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	SmokeLong News Subscribe in a reader Literary News presented by SmokeLong authors and staff Tuesday, September 18, 2007 Top Ten Page Views for August Posting this REALLY late this time around, and only doing stories this time, because I've been (and continue to be) absolutely slammed at work. Only one story not rated in July cracked the top ten this time around, but boy did the top ten move itself around a lot. Welcome, Elizabeth Ellen, to numero uno. 1. (4) 8x10 by Elizabeth Ellen (12/15/06) 2. (1) Pornography by Steve Almond (6/15/05) 3. (6) Oblivious by Gary Cadwallader (6/15/07) 4. (2) Heaven by the Highwayside by Mike Amato (3/15/07) 5. (8) First Night by Ric Jahna (6/15/07) 6. (7) One Purple Finch by Kathy Fish (6/15/07) 7. (9) The Wedge in Between by Debbie Ann Eis (6/15/07) 8. (5) Renoir Responds to Aline Charigot's Charges of Painting Her Ugly by Daniel Bailey (6/15/07) 9. (NR) Cymothoa Exigua by Christopher Battle (6/15/07) 10. (3) Five Fat Men in a Hot Tub by Jeff Landon (9/15/05) Labels: Christopher Battle, Debbie Ann Eis, Elizabeth Ellen, Gary Cadwallader, Jeff Landon, Kathy Fish, Mike Amato, Ric Jahna, SmokeLong Quarterly, Steve Almond, Top Ten posted by Dave Clapper at 3:53 PM 0 comments Thursday, August 02, 2007 Top Ten Page Views for July Not a ton of shakin' up this time. The powerhouses of Almond, Amato, and Landon keep it up. Stories 1. (1) Pornography by Steve Almond (6/15/05) 2. (2) Heaven by the Highwayside by Mike Amato (3/15/07) 3. (6) Five Fat Men in a Hot Tub by Jeff Landon (9/15/05) 4. (NR) 8x10 by Elizabeth Ellen (12/15/06) 5. (NR) Renoir Responds to Aline Charigot's Charges of Painting Her Ugly by Daniel Bailey (6/15/07) 6. (7) Oblivious by Gary Cadwallader (6/15/07) 7. (8) One Purple Finch by Kathy Fish (6/15/07) 8. (10) First Night by Ric Jahna (6/15/07) 9. (9) The Wedge in Between by Debbie Ann Eis (6/15/07) 10. (5) The Attraction of Asphalt by Stefani Nellen (6/15/07) Interviews 1. (1) Mike Amato (3/15/07) 2. (8) Stuart Dybek (6/15/05) 3. (2) Tod Goldberg (3/15/07) 4. (6) Ric Jahna (6/15/07) 5. (NR) Brian Reynolds (8/15/04) 6. (NR) Steve Almond (6/15/05) 7. (NR) Stephanie Johnson (6/15/07) 8. (4) Maggie Shearon (6/15/05) 9. (NR) Tavia Stewart (6/15/07) 10. (NR) Sarah Leavitt (3/15/06) Labels: Daniel Bailey, Debbie Ann Eis, Elizabeth Ellen, Gary Cadwallader, Jeff Landon, Kathy Fish, Mike Amato, Ric Jahna, SmokeLong Quarterly, Stefani Nellen, Steve Almond, Top Ten posted by Dave Clapper at 2:41 PM 0 comments Monday, July 09, 2007 Top Ten Page Views for June Just realized that I'm incredibly late with this. Almond's back on top again, probably because linkage to Amato from the front page went away on the 15th when the new issue went live. Speaking of Almond, I'm reading the galley of his next book right now, and there's an essay in there about Vonnegut that's beautiful, beautiful, beautiful. Stories 1. (2) Pornography by Steve Almond (6/15/05) 2. (1) Heaven by the Highwayside by Mike Amato (3/15/07) 3. (4) Ten Very Short Stories by John Leary (3/15/07) 4. (5) This Is What You Left Behind by Tod Goldberg (3/15/07) 5. (NR) The Attraction of Asphalt by Stefani Nellen (6/15/07) 6. (6) Five Fat Men in a Hot Tub by Jeff Landon (9/15/05) 7. (NR) Oblivious by Gary Cadwallader (6/15/07) 8. (NR) One Purple Finch by Kathy Fish (6/15/07) 9. (NR) The Wedge in Between by Debbie Ann Eis (6/15/07) 10. (NR) First Night by Ric Jahna (6/15/07) Interviews 1. (1) Mike Amato (3/15/07) 2. (2) Tod Goldberg (3/15/07) 3. (7) Myfanwy Collins (3/15/07) 4. (NR) Maggie Shearon (6/15/05) 5. (NR) Nancy Zafris (3/15/07) 6. (NR) Ric Jahna (6/15/07) 7. (NR) J.M. Patrick (6/15/07) 8. (NR) Stuart Dybek (6/15/05) 9. (NR) Kathy Fish (6/15/07) 10. (6) Jeff Landon 6/15/06) Labels: Debbie Ann Eis, Gary Cadwallader, Jeff Landon, John Leary, Kathy Fish, Mike Amato, Ric Jahna, SmokeLong Quarterly, Stefani Nellen, Steve Almond, Tod Goldberg, Top Ten posted by Dave Clapper at 3:43 PM 0 comments Monday, June 04, 2007 Top Ten Page Views for May The king is dead, long live the king! Almond actually fell to #2 last month as Mike Amato took over the top spot. It'll be interesting to see how long Mike can maintain that place, especially since there'll be a new issue going in live on the 15th. Stories 1. (2) Heaven by the Highwayside by Mike Amato (3/15/07) 2. (1) Pornography by Steve