So This Was May 2023

I’ve made 109 submissions. 94 rejections. 8 acceptances.

SALES & ACCEPTANCES:-The Stiff In Pod G was sold to Medusa Tales, Jul 23rd ’22.
Four Women With Swords was sold to The Lorelei Signal, Dec 11th 22.

These were the final 2 unannounced sales from last year. I did have permission from Lorelei Signal, I just forgot to announce.

A Tollbooth On Mars was sold to Amazing Stories, Jan 1st, ’23.
The Boxing Men was sold to Dark Matter Magazine, Jan 24th, ’23. [REPRINT]
Empty Chest was sold to Spring Into SciFi Anthology Series, Jan 29th ’23.
My House Is Haunted, Ask Me Everything was sold to Eidetic, Mar 2nd ’23.
Hot Dust was sold to Galactic Treks, Apr 19th ’23.
John Lennon Is Feeding Me Instructions Across Time was sold to Eidetic, Apr 26th, 23.
On Reflection, It’s Life was sold to Psychotoxin Press, May 1st, 23.
Hostile Take-over was sold to Eidetic, May 10th, 23.


CAVEAT:-Be aware, I am now adding stubs for titles which have sold, but I’ve not yet received official permission to announce as sold yet.

There are currently 33 stories out in submission:-

PUBLISHED THIS YEAR:
I Made A New Friend Today was released at Eidolotry Digital #2. PsychoToxin Press. Jan 1st ’23.
A Monster Under Every Bed was released at It Came From Under The Bed, 13th Jan ’23
A Tollbooth On Mars was released at Amazing Stories, Feb 6th, ’23.
Sidekicks was released in A Hero Of A Different Stripe, Feb 16th ’23.
The Boxing Men was released in Dark Matter Magazine, Mar 1st, ’23
Empty Chest was released in Spring Into SciFi 2023 collection, Mar 21st, ’23.
Total Immersion was released in Bards And Sages Quarterly, Vol XV, Issue II, Apr 2023, Apr 1st, 23.
The War Machines was released at Utopia Science Fiction Magazine April/May 2023, Apr 30th ’23.
Tuck & Roll was released at Automobilia, Omicronworld, Apr 30th 2023. (DTBC)
On Reflection, It’s Life is appearing on bookmarks at various horror conventions after May 26th. 23.

LESSONS LEARNED:-(This is a new segment, I’ll be adding tips for myself for future blogs.)
Add sales as stubs as soon as those are received. Temp entries until announced then replace with official info.
Add releases when info is received to Shape Of Things To Come, so I don’t forget.
Add stubs to Shape Of Things To Come for unannounced sales.
Create entries for the Submission Challenge each day, as they come in or go out.
I removed the Stories On Hold section as I didn’t want any markets to feel pressure to buy stuff.

THE SHAPE OF THINGS TO COME!
Hostile Take-over will appear in the Eidetic Pride isue, June, 2023. (DTBC)
Spun Yarn will be released in Bullet Points, Jul 2023. (DTBC)
The Dragon Readers will be released in 99 Fleeting Fantasies, winter 2023. (DTBC).
Madam Midnight Fucks Shit Up will be released in Synthetic Reality Magazine, Issue 9. (DTBC)
The Stiff In Pod G will be released in Medusa Tales (DTBC)
Unannounced sale to market (not listed in sales yet). (DTBC)
You Have Summoned A Demon will be released at 34 Orchard, 2024. (DTBC)
Hot Dust will be released at Galactic Treks, (DTBC)
John Lennon Is Feeding Me Instructions Across Time will be released at Eidetic, (DTBC)

There’s some other stuff coming, I can’t officially talk about it yet. Just know it IS coming.
When I get more solid dates on the date to be confirmeds, I’ll announce them.
Publication of Madam Midnight was pushed back due to illness of the Synthetic Reality Mag editor. That may be delayed by at least 2 months.
The Stiff In Pod G is also in a void right now, I know as much as you do there.
A few publications have been pushed back. Some stuff I can’t talk about because they aren’t announced yet.

ANY OTHER BUSINESS:-I’m not setting any resolutions for 2023. I just want to write, submit, and hopefully sell stuff.

I wrote 3 stories this month, 6807 words in total. Two were for calls I decided not to sub for in the end. One story didn’t work out as well I had hoped because it was too vague a concept to flesh out in the time. I didn’t sub the other as I felt it had strayed too far from what they were asking for.

The second is solid enough to sell to the right horror market in the future. I don’t expect to write much during June with the submission challenge going on. I do have a call I want to sub it to & enough of a written up idea to make a decent story which fits. If I get time, I’ll write it. If it fits the sub well enough, I’ll send it there.

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So This Was April 2023

I’ve made 84 submissions.75 rejections. 6 acceptances.

SALES & ACCEPTANCES:-The Stiff In Pod G was sold to Medusa Tales, Jul 23rd ’22.
Four Women With Swords was sold to The Lorelei Signal, Dec 11th 22.

These were the final 2 unannounced sales from last year. I did have permission from Lorelei Signal, I just forgot to announce.

A Tollbooth On Mars was sold to Amazing Stories, Jan 1st, ’23.
The Boxing Men was sold to Dark Matter Magazine, Jan 24th, ’23. [REPRINT]
Empty Chest was sold to Spring Into SciFi Anthology Series, Jan 29th ’23.
My House Is Haunted, Ask Me Everything was sold to Eidetic, Mar 2nd ’23.
Hot Dust was sold to Galactic Treks, Apr 19th ’23.
John Lennon Is Feeding Me Instructions Across Time was sold to Eidetic, Apr 26th, 23.


