Guest Post
An Interview With Lavinia Ludlow by Barry Graham
BG : For me, ALT.PUNK is a tale of brutally honest, fatalistic, twenty-first century American Naturalism. I can’t help but feel that Hazel’s entire existence is preordained, that her germophobic, socially inept personality and her narrow, semi-elitist world view were … Continue reading
This Modern Writer: A Day as An Extra An On Set Dispatch From Vallie Lynn Watson
Ed: Vallie Lynn Watson recently edited the fine, fine, Writing, Place and Film issue of Rick Magazine and she was kind enough to write a dispatch about her day as an extra on the set of MY FAVORITE TEENAGE SOAP … Continue reading
Guest Post: Dave Clapper Tweets While Drinking Scotch and Reading Submissions
An old friend asked me recently what we’re looking for in stories we accept for SmokeLong Quarterly. Since we’ve changed to a rotating editor on a weekly basis, it’s a little different. I can’t speak for every editor, but here … Continue reading
This Modern Writer: Stupid Video Games by Erin Fitzgerald
I started playing EverQuest in 2001. Most video game addiction stories start with a friend who coaxes you into playing, and mine is no different. Over the course of two weeks I went from “I dunno…” to a full time … Continue reading
Terese Svoboda’s Wild Tongue: A Review of Trailer Girl and Weapons Grade
Trailer Girl works. Against all odds, it works. I hesitated reading the book, afraid I would only find a laundry list of trailer park cliches. Instead I found myself in a world of poetry and mystery. Imagine T.S. Eliot writing … Continue reading