14.htm Gowanus Books http://www.gowanusbooks.com "Mr. Gurupadam's Affair" by Shireen Joanna http://www.gowanusbooks.com/gurupadam-shireen.html Hardluck Stories http://www.hardluckstories.com "Keely Sings the Blues" by Sarah Weinman http://www.hardluckstories.com/spr2004-Weinman.htm HOBART http://www.hobartpulp.com "The Novelist" by Tao Lin http://www.hobartpulp.com/fiction/thenovelist.html The Apothecary by Alan Danzis http://hobartpulp.com/fiction/theapothecary.html Identity Theory http://www.identitytheory.com "Curfew" by Ismet Prcic http://www.identitytheory.com/fiction/prcic_curfew.php "Just Like Normal Girls" by Kati Bambrick http://www.identitytheory.com/fiction/bambrick_girls.php "Obedience" by Michelle Richmond http://www.identitytheory.com/fiction/richmond_obedience.php Infinity Plus http://www.infinityplus.co.uk "Songs of Leaving," Peter Crowther http://www.infinityplus.co.uk/stories/songs.htm In Posse Review http://webdelsol.com/InPosse Beds by Cheryl Kidder http://webdelsol.com/InPosse/19_fict_kidder.htm Kennesaw Review http://www.kennesawreview.org "Waiting for the Abductor" by David LeMaster http://www.kennesawreview.org/summer2003/lemaster-waiting.htm The King's English http://thekingsenglish.org "Wednesday" by A'Dora Phillips http://home.comcast.net/~wapshot1/Winter05/Fiction.Sum04.Phillips.html "Wonder" by S. M.R. Saia http://home.comcast.net/~wapshot1/Winter05/Fiction.Fall04.Saia.html "Escape Velocities" by Jim Snowden http://home.comcast.net/~wapshot1/Winter05/Fiction.Jan04.Snowden.1.html Literal Latte http://www.literal-latte.com "Just Life, Not Tragedy" by Susan Morehouse http://www.literal-latte.com/cgi-bin/cginews.pl?record=140 Literary Mama http://www.literarymama.com "Dad, In Red" by Sonya Huber http://www.literarymama.com/fiction/archives/000300.html "The Dogs of Sayulita" by J.D. Munro http://www.literarymama.com/fiction/archives/000409.html "Wild, Wild Horses" by Mary Akers http://www.literarymama.com/fiction/archives/000289.html Lit Pot http://www.literarypotpourri.com "Dr Dick Somebody" Marc Phillips http://www.literarypotpourri.com/003_07/Mid_Month.html Me Three http://www.methree.net "Crank Call" by Thomas J. Hubschman http://www.methree.net/archives/2004/November/hubschmancrank.html Mississippi Review "ARSe Poetica" by Adrian Louis http://www.mississippireview.com/2004/Vol10No2-Apr04/1002-040104-louis.html "The Cool Aunt" by Laura Ellen Scott http://www.mississippireview.com/2004/Vol10No1-Jan04/1001-0104-Scott.html "Jaws" by Julia Elliott http://www.mississippireview.com/2004/Vol10No1-Jan04/1001-0104-Elliott.html Monkeybicycle http://monkeybicycle.net "My Life at the New York Post" by Richard Grayson http://monkeybicycle.net/archive/Grayson/post.html "Social Contract" by Stephen Elliott http://monkeybicycle.net/archive/Elliott/social.html Narrative Magazine http://www.narrativemagazine.com "Diplomacy" by Don Lee http://www.narrativemagazine.com/704/lee.htm "Midland" by Rick Bass http://www.narrativemagazine.com/stories/bass.htm "This Flesh, This Ghost" by Lynn Freed http://narrativemagazine.com/cc/fclick.php?fid=freedhtm "Toggling the Switch" by Alicia Gifford http://narrativemagazine.com/cc/fclick.php?fid=giffordhtm The New Yinzer http://www.newyinzer.com "I, Rhonda, Keep Track of the Family Calendar," by David C. Madden http://www.newyinzer.com/issue31/f_madden.php "Hush" by Bruce Miller