CAVEAT:-Be aware, I am now adding stubs for titles which have sold, but I’ve not yet received official permission to announce as sold yet.

There are currently 29 stories out in submission:-

PUBLISHED THIS YEAR:
I Made A New Friend Today was released at Eidolotry Digital #2. PsychoToxin Press. Jan 1st ’23.
A Monster Under Every Bed was released at It Came From Under The Bed, 13th Jan ’23
A Tollbooth On Mars was released at Amazing Stories, Feb 6th, ’23.
Sidekicks was released in A Hero Of A Different Stripe, Feb 16th ’23.
The Boxing Men was released in Dark Matter Magazine, Mar 1st, ’23
Empty Chest was released in Spring Into SciFi 2023 collection, Mar 21st, ’23.
Total Immersion was released in Bards And Sages Quarterly, Vol XV, Issue II, Apr 2023, Apr 1st, 23.
The War Machines was released at Utopia Science Fiction Magazine April/May 2023, Apr 30th ’23.
Tuck & Roll was released at Automobilia, Omicronworld, Apr 30th 2023. (DTBC)

LESSONS LEARNED:-(This is a new segment, I’ll be adding tips for myself for future blogs.)
Add sales as stubs as soon as those are received. Temp entries until announced then replace with official info.
Add releases when info is received to Shape Of Things To Come, so I don’t forget.
Add stubs to Shape Of Things To Come for unannounced sales.
Create entries for the Submission Challenge each day, as they come in or go out.
I removed the Stories On Hold section as I didn’t want any markets to feel pressure to buy stuff.

THE SHAPE OF THINGS TO COME!
Spun Yarn will be released in Bullet Points, Jul 2023. (DTBC)
The Dragon Readers will be released in 99 Fleeting Fantasies, winter 2023. (DTBC).
Madam Midnight Fucks Shit Up will be released in Synthetic Reality Magazine, Issue 9. (DTBC)
The Stiff In Pod G will be released in Medusa Tales (DTBC)
Unannounced sale to market (not listed in sales yet). (DTBC)
You Have Summoned A Demon will be released at 34 Orchard, 2024. (DTBC)
Hot Dust will be released at Galactic Treks, (DTBC)
John Lennon Is Feeding Me Instructions Across Time will be released at Eidetic, (DTBC)


There’s some other stuff coming, I can’t officially talk about it yet. Just know it IS coming.
When I get more solid dates on the date to be confirmeds, I’ll announce them.
Publication of Madam Midnight was pushed back due to illness of the Synthetic Reality Mag editor. That may be delayed by at least 2 months.
The Stiff In Pod G is also in a void right now, I know as much as you do there.
A few publications have been pushed back. Some stuff I can’t talk about because they aren’t announced yet.

ANY OTHER BUSINESS:-I’m not setting any resolutions for 2023. I just want to write, submit, and hopefully sell stuff.
I wrote 2 stories this month, 4454 words in total. Banged out over 4200 words in a single dead under a deadline crunch. Scary to see I can still do that when push comes to shove. With nothing else coming out now until July, I expect the next few months to be fairly quiet. I’ve got the prep for the newly rearranged June Submission Challenge which will be the last one this year. I closed out a bunch of long outstanding submissions as never replied. Several more still need to be closed as well.

So This Was February 2023

I’ve made 54 submissions.47 rejections. 3 acceptances.1 story being held.

SALES & ACCEPTANCES:-A Tollbooth On Mars was sold to Amazing Stories, Jan 1st, ’23.
The Boxing Men was sold to Dark Matter Magazine, Jan 24th, ’23. [REPRINT]
Empty Chest was sold to Spring Into SciFi Anthology Series, Jan 29th ’23.

The Stiff In Pod G was sold to Medusa Tales, Jul 23rd ’22.
Four Women With Swords was sold to The Lorelei Signal, Dec 11th 22.

These were the final 2 unannounced sales from last year. I did have permission from Lorelei Signal, I just forgot to announce.

CAVEAT:-Be aware, I am now adding stubs for titles which have sold, but I’ve not yet received official permission to announce as sold yet.

There are currently 37 stories out in submission:-

PUBLISHED THIS YEAR:
I Made A New Friend Today was released at Eidolotry Digital #2. PsychoToxin Press. 1st Jan ’23.
A Monster Under Every Bed was released at It Came From Under The Bed, Jan 13th Jan ’23
A Tollbooth On Mars was released at Amazing Stories, Feb 6th, 2023.
Sidekicks was released in A Hero Of A Different Stripe, Feb 16th 2023.

LESSONS LEARNED:-(This is a new segment, I’ll be adding tips for myself for future blogs.)
Add sales as stubs as soon as those are received. Temp entries until announced then replace with official info.
Add releases when info is received to Shape Of Things To Come, so I don’t forget.
Add stubs to Shape Of Things To Come for unannounced sales.
Create entries for the Submission Challenge each day, as they come in or go out.
I removed the Stories On Hold section as I didn’t want any markets to feel pressure to buy stuff.
I moved the entry for Tuck & Roll because I’m tired of working around its constant delays.

THE SHAPE OF THINGS TO COME!
The Boxing Men will be released in Dark Matter Magazine, Mar 1st, ’23. (DTBC)
Empty Chest will be released in Spring Into SciFi 2023 collection, Mar 21st, 2023.
Total Immersion will be released in The Bards and Sages Quarterly, Apr 2023. (DTBC)
The War Machines will be released at Utopia Science Fiction, Apr 2023. (DTBC)
Spun Yarn will be released in Bullet Points, 2023. (DTBC).
The Dragon Readers will be released in 99 Fleeting Fantasies, winter 2023. (DTBC).
Madam Midnight Fucks Shit Up will be released in Synthetic Reality Magazine, Issue 9. (DTBC)
The Stiff In Pod G will be released in Medusa Tales (DTBC)
Unannounced sale to market (not listed in sales yet). (DTBC)
You Have Summoned A Demon will be released at 34 Orchard, 2024. (DTBC).
Tuck & Roll will be released. (DTBC).

