Rejection #15–>Submission #14

40-some-odd day rejection from Son and Foe for “Enduring at the Edge of the Storm.” I submitted this same story to GUD. Son and Foe will be releasing their 4th issue in a month or so, and then they are taking a short break (till next year some time. For more info, check out their

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Rejection #13 –> Submissions #12 and #13

Alrighty. Another 3 day rejection from GUD for my piece “Retired.” I sent GUD yet another story. This one (“Like Everyone Else”) is strictly literary with no horror elements to it (though it is a bit dark). I also sent “Retired” back out, this time to Fantasy Magazine. I have had one rejection from Fantasy

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The Life and Times of J.D. McNutterhouse: Episode Three

In each episode, we follow J.D. McNutterhouse, a new writer whose rare combination of thick-headedness, ignorance, and naivety cause him to take misstep after misstep on the road to publication.——————————————————- This week’s adventure: “J.D. Gets Accepted!” Wonders of wonders, can it be true? Has J.D. McNutterhouse, the arrogant new writer who follows no rules, actually

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Rejection #12

17 day rejection from Pseudopod. Gee fellas, you don’t have to send all the rejections at once. Spread em out a bit. Yikes.

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Flashes of Speculation

I was just forwarded a link to this new blog. I took a quick look at it today and like what I saw. Very cool blog in the tradition of such flash-dedicated sites as Tastes of Darkness. From the site: Flashes of Speculation is dedicated to the sharing of works of flash fiction in the

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Rejection #10

5 month rejection from Dark Wisdom. A cool mag I was hoping to break into. The rejection said my piece didn’t quite fit the style of the mag. This was the first submission for the piece, “Retired,” so after some research I’ll send her back out.

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The Life and Times of J.D. McNutterhouse: Episode Two

This week’s adventure: “J.D. Gets Personal” J.D. McNutterhouse was tired of getting rejection letters all the time. He knew it couldn’t have anything to do with his writing, and certainly not his manuscript format (didn’t he always make sure to use a 10 point font and single space to conserve room? Didn’t he always use

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