When It Happens www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/whe... May all of your dreams come true in 2026. Happy New Year!
Daniel DiFranco
@danieldifranco.bsky.social
Writer. Musician. Teacher. | Novels: PANIC YEARS (2018), DEVIL ON MY TRAIL (2024)| lover of books, cats, records, and cemeteries | sub. editor @SmokeLongQuarterly | knows his profile pic is pretentious
Issue 89 with new CNF by Aimee Bender, our first featured author in our Master Series, is live! Work by established writers and those new to the form rubbing elbows in this issue. All rare gems by writers from around the globe. So proud of everyone in this issue. www.smokelong.com/issue-eighty...
I’m starting a gofundme to put on a production of Hamlet this Saturday at the Capitol. All senators and Trump are invited.
He “whose character is thus marked by every act which may define a Tyrant, is unfit to be the ruler of a free people.” — The Declaration of Independence
PSA! General submissions will be open for another few days! From Feb 15 to May 10 we'll be reading for The SmokeLong Quarterly Award for Flash Fiction. Grand Prize $2500! We'll be open for paid feedback subs throughout, reading for the Sep issue. We're rooting for you!
Breaking News: Tom Robbins, whose comic novels drew a cult following by blending pop philosophy and absurdist comedy, has died at 92.
Tom Robbins, Whose Comic Novels Drew a Cult Following, Dies at 92
He blended pop philosophy and absurdist comedy in best-selling books like “Even Cowgirls Get the Blues” and “Skinny Legs and All.”
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I'm really excited about this one: my Qanon story is up at @identitytheory.bsky.social! This is the one that kept on getting the good rejection, but rejection nevertheless, and it's what I think is probably the anchor of my alien invasion collection, and I'm so glad it wound up where it did.
Identity Theory@identitytheory.bsky.social · 2y agoWe don't publish much non-micro fiction anymore, but this story from @housleydave.bsky.social is big-time worth your read: "Nothing Can Stop What Is Coming."
Happy Burns Night to you. May your haggis be warm-reekin’ and rich!
I’m putting together a workshop centered around music. What’s your favorite work (fiction or non) that uses music as a catalyst, theme, or whatever? Bonus point if you slide a link over 🤙🏻
Looking for workshop leaders with at least 5 years of teaching experience, knowledge in the field of the flash narrative, and a connection to the flash community! Do you have something new and exciting to share with our workshop participants? www.smokelong.com/work-with-us/
HEY! @danieldifranco.bsky.social's book is out! Another banger from @unsolicitedpress.bsky.social Check it out! www.unsolicitedpress.com/shop/p/devil...
DEVIL ON MY TRAIL — Unsolicited Press
IT WAS AN ACCIDENT. Marc's hand slipped and he played the secret chord that summons the Devil—the same chord Jimi Hendrix and Robert Johnson knew. The one Keith Richards’ ghost showed him years a...
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Started novel #3 today. 100 words in. No turning back now.
GREAT FUN!! (Even if you’re not made of rocks)
Dave Housley@housleydave.bsky.social · 2y agoWill throw in DEVIL ON MY TRAIL by @danieldifranco.bsky.social, a rock and roll fantasy quest mystery with a little bit of everything, including the ghost of Keith Richards, who is also still alive in the book. Just great fun, especially for rock people. www.unsolicitedpress.com/shop/p/devil...
It’s our October sign-up window! Weekly story inspiration! An amazing community of writer friends to workshop and celebrate your publications! Webinars and online reading events! Contests, book clubs, space to workshop longer work! Craft teaching from SmokeLong editors! A talking squirrel! #NotACult
A little suntan booth for your non window arm, eh? That’s my first million right there.