There’s some other stuff coming, I can’t officially talk about it yet. Just know it IS coming.
When I get more solid dates on the date to be confirmeds, I’ll announce them.
Publication of Madam Midnight was pushed back due to illness of the Synthetic Reality Mag editor. That may be delayed by at least 2 months.
The Stiff In Pod G is also in a void right now, I know as much as you do there.
A few publications have been pushed back. Some stuff I can’t talk about because they aren’t announced yet.

ANY OTHER BUSINESS:-I’m not setting any resolutions for 2023. I just want to write, submit, and hopefully sell stuff.
I did write a story this month, but haven’t typed it up yet. So no word counts.

Jan ’23 Submission Challenge Round-up

Jan 01 – The listed markets were Fantasy Magazine or The Fairy Tale Magazine. Sadly, Fantasy were only open for BIPOC authors so I sent Life Is Grim to The Fairy Tale Magazine.
1 story subbed. I also made a sale, not related to the challenge.

Jan 02 – Todays markets, Clarkesworld or Cosmic Roots & Eldritch Shores. I Live The Future In Reverse went to Clarkesworld & King For A Day to Cosmic Roots and Eldritch Shores. No on Smoke & Mirrors from Kaliedotrope.
3 stories subbed, 1 rejection.

Jan 03 – Todays markets, Flash Fiction Online or Cosmic Horror Monthly. Waking Hours to Flash Fiction Online & 2 AM Check In to Cosmic Horror Monthly.
5 stories subbed, 1 rejection.

Jan 04 – I Dream Of Plastic went to Hexagon.
6 stories subbed, 1 rejection.

Jan 05 – Sent Clip Clop, And The Kid to Interzone & Do Bears… to Planet Scumm. No on Bizarre Life Triangle from Book Worms. Had more arrive later the same day, No on It All Happened At Taco Bell from Taco Bell Quarterly & I Live The Future In Reverse from Clarkesworld.
8 stories subbed, 4 rejections.

Jan 06 – Stranding Room Only to Best of British Science Fiction Anthology Series & A Pale Imitation to Augur. No on Clip Clop, And The Kid from Interzone. Best of British Science Fiction are a sub for me. I’ve been trying to break them about 3 years now.
EDIT:- No on King For A Day from Cosmic Roots and Eldritch Shores.
10 stories subbed, 6 rejections.

Jan 07 – Only subs going out today, it seems. The Bivouac to Analog, On Reflection to Fantastic Other & The Safety Of Checkpoints to The Fabulist.
13 stories subbed. 6 rejections.

Jan 08 – Just the 1 sub today, after yesterdays 3. There were a few markets who were closing, is why. War Driver to Electric Spec. No on Survival Of The Fittest from Stanchion.
14 stories subbed. 7 rejections.

Jan 09 – This Is Not A Side Quest to Beneath Ceaseless Skies & And The Pervading Smell Of Lilac to Sci Phi Journal.
16 stories subbed. 7 rejections.

Jan 10 – I had 2 markets listed for today, but had nothing to send to Dose Of Dread. Just A Small Slice Of Life to Fusion Fragment.
17 stories subbed. 7 rejections.

Jan 11 – Just the one market today, Univercity to Radon Journal.
18 stories subbed. 7 rejections.

Jan 12 – Another single market day. Forever, Young to Bourbon Penn. No on Just A Small Slice Of Life from Fusion Fragment.
19 stories subbed. 8 rejections.

Jan 13 – And a 3rd day of single markets. The Recently Declassified History Of South Bend Flight School to Apex Magazine.
20 stories subbed. 8 rejections.

Jan 14 – John Lennon Is Feeding Me Instructions Across Time to 34 Orchard. I wanted to also sub to F&SF but I’d screwed up when they were open. More on that tomorrow.
21 stories subbed. 8 rejections.

Jan 15 – A rare day. I don’t normally sub reprints, today I subbed two! The Boxing Men to Dark Matter Mag & Lost Souls to Manawaker Studio Flash Fiction Podcast.
23 stories subbed. 8 rejections

Jan 16 – A bunch of new markets popped up for the rest of the month so todays subs got interupted whilst I filed those. I managed to get 3 subs out, even though there was only 1 listed market. Desperately Seeking… Something to Deadly Drabble Tuesdays, Volunteer To Be A Martyr to Habitats Mag & Scenario 12 to Horror Library Anthology.
EDIT:- And a late rejection:- No on War Driver from Electric Spec.
26 stories subbed. 9 rejections

Jan 17 – Just the 1 market today. There were two, but I wanted to be able to get on with other stuff so I bumped it down. I’ve Fallen In Love With A Hologram, Again to Factor Four Magazine.
EDIT:- And a rejection later in day, just after my zoom writing course finished. No on Desperately Seeking… Something from Deadly Drabble Tuesdays.
27 stories subbed. 10 rejections

Jan 18 – A mixed day. Some rejections, some subs too. No on Hansel & Gretel & Wilhelm from Cast of Wonders & on This Is Not A Side Quest from Beneath Ceaseless Skies.
The Adventures Of The Amazing Jill, And Otter Bob to Escape Pod & Running With Scissors to Ghoulish Tales.
29 stories subbed. 12 rejections