http://www.newyinzer.com/issue32/f_miller.php Outsider Ink http://outsiderink.com "Axl Akbar" by Sarah Kendzior http://outsiderink.com/04/fall/kendzior.php "The Blue Bridge" by Marshall Moore http://outsiderink.com/04/winter/moore.php (parenthetical note) http://www.parentheticalnote.com "High School Progress Reports Found on the Photocopier" by Julianne Flynn http://www.parentheticalnote.com/flynn_progressreports.htm Paumanok Review http://www.paumanokreview.com "Black and White" by Brian Howell http://www.paumanokreview.com/index.php?page=howell "Second Encounter" by Xujun Eberlein http://www.paumanokreview.com/5.1/eberlein.html Pindeldyboz http://www.pindeldyboz.com "Bing Crosby Dreaming at the Lamp Post Inn" by Elizabeth Ellen http://www.pindeldyboz.com/eebing.htm "Bridges" by Myfanwy Collins http://www.pindeldyboz.com/mcbridges.htm "Madame Sabat's Grave" by Corey Mesler http://www.pindeldyboz.com/cmgrave.htm "Monopoly" by Claudia Smith http://www.pindeldyboz.com/csmonopoly.htm "Reality Check on Register Two" by Edmund Schubert http://www.pindeldyboz.com/escheck.htm "They" by Tara Laskowski http://www.pindeldyboz.com/tlthey.htm Plaztik Press Literary Magazine http://www.plaztikpress.com "The Story of Her Breasts" by Kirsten Menger-Anderson http://www.plaztikpress.com/current/story_storyofherbreasts.html Plots with Guns http://plotswithguns.com "Hilly Palmer's Last Case" by Duane Swierczynski http://www.plotswithguns.com/HillyPalmer.htm "Folk Hero" by Laura Ellen Scott http://plotswithguns.com/FolkHero.htm Potion http://www.potionmag.org "The Only Travel Guide You'll Ever Need" by Susan Lantz http://www.potionmag.org/content/lantz.php The Quarterly Staple http://www.thequarterlystaple.com "Heat of the Moment" by Richard Grayson http://www.thequarterlystaple.com/issue2/heat.htm Reflection's Edge http://reflectionsedge.com "Possession" by Joshua Moses http://reflectionsedge.com/archives/dec2004/p_jm.html Retort Magazine http://www.retortmagazine.com "When Pacino's Hot, I'm Hot," by Robert Levin http://www.retortmagazine.com/content/05.04/id_lit_levin.htm Rouse Magazine http://www.rousemag.com "Mohammad's Therapy Monkey" by Richard Grayson http://www.rousemag.com/040712/grayson.htm Salon.com http://www.salon.com "Anda's Game" by Cory Doctorow http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2004/11/15/andas_game/index.html Scifiction.com http://www.scifi.com/scifiction/ "This Tragic Glass" by Elizabeth Bear http://www.scifi.com/scifiction/originals/originals_archive/bear/bear1.html "Super 8" by Terry Bisson http://www.scifi.com/scifiction/originals/originals_archive/bisson5/index.html "The Tang Dynasty Underwater Pyramid" by Walter Jon Williams http://www.scifi.com/scifiction/originals/originals_archive/williams/williams1.html "The Wolf-man of Alcatraz" by Howard Waldrop http://www.scifi.com/scifiction/originals/originals_archive/waldrop6/waldrop61.html THE2NDHAND http://www.the2ndhand.com "Pushkin on the Night Before the Duel" by Wes Kline http://www.the2ndhand.com/archive/pushkin.html SHOTS Magazine http://www.shotsmag.co.uk "Down to the River" by David White http://www.shotsmag.co.uk/fiction2004/downtotheriver.html Shred of Evidence http://www.shredofevidence.com "Game On" by Iain Rowan http://www.shredofevidence.com/nov04/game_on.html "Geoffrey Says" by Aliya Whiteley http://www.shredofevidence.com/nov04/geoffrey_says.html