Month: June 2026

So this rejection caught me by surprise. It ended up in my spam folder, so I didn’t see it until a while after it was sent on 5/28/2026. This is the same story that is more salient now than it was when I originally wrote it. This time, the rejection is personalized. Granted, this market…

Remember how I said I submitted a story the same day I got a rejection on March 17th? Yup. Another rejection for that story! Another form rejection at that. It’s out on submission again, and as of this writing, I don’t have a response. Maybe at some point I’ll get something to tell me what’s…

So about this story: it’s another of my “just a story” pieces that I didn’t think would go anywhere but the page when I first wrote it (years ago now). Then, well, the world hit the fan like shit on a spanner. Suddenly my “just a story” held more real-world implications, despite the speculative nature.…

I wrote this story a while ago. I’ve been off-and-on revising it for a while, but never had the courage to send it out. In the spirit of this year’s query challenge, I sent it out. And I got a personalized rejection! Specifically, I got actual, actionable feedback: “This story had some interesting ideas, but…

After many years of writing, rewriting, and throwing out various versions of a story, I finally have this story in a place where I’m comfortable submitting it. The first place where I submitted it had a fairly swift expected turnaround time, and indeed after only four days, I received my rejection letter on March 17,…