Jan 19 – I had 3 markets set today, but didn’t have anything for Dark Void. The Witch In The Fog to The Future Fire & One Small Step to F&SF.
31 stories subbed. 12 rejections

Jan 20 – Had 2 markets lined up today but one of them closed early on me. No on Dial Stuck On Summer from Flash Fiction Podcast. Two Little Birds to Brilliant Flash Fiction.
32 stories subbed. 13 rejections

Jan 21 – I had 2 markets set out but was told one of them was not open. No on One Small Step from F&SF & The Hanging Gardens Of Babylon from riddlebird.
11 Walls In The World to Asimov’s.
33 stories subbed. 15 rejections

Jan 22 – Spent the previous evening selecting the stories for the rest of the month. I really haven’t had any motivation to do anything to be honest. My subs get later each day to the point where I’ll possibly miss a day due to procrastination. At least I got shit done today. Commence With Enthusiastic Dancing to James Gunn’s Ad Astra.
34 stories subbed. 15 rejections

Jan 23 – I had 2 markets today, so I subbed to both. No on On Reflection from The Fantastic Other & on 11 Walls In The World from Asimov’s.
I Screamed Into The Cosmic Void And All I Got Was A Lousy T-shirt [subbed to Jim Baen Memorial Short Story Award & The Princess And The Sandwich to Baen Fantasy Adventure Award.
Had a rejection come in later, also spotted one I’d somehow missed earlier in the challenge.
No on The Recently Declassified History Of South Bend Flight School from Apex & Sixteen Tons from Calliope. Apparently I failed to log Calliope on Jan 10th, when it was received. Not sure why, but it’s logged now.
36 stories subbed. 19 rejections

Jan 24 – No on Reserved For Special Treatment from The Vanishing Point.
Dial Stuck On Summer to Penumbric. I did have another market for today but my motivation just NOPED there. I also got my 1st acceptance of this challenge. Can’t say anything yet, but as soon as they acknowledge receipt of the signed contract. Their editor said some super nice things.
37 stories subbed. 20 rejections. 1 acceptance (unannounced).

Jan 25 – The Boxing Men has been sold to Dark Matter Magazine, it’ll appear in issue 14. That’s a reprint, so free money!
I did have 2 markets lined up, but I can’t confirm The Arcanist as open so I decided to pass there. I Will Send Diamonds to Bards & Sages Quarterly.
38 stories subbed. 20 rejections. 1 acceptance.

Jan 26 – 38 Days to Nature Futures & Moon Walker to Not One of Us.
40 stories subbed. 20 rejections. 1 acceptance.

Jan 27 – The Boxing Men was sold to Amazing Stories! Finally able to announce this now. One Small Step to Mythaxis Magazine & Dragon’s Tower to Dragon Gems Anthology Series.
42 stories subbed. 20 rejections. 2 acceptances.

Jan 28 – When Does The Screaming Stop to Three-Lobed Burning Eye.
43 stories subbed. 20 rejections. 2 acceptances.

Jan 29 – Another non-challenge related sale! Empty Chest was sold to Spring Into SciFi Anthology.
No on Two Little Birds from Brilliant Flash Fiction, on Waking Hours from Flash Fiction Online & on Do Bears … from Planet Scumm.
Observation Log; Day Shift subbed to Archive of the Odd. I had NewMyths down as todays market, but decided to try something else instead. I may still sub there this month, we’ll see.
44 stories subbed. 23 rejections. 3 acceptances.

Jan 30 – Feeding The Ghosts Of The Abandoned Asylum to ParSec & A God’s Day Off to Flash Point SF.
46 stories subbed. 23 rejections. 3 acceptances.

Jan 31- Final day. In the last couple of weeks it felt like it couldn’t come soon enough. No on I Dream Of Plastic from Hexagon.
The Sex Lives Of Robots to Triangulation Anthology.
47 stories subbed. 24 rejections. 3 acceptances.

I am amazed at three acceptances in a month. Sure, 2 weren’t challenge related but that is an excellent start to my year. I hope the wave holds a little longer.

So This Was January 2023

I’ve made 47 submissions. 24 rejections. 3 acceptances.1 story being held.

SALES & ACCEPTANCES:-A Tollbooth On Mars was sold to Amazing Stories, Jan 1st, ’23.
The Boxing Men was sold to Dark Matter Magazine, Jan 24th, ’23. [REPRINT]
Empty Chest was sold to Spring Into SciFi Anthology Series, Jan 29th ’23.

Unannounced sale to redacted market, Jul 23rd ’22.
Unannounced sale to redacted market, Dec 11th 22.
If permission is not forthcoming in the next few weeks, I will announce these myself.

CAVEAT:-Be aware, I am now adding stubs for titles which have sold, but I’ve not yet received official permission to announce as sold yet.

There are currently 54 stories out in submission:-

PUBLISHED THIS YEAR:
I Made A New Friend Today was released at Eidolotry Digital #2. PsychoToxin Press. 1st Jan ’23.
A Monster Under Every Bed was released at It Came From Under The Bed, Jan 13th Jan ’23

LESSONS LEARNED:-(This is a new segment, I’ll be adding tips for myself for future blogs.)
Add sales as stubs as soon as those are received. Temp entries until announced then replace with official info.
Add releases when info is received to Shape Of Things To Come, so I don’t forget.
Add stubs to Shape Of Things To Come for unannounced sales.
Create entries for the Submission Challenge each day, as they come in or go out.
I removed the Stories On Hold section as I didn’t want any markets to feel pressure to buy stuff.
I moved the entry for Tuck & Roll because I’m tired of working around its constant delays.

