The archive

Issues

Everything Neon & Smoke has put out, back to the first one. Fourteen issues, 141 pieces, 127 contributors, every one of them listed here by name.

The issues

The cover of September Smoke: a vivid watercolour of a human skull and spine in profile, painted in bright greens, blues, purples and oranges on a pale ground, beneath the Neon & Smoke masthead.

Current issue

September Smoke

Format
Issue
Pieces
11
Contributors
11
Cover art
Claudia Tong

Eight stories, two poems and cover art.

Inside this issue

The cover of August | The Dopamine Hit: a torn collage of a young man’s face beside a blurred figure behind textured glass, beneath the Neon & Smoke masthead.

Back issue

August | The Dopamine Hit

Format
Issue
Pieces
11
Contributors
11
Cover art
Patty Paine

Ten poems and cover art.

Inside this issue

The cover of the Pride Issue: a figure drawn in dense black-and-white pattern against diagonal rainbow stripes, beneath the Neon & Smoke masthead.

Back issue

Pride Issue

Released
Format
Issue
Pieces
11
Contributors
11
Cover art
Camellia Paul

Seven poems, three stories and cover art.

Inside this issue

The cover of April Anthology: Women on Fire: a painting of a blonde woman in a red robe crouching at an open fridge at night, beneath the Neon & Smoke masthead.

Anthology · also in print

April Anthology: Women on Fire

Released
Format
Anthology
Pieces
11
Contributors
10

Seven stories, two artworks and two poems.

Inside this issue

The cover of The Span of Human Emotion: a painted face with wide yellow eyes, a tree and a red sun rising out of the head, beneath the Neon & Smoke masthead.

Back issue

The Love Issue | The Span of Human Emotion

Released
Format
Issue
Pieces
12
Contributors
12

Eleven poems and one artwork.

Companion volume to The Love Issue.

Inside this issue

The cover of The Love Issue: black silhouettes of a crowd against a bright yellow field, beneath the Neon & Smoke masthead.

Back issue

The Love Issue

Released
Format
Issue
Pieces
12
Contributors
12

Seven poems, four stories and one artwork.

Inside this issue

The cover of January Smoke: a black-and-white portrait of a young person seen through vertical slats, beneath the Neon & Smoke masthead.

Back issue

January Smoke

Released
Format
Issue
Pieces
9
Contributors
9

Seven stories, one poem and one artwork.

Inside this issue

The cover of Issue #1: a cut-paper figure in a gold patterned dress against orange swirls and black flowers, beneath the Neon & Smoke masthead.

Back issue

Issue-1

Released
Format
Issue
Pieces
13
Contributors
13

Seven stories, five poems and one artwork.

Inside this issue

Start at the top with September Smoke and work back, or start at the bottom and watch the magazine learn what it is.

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