Small Spiral Notebook http://www.smallspiralnotebook.com "How to Be a Good Daughter" by Jill Carroll http://www.smallspiralnotebook.com/Fall2004/jcarroll.shtml "They Don't Make Nostalgia Like They Used To" by Richard Grayson http://www.smallspiralnotebook.com/Fall2004/rgrayson.shtml Smokelong Quarterly http://smokelong.com "Instructions for a Son upon Finding Something of his Father's" by Robert S. Jersak http://smokelong.com/flash.asp?id=1355 "Not the Real Jesus Christ" by Bob Thurber http://smokelong.com/flash.asp?id=1653 Socialist Review http://www.socialistreview.org.uk "'Tis the Season" by China Mieville http://www.socialistreview.org.uk/article.php?articlenumber=9150 Spillway Review http://www.spillwayreview.com "Losing the Sundowner" by Stephen Ausherman http://www.spillwayreview.com/shortsundowner.html Spoiled Ink http://www.spoiledink.com "Judges Of Julliard" by Adam Crowley http://www.spoiledink.com/FICTION/short_stories_066.php "Nine Motives" by Franklin Fisher http://www.spoiledink.com/FICTION/short_stories_077.php "Ringroad to Immolation" by Tom Sykes http://www.spoiledink.com/FICTION/short_stories_079.php Stickman Review http://www.stickmanreview.com "The Devil's Coach-Horse" by Neil Grimmett http://www.stickmanreview.com/V3N2/contents/grimmett.html Strange Horizons http://www.strangehorizons.com "The Grammarian's Five Daughters" by Eleanor Arnason http://www.strangehorizons.com/2004/20040329/grammarian.shtml "Hold Tight" by Gavin Grant http://www.strangehorizons.com/2004/20040823/holdtight-f.shtml The Summerset Review http://www.summersetreview.org "Anywhere" by Michael F. Smith http://www.summersetreview.org/04summer/anywhere.htm "At Home In The Antipodes" by William Starr Moake http://www.summersetreview.org/04fall/antipodes.htm "El Paraiso" by Mark Vender http://www.summersetreview.org/04summer/paraiso.htm "Morning on Carre Quitana" by Julie Ann Castro http://www.summersetreview.org/04fall/quintana.htm Taint Magazine http://www.taintmagazine.com "Muddy Waters" by Peter Markus http://www.taintmagazine.com Three Candles http://www.threecandles.org "First Thing in the Morning" by Peggy Duffy http://www.threecandles.org/prose/pduffy.html Thieves Jargon http://www.thievesjargon.com "Cathy's Clown" by Jeff T. Kane http://www.pigeonwire.com/thievesjargon/content/workview.php?work=144 The Thrilling Detective Web Site http://www.thrillingdetective.com "God's Dice" by David White http://www.thrillingdetective.com/fiction/04_04.html Tryst http://www.tryst3.com "Banjo" by Tom Sheehan http://www.tryst3.com/issue8/sheehan2.html "Johnson's March" by Kyle Killen http://www.tryst3.com/issue8/killen1.html UndergroundVoices.com http://www.undergroundvoices.com "Confessions of a Serial Dater" by Harris Bloom http://www.undergroundvoices.com/UVBloom.htm Velvet Mafia http://velvetmafia.com "Eaters of Elevation" by Steve Berman http://velvetmafia.com/13/berman.php "Rumford's Fluid" by Sean Meriwether http://velvetmafia.com/13/meriwether.php View Unplugged http://www.viewsunplugged.com "Look at Me Now" by Thomas J Hubschman http://www.viewsunplugged.com/VU/20040129/books_beginnings_now.shtml "Rain in My Heart" by Anjana Basu http://www.viewsunplugged.com/VU/20040909/arts_shortStory_rain.shtml Weekly Reade http://weeklyreader.org/ "My Father Dancing with Marlene Dietrich" by Michael A. 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