THE SHAPE OF THINGS TO COME!
The Dragon Readers will be released in 99 Fleeting Fantasies, (DTBC).
A Tollbooth On Mars will be released at Amazing Stories, Feb 6, 2023.
Sidekicks will be released in A Hero Of A Different Stripe, Feb 2023. (DTBC)
Empty Chest will be released in Spring Into SciFi 2023 collection, Mar 21st, 2023.
The Boxing Men will be released in Dark Matter Magazine, Apr, ’23. (DTBC)
Total Immersion will be released in The Bards and Sages Quarterly, April 2023. (DTBC)
The War Machines will be released at Utopia Science Fiction, April 2023. (DTBC)
Spun Yarn will be released in Bullet Points, 2023. (DTBC).
Madam Midnight Fucks Shit Up will be released in Synthetic Reality Magazine, Issue 9. (DTBC)
Unannounced sale to market. (DTBC)
Unannounced sale to market (not listed in sales yet). (DTBC)
You Have Summoned A Demon will be released at 34 Orchard, 2024. (DTBC).
Tuck & Roll will be released. (DTBC).

There’s some other stuff coming, I can’t officially talk about it yet. Just know it IS coming.
When I get more solid dates on the date to be confirmeds, I’ll announce them.
Publication of Madam Midnight was pushed back due to illness of the Synthetic Reality Mag editor. That may be delayed by at least 2 months.
A few publications have been pushed back. Some stuff I can’t talk about because they aren’t announced yet.

ANY OTHER BUSINESS:-I’m not setting any resolutions for 2023. I just want to write, submit, and hopefully sell stuff.

2023 Awards Eligible Work

The following works are eligible for the Nebula, Hugo & BSFA Awards in the short story category.NOTE: REPRINTS ARE NOT ELIGIBLE OUTSIDE THEIR PUBLICATION YEAR.To make life a bit easier for myself (and you), I’ve added what genre they are in brackets.

I Made A New Friend Today. Eidolotry Digital #2. PsychoToxin Press. 1st Jan ’23. [SF/Horror]
A Monster Under Every Bed. It Came From Under The Bed. Hiraeth Publishing.13th Jan ’23. [SF/Horror]
A Tollbooth On Mars. Amazing Stories. 6th Feb ’23. [SF]
Sidekicks. A Hero of a Different Stripe. LTUE Press, 16th Feb ’23.[SF]
Empty Chest. Spring Into SciFi 2023 collection, Mar 21st, ’23.[SF]
Total Immersion. Bards And Sages Quarterly, Vol XV, Issue II, Apr 2023. Apr 1st, 23.[SF]
The War Machine. Utopia Science Fiction Magazine April/May 2023, Apr 30th ’23. [SF]
Tuck & Roll. Automobilia, Omicronworld, Apr 30th 2023. (DTBC) Sale link also to be confirmed. [SF]

So This Was 2022

2020=356 subs.
317 rejections.
16 acceptances.
18 pubs.
9 ISFDB credits.
54 stories written, 88,033 words.

2021=458 subs.
406 rejections.
22 acceptances.
25 pubs.
11 ISFDB credits.
75 stories written, 85,117 words.

2022=327 subs.
310 rejections.
22 acceptances. (2 unannounced)
14 pubs. (Inc 1 poem)
9 ISFDB credits.
78 stories written, 64,576 words.

I’ve made 327 submissions. 310 rejections. 20 acceptances.1 story being held.

SALES & ACCEPTANCES:-Sidekicks was accepted by A Hero Of A Different Stripe, Oct 6th ’21. (Not included in the above total)
Bag Of Bones was accepted by 206 Word Stories, Feb 12th ’22
Madam Midnight Fucks Shit Up was sold to Synthetic Reality Magazine, Feb 15th ’22
PROVISIONAL SALE IF MARKET GOES AHEAD, TO BE LOGGED.
Father, Are You Sleeping? was sold to Dark Recesses Press, Mar 5th ’22.
Dragon Bait was sold to Heroic Fantasy Quarterly, Mar 20th ’22.
I Hide Behind Cardboard Cliffs And Polystyrene Rocks was sold to Fission, Apr 3rd ’22.
Dawn of Time Episode 1, Time Flies With Time Pies (Co-Author) was sold to Stupefying Stories, Apr 8th ’22.
Dawn of Time Episode 8, When things look dark…. was sold to Stupefying Stories, Apr 8th ’22.
A Fine Body was sold to The Lorelei Signal, May 9th ’22.
Ask For Slim was sold to HyphenPunk, May 17th ’22.
Total Immersion was sold to The Society of Misfit Stories, Jun 22nd ’22.
A Monster Under Every Bed was sold to It Came From Under The Bed, Jul 15th ’22.
The Age Of Chivalry was sold to The Lorelei Signal, Jul 17th ’22.
Unannounced sale to redacted market, Jul 23rd ’22.
Spun Yarn was sold to Bullet Points, Aug 8th ’22.
The Man Who Borrowed My Clock was sold to The Colored Lens, Aug 24th ’22.
Breaking Down A Cursed Sandwich was sold to Never Cheat a Witch, Aug 29th ’22.
The Dragon Readers was sold to 99 Fleeting Fantasies, Sept 5th 22.
I Made A New Friend Today was sold to Eidetic, Sept 16th 22.
The War Machines was sold to Utopia Science Fiction, Oct 4th 22.
Idiots Of The Underworld was sold to Tales From The Moonlit Path, Oct 6th 22.
You Have Summoned A Demon was sold to 34 Orchard, Nov 13th 22.
Unannounced sale to redacted market, Dec 11th 22.

