stats for Issue 16

Here are the stats for issue sixteen:

Issue Sixteen (live from 3/15/07-6/14/07) 3/15-3/31: 43262 page views 4/1-4/30: 70069 page views 5/1-5/31: 64773 page views 3/1-3/14: 37953 page views Total Issue 16: 216057 page views

That's a 9.98% increase over our last issue. Yay! And that takes us past the 200,000 page views barrier!

SmokeLong Quarterly Issue 17

New issue of SmokeLong went live on Friday, and I just haven't had a chance to post about it until now. It's a beauty, guest edited by Bob Arter. Take a look!

Issue Seventeen (June 15, 2007): Renoir Responds to Aline Charigot’s Charges of Painting Her Ugly by Daniel Bailey «» Cymothoa Exigua by Christopher Battle «» Oblivious by Gary Cadwallader «» The Wedge in Between by Debbie Ann Eis «» One Purple Finch by Kathy Fish «» Clouds by James Hanley «» Mousafa's Woman by Kyle Hemmings «» First Night by Ric Jahna «» My Great-Aunt Meets Jesus at the Mobil Station in Montana by Stephanie Johnson «» Old Leningrad by Sandra Maddux-Creech «» Selective Memory by Mary McCluskey «» The Attraction of Asphalt by Stefani Nellen «» Of Potential by Jim Nelson «» Portrait of a Mother, Beforehand J.M. Patrick «» Midnight in Albuquerque by Tiffany Poremba «» Flatlining in the Edward G. Bellacosta Memorial Park by Jake Ruiter «» Prow by Claudia Smith «» I Know This Man; He is My Father. by Tavia Stewart «» In the Last Frame by Beth Thomas «» My First Two-Headed Boy by Veronica Thorn «» Interviews: Bob Arter «» Daniel Bailey «» Christopher Battle «» Gary Cadwallader «» Debbie Ann Eis «» Kathy Fish «» James Hanley «» Kyle Hemmings «» Ric Jahna «» Stephanie Johnson «» Sandra Maddux-Creech «» Mary McCluskey «» Stefani Nellen «» Jim Nelson «» J.M. Patrick «» Tiffany Poremba «» Jake Ruiter «» Claudia Smith «» Tavia Stewart «» Beth Thomas «» Veronica Thorn «» Cover Art "Peace in a Time of Monsters" by Marty D. Ison «» Letter From the Editor

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)