Almond (6/15/05) 3. (3) 8x10 by Elizabeth Ellen (12/15/06) 4. (5) Ten Very Short Stories by John Leary (3/15/07) 5. (6) This Is What You Left Behind by Tod Goldberg (3/15/07) 6. (4) Five Fat Men in a Hot Tub by Jeff Landon (9/15/05) 7. (7) There Swells and Jets a Heart by Rusty Barnes (3/15/07) 8. (8) Miss Hempstead's Brother by Myfanwy Collins (3/15/07) 9. (NR) Seven in the Morning by Max Ruback (3/15/07) 10. (9) Baby in a Jar by Tom Saunders (3/15/07) Interviews 1. (6) Mike Amato (3/15/07) 2. (1) Tod Goldberg (3/15/07) 3. (NR) Thomas Kearnes (12/15/06) 4. (2) Holly Selph (3/15/07) 5. (9) Stefani Nellen (3/15/07) 6. (10) Jeff Landon (6/15/06) 7. (NR) Myfanwy Collins (3/15/07) 8. (3) Rusty Barnes (3/15/07) 9. (NR) Spencer Dew (10/15/04) 10. (NR) Ann Walters (3/15/07) Labels: Elizabeth Ellen, Jeff Landon, John Leary, Max Ruback, Mike Amato, Myfanwy Collins, Rusty Barnes, SmokeLong Quarterly, Steve Almond, Tod Goldberg, Tom Saunders, Top Ten posted by Dave Clapper at 11:44 AM 0 comments Friday, May 04, 2007 Top Ten Page Views for April Almond is still #1, but he was seriously challenged last month by Mike Amato, whose story had only 75 less page views than Steve's. Since I'm late posting this time around, I took a little time to delve a little more deeply. 54 stories last month had 100 or more page views. Pretty cool. Also, after the top ten page views of stories, I'm including the top ten page views for interviews. Stories 1. (1) Pornography by Steve Almond (6/15/05) 2. (5) Heaven by the Highwayside by Mike Amato (3/15/07) 3. (NR) 8x10 by Elizabeth Ellen (12/15/06) 4. (2) Five Fat Men in a Hot Tub by Jeff Landon (9/15/05) 5. (6) Ten Very Short Stories by John Leary (3/15/07) 6. (4) This Is What You Left Behind by Tod Goldberg (3/15/07) 7. (8) There Swells and Jets a Heart by Rusty Barnes (3/15/07) 8. (7) Miss Hempstead's Brother by Myfanwy Collins (3/15/07) 9. (NR) Baby in a Jar by Tom Saunders (3/15/07) 10. (9) The Color of Moths by Holly Selph (3/15/07) Interviews 1. Tod Goldberg (3/15/07) 2. Holly Selph (3/15/07) 3. Rusty Barnes (3/15/07) 4. Robert Travieso (3/15/07) 5. John Leary (3/15/07) 6. Mike Amato (3/15/07) 7. Jeff Vande Zende (3/15/07) 8. Max Ruback (3/15/07) 9. Stefani Nellen (3/15/07) 10. Jeff Landon (6/15/06) Labels: Elizabeth Ellen, Holly Selph, Jeff Landon, John Leary, Mike Amato, Myfanwy Collins, Rusty Barnes, SmokeLong Quarterly, Steve Almond, Tod Goldberg, Tom Saunders, Top Ten posted by Dave Clapper at 3:19 PM 0 comments Monday, April 02, 2007 Top Ten Page Views for March Almond's at the top, as usual, although his page views dipped below a thousand for the first time in ages. I wouldn't be too surprised to see his usual place usurped in the months to come. Except for the top three, all of the top ten are stories published in the middle of last month. 1. (1) Pornography by Steve Almond (6/15/05) 2. (3) Five Fat Men in a Hot Tub by Jeff Landon (9/15/05) 3. (2) A Deep Desire for Blue by Alexandra Fox (6/15/05) 4. (NR) This Is What You Left Behind by Tod Goldberg (3/15/07) 5. (NR) Heaven by the Highwayside by Mike Amato (3/15/07) 6. (NR) Ten Very Short Stories by John Leary (3/15/07) 7. (NR) Miss Hempstead's Brother by Myfanwy Collins (3/15/07) 8. (NR) There Swells and Jets a Heart by Rusty Barnes (3/15/07) 9. (NR) The Color of Moths by Holly Selph (3/15/07) 10. (NR) Seven in the Morning by Max Ruback (3/15/07) Labels: Alexandra Fox, Holly Selph, Jeff Landon, John Leary, Max Ruback, Mike Amato, Myfanwy Collins, Rusty Barnes, SmokeLong Quarterly, Steve Almond, Tod Goldberg, Top Ten posted by Dave Clapper at 12:52 PM 0 comments January 2005, February 2005, March 2005, June 2005, August 2005, September 2005, October 2005, November 2005, December 2005, March 2006, April 2006, May 2006, June 2006, July 2006, August 2006, September 2006, October 2006, November 2006, December 2006, January 2007, February 2007, March 2007, April 2007, May 2007, June 2007, July 2007, August 2007, September 2007, October 2007, November 2007, December 2007, January 2008, February 2008, March 2008, April 2008, May 2008, June 2008, July 2008, August 2008, September 2008, October 2008, November 2008, December 2008, January 2009, February 2009, March 2009, April 2009, May 2009, June 2009, September 2009, June 2010, August 2010, September 2010, December 2010, Current Posts



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