CAVEAT:-Be aware, I am now adding stubs for titles which have sold, but I’ve not yet received official permission to announce as sold yet. These are just an aide memoire for me, and my increasingly terrible short-term memory.

There are currently 35 stories out in submission:-

PUBLISHED THIS YEAR:
Stranding Room Only was released at Abyss & Apex, Jan 1st ’22.
Bag Of Bones was released at Bag of Bones – 206 Word Stories: A Horror Anthology, 26th Feb ’22. (POEM)
Father, Are You Sleeping? was released at Dark Recesses Press, 16th Mar ’22.
Dawn of Time Episode 1, Time Flies With Time Pies was released at Stupefying Stories, 8th April ’22. (Co-Author)
Call Back, Any Time! was released at Grandpa’s Deep-Space Diner, 20th Apr ’22.
Dragon Bait was released at Heroic Fantasy Quarterly, May 2nd ’22.
Dawn of Time Episode 8, When things look dark… was released at Stupefying Stories, May 27th ’22.
Ask For Slim was released at HyphenPunk, Jun 15th ’22.
A Fine Body was released at The Lorelei Signal, Jul 3rd ’22.
The Age Of Chivalry was released at The Lorelei Signal, Oct 2nd ’22.
The Man Who Borrowed My Clock was released in The Colored Lens, Oct 8th ’22.
Breaking Down A Cursed Sandwich was released in Never Cheat a Witch, Oct 10th ’22.
Idiots Of The Underworld was released at Tales From The Moonlit Path. Oct 28th ’22.
Where They Fear To Tread was released at Trees:An Anthology. Nov 18th ’22.

LESSONS LEARNED:-(This is a new segment, I’ll be adding tips for myself for future blogs.)
Add sales as stubs as soon as those are received. Temp entries until announced then replace with official info.
Add releases when info is received to Shape Of Things To Come, so I don’t forget.
Add stubs to Shape Of Things To Come for unannounced sales.
Create entries for the Submission Challenge each day, as they come in or go out.
I removed the Stories On Hold section as I didn’t want any markets to feel pressure to buy stuff.
I moved the entry for Tuck & Roll because I’m tired of working around its constant delays.

THE SHAPE OF THINGS TO COME!
A Monster Under Every Bed will be released in It Came From Under The Bed, Jan 1st 2023.
I Made A New Friend Today will be released in Eidetic, Jan 1st 2023.
The Dragon Readers will be released in 99 Fleeting Fantasies, (DTBC).
Sidekicks will be released in A Hero Of A Different Stripe, Feb 2023. (DTBC)
Total Immersion will be released in The Bards and Sages Quarterly, April 2023. (DTBC)
The War Machines will be released at Utopia Science Fiction, April 2023. (DTBC)
Spun Yarn will be released in Bullet Points, 2023. (DTBC).
I Hide Behind Cardboard Cliffs And Polystyrene Rocks will be released in Fission Vol #2. (DTBC)
Madam Midnight Fucks Shit Up will be released in Synthetic Reality Magazine, Issue 9. (DTBC)
Unannounced sale to market. (DTBC)
Unannounced sale to market (not listed in sales yet). (DTBC)
You Have Summoned A Demon will be released at 34 Orchard, 2024. (DTBC).
Tuck & Roll will be released. (DTBC).

There’s some other stuff coming, I can’t officially talk about it yet. Just know it IS coming.
When I get more solid dates on the date to be confirmeds, I’ll announce them.
Publication of Madam Midnight was pushed back due to illness of the Synthetic Reality Mag editor. That may be delayed by at least 2 months.
A few publications have been pushed back. Some stuff I can’t talk about because they aren’t announced yet.

ANY OTHER BUSINESS:-I’m not setting any resolutions for 2023. I just want to write, submit, and hopefully sell stuff.

So This Was November 2022

I’ve made 316 submissions. 297 rejections. 19 acceptances. 2 stories being held.

SALES & ACCEPTANCES:-Sidekicks was accepted by A Hero Of A Different Stripe, Oct 6th ’21. (Not included in the above total)
Bag Of Bones was accepted by 206 Word Stories, Feb 12th ’22
Madam Midnight Fucks Shit Up was sold to Synthetic Reality Magazine, Feb 15th ’22
PROVISIONAL SALE IF MARKET GOES AHEAD, TO BE LOGGED.
Father, Are You Sleeping? was sold to Dark Recesses Press, Mar 5th ’22.
Dragon Bait was sold to Heroic Fantasy Quarterly, Mar 20th ’22.
I Hide Behind Cardboard Cliffs And Polystyrene Rocks was sold to Fission, Apr 3rd ’22.
Dawn of Time Episode 1, Time Flies With Time Pies (Co-Author) was sold to Stupefying Stories, Apr 8th ’22.
Dawn of Time Episode 8, When things look dark…. was sold to Stupefying Stories, Apr 8th ’22.
A Fine Body was sold to The Lorelei Signal, May 9th ’22.
Ask For Slim was sold to HyphenPunk, May 17th ’22.
Total Immersion was sold to The Society of Misfit Stories, Jun 22nd ’22.
A Monster Under Every Bed was sold to It Came From Under The Bed, Jul 15th ’22.
The Age Of Chivalry was sold to The Lorelei Signal, Jul 17th ’22.
Unannounced sale to redacted market, Jul 23rd ’22.
Spun Yarn was sold to Bullet Points, Aug 8th ’22.
The Man Who Borrowed My Clock was sold to The Colored Lens, Aug 24th ’22.
Breaking Down A Cursed Sandwich was sold to Never Cheat a Witch, Aug 29th ’22.
The Dragon Readers was sold to 99 Fleeting Fantasies, Sept 5th 22.
Unannounced sale to redacted market, Sept 16th 22.
The War Machines was sold to Utopia Science Fiction, Oct 4th 22.
Idiots Of The Underworld was sold to Tales From The Moonlit Path, Oct 6th 22.
You Have Summoned A Demon was sold to 34 Orchard, Nov 13th 22.

