Kara Vernor lives in Napa. Her stories have appeared in Necessary Fiction, wigleaf, Hobart online, The Los Angeles Review and elsewhere. She has been a fiction fellow at the Mendocino Coast Writer’s Conference and has a story forthcoming in Monkeybicycle.
Story:
David Hasslehoff Is from Baltimore
Interview: Smoking With Kara Vernor
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The March Micro Marathon 25
We’re doing it again! We’re homing in on the micro: 100-word, 250-word, and 400-word stories. In March 2025 SmokeLong is hosting The March Micro Marathon, a 24-day workshop with a new writing task each day, peer review in small groups, 3 webinars, a reading and interview with Michelle Ross and the editors of 100 Word Story, and 3 competitions with cash prizes.