CAVEAT:-Be aware, I am now adding stubs for titles which have sold, but I’ve not yet received official permission to announce as sold yet. These are just an aide memoire for me, and my increasingly terrible short-term memory.

There are currently 40 stories out in submission:-

PUBLISHED THIS YEAR:
Stranding Room Only was released at Abyss & Apex, Jan 1st ’22.
Bag Of Bones was released at Bag of Bones – 206 Word Stories: A Horror Anthology, 26th Feb ’22. (POEM)
Father, Are You Sleeping? was released at Dark Recesses Press, 16th Mar ’22.
Dawn of Time Episode 1, Time Flies With Time Pies was released at Stupefying Stories, 8th April ’22. (Co-Author)
Call Back, Any Time! was released at Grandpa’s Deep-Space Diner, 20th Apr ’22.
Dragon Bait was released at Heroic Fantasy Quarterly, May 2nd ’22.
Dawn of Time Episode 8, When things look dark… was released at Stupefying Stories, May 27th ’22.
Ask For Slim was released at HyphenPunk, Jun 15th ’22.
A Fine Body was released at The Lorelei Signal, Jul 3rd ’22.
The Age Of Chivalry was released at The Lorelei Signal, Oct 2nd ’22.
The Man Who Borrowed My Clock was released in The Colored Lens, Oct 8th ’22.
Breaking Down A Cursed Sandwich was released in Never Cheat a Witch, Oct 10th ’22.
Idiots Of The Underworld was released at Tales From The Moonlit Path. Oct 28th ’22.
Where They Fear To Tread was released at Trees:An Anthology. Nov 18th ’22.

LESSONS LEARNED:-(This is a new segment, I’ll be adding tips for myself for future blogs.)
Add sales as stubs as soon as those are received. Temp entries until announced then replace with official info.
Add releases when info is received to Shape Of Things To Come, so I don’t forget.
Add stubs to Shape Of Things To Come for unannounced sales.
Create entries for the Submission Challenge each day, as they come in or go out.
I removed the Stories On Hold section as I didn’t want any markets to feel pressure to buy stuff.
I moved the entry for Tuck & Roll because I’m tired of working around its constant delays.

THE SHAPE OF THINGS TO COME!
I Hide Behind Cardboard Cliffs And Polystyrene Rocks will be released in Fission Vol #2, Late ’22. (DTBC)
Madam Midnight Fucks Shit Up will be released in Synthetic Reality Magazine, Issue 9, Late ’22. (DTBC)
Unannounced sale to market, possibly late 2022. (DTBC)
Unannounced sale to market (not listed in sales yet, possibly late 2022. (DTBC)
A Monster Under Every Bed will be released in It Came From Under The Bed, Jan 1st 2023. (DTBC)
Sidekicks will be released in A Hero Of A Different Stripe, Feb 2023. (DTBC)
Total Immersion will be released in The Bards and Sages Quarterly, April 2023. (DTBC)
The War Machines will be released at Utopia Science Fiction, April 2023. (DTBC)
Spun Yarn will be released in Bullet Points, 2023. (DTBC).
The Dragon Readers will be released in 99 Fleeting Fantasies, (DTBC).
You Have Summoned A Demon will be released at 34 Orchard, 2024. (DTBC).
Tuck & Roll will be released. (DTBC).

There’s some other stuff coming, I can’t officially talk about it yet. Just know it IS coming.
When I get more solid dates on the date to be confirmeds, I’ll announce them.
Publication of Madam Midnight was pushed back due to illness of the Synthetic Reality Mag editor. That may be delayed by at least 2 months.
A few publications have been pushed back. Some stuff I can’t talk about because they aren’t announced yet.

ANY OTHER BUSINESS:-Despite not wanting to do NaNoWriMo, I somehow wrote 15 stories finished this month, 15,389 words in total. An amount I am happy to have reached. I’ve no plans to write anything else during December. Most of my time will be prepping for January’s Challenge. It looks doubtful that Tuck & Roll will come out this year. Sad to be saying that for yet another year. I had hoped that at least 1 of the 2 unannounced sales would come out during November but that wasn’t to be.

SFWA Short Story Market List 2022

Over the last 3 years I’ve compiled this list. It’s to help writers see which markets people were getting published in as they submitted their work for award consideration. This list was compiled on November 29th 2022. This is the link to last years list, which also has a link to the 1st year too:- https://raymondwriteswrongs.wordpress.com/2021/11/20/sfwa-short-story-market-list-2021/

Here are the markets, I’ve tried to put them into alphabetical order. Several markets were referred to in different ways, hopefully all these are unique entries.

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Abyss & Apex
Amazon kdp
Analog Magazine
Anathema Magazine
Apex Magazine
Apparition Lit
Arc Manor
Arsenal Pulp Press
Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine
Atthis Arts
Baffling Magazine
Black Cat Weekly Magazine (Wildside Press)
Black Ink
Beneath Ceaseless Skies
Blue Ridge Community and Technical College
British Science Fiction Association (BSFA) and HWS Press
Cast of Wonders
Cats Cast
Chris Kennedy Books
Clarkesworld Magazine
Cemetery Gates Media
Conjuring Worlds
Cossmass Infinities
Daily Science Fiction
Diabolical Plots
Escape Pod
Ember Journal
Essential Dreams Press
Etherea Magazine
ExPat Press
Factor Four Magazine
Fantasy Magazine
Fireside Fiction
FIYAH Literary Magazine
Fractured Lit
Fusion Fragment
HarperCollins Publishers
Hexagon
If There’s Anyone Left
Interzone
Kaleidotrope
khōréō magazine
Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast
Lightspeed Magazine
Luna Station Quarterly
Mafaverna
Martian Magazine
Medusa Tales
Meerkat Press
Metaphorosis
Moss Puppy Mag
Nature Futures
Nightmare Magazine
Omenana Magazine
Passages North
Podcastle
Pseudopod
Raw Dog Screaming Press
Reckoning
Seize the Press Magazine
Slate.com
Solarpunk Magazine
Something Scary Podcast
Space Fantasy Magazine
Speculatively Queer
Split
Storyteller Series Podcast
Strange Horizons
Tales from the Moonlit Path
The Arcanist
The Dark
The Deadlands
The Dread Machine
The Future Fire
The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction (F&SF)
The Missouri Review
The Sunday Morning Transport
Tor.com
Translunar Travelers Lounge
Tree and Stone
Twelfth Planet Press
Uncanny Magazine
Underland Arcana
Utopia Science Fiction
Weird Horror Magazine
WordFire Press
Wyngraf

Sept ’22 Submission Challenge Round-up

Possibly the hardest the challenge has ever been for me. Really tough, mentally. There were many days where I just felt like not bothering and subbing nothing. No idea how I overcame that, but I did. Here’s the breakdown.
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Sept 1st – 3 subs sent out today.
Rooms Full Of Memories to Split Lip, A God’s Day Off to Forge Literary & When Does The Screaming Stop to Dark Recesses (Print).
I’m only going to log challenge submissions & rejections here. Previously I had also logged all the on-going stats, the comings & goings of the month, but I realised there’s no point in doing that as I’ll be doing the normal monthly round-up so why do a thing twice?
I’m happy, I got stuff out to all the markets I wanted to, and it felt pretty easy and good.
3 subs made. 0 rejections. 0 acceptances. 0 holds.

Sept 2nd – 2 subs today.
Illegal Operator to Cosmic Roots & I Made A New Friend Today to Eidetic. A bit of stress doing my Cosmic Roots sub as it’s always a bugger to log in there. I managed eventually.
5 subs made. 0 rejections. 0 acceptances. 0 holds.

Sept 3rd – 3 subs today.
Some Enchanted Evening to Clarkesworld, Welcome To The Death Machine Factory Tour to Into Chaos & Transitional Period to The Dread Machine. Felt fairly easy, I was watching the Taylor Hawkins concert on Youtube so had decent background music.
8 subs made. 0 rejections. 0 acceptances. 0 holds.

Sept 4th – 1 sub today. Should have been 2, but Andromeda Spaceways closed at short notice.
Egress to Apex Magazine.
9 subs made. 0 rejections. 0 acceptances. 0 holds.
This is what the challenge is about, being flexible at insanely short notice. I don’t plan these market drop-outs, they happen organically, and we have to be able to react to them at a moments notice. Can you find another market, pick a story for it then get it ready and sent out the same day?

Sept 5th – 2 subs today, but not to one of the listed markets.
Befriend a Robot to Interzone & Reserved For Special Treatment to The Vanishing Point.
I had Taco Bell Quarterly listed, but already have a story there at the moment, also the story going there hasn’t actually been written yet. Fortunately I spotted a tweet from The Vanishing Point who do dark SF & horror and that is pretty much my wheelhouse so I dived right in there.
11 subs made. 0 rejections. 0 acceptances. 0 holds.
EDIT, LATER:- No on Befriend A Robot from Interzone.
11 subs made. 1 rejection. 0 acceptances. 0 holds.

Sept 6th – Another 2 subs today.
Shots Of Repatriated Bastard to Etherea Magazine & Why I Didn’t Escape from New York to Flash Point SF.
I made a sale overnight, but it wasn’t challenge related.
13 subs made. 1 rejection. 0 acceptances. 0 holds.

Sept 7th – 2 more subs went out today.
Mother Knows Best to Asimov’s & Hush, Hush, The Princess Is Sleeping to Tiny Tales Podcast.
15 subs made. 1 rejection. 0 acceptances. 0 holds.
EDIT:-No on Some Enchanted Evening from Clarkesworld.
15 subs made. 2 rejections. 0 acceptances. 0 holds.
Clarkesworld are fairly quick with rejections which generally means they are then available as a spare or back-up market in the event that other markets close at short notices or any other submission issues arise. Interzone fill a similar spot. F&SF used to, not any more.

Sept 8th – 2 subs made today. I had 3 markets listed but had nothing for Analog.
An Tincture Against Forbidden Love to Strange Libations & A Dragon Landed In Central Park to Fractured Lit. No on When Does The Screaming Stop? from Dark Recesses.
17 subs made. 3 rejections. 0 acceptances. 0 holds.

Sept 09th – 2 more subs made today. Any day you can make more than 1 sub is a good day as far as I am concerned.
Star-liner Down to StarShipSofa & Going Overboard to Tales From The Radiator.
19 subs made. 3 rejections. 0 acceptances. 0 holds.
The Queen died yesterday. Telly has gone to shit and will stay that way for the next week, at least.

Sept 10th – Just the one sub went out today. I had 2 markets listed but Archive Of The Odd weren’t confirmed as open & eventually proved not to be.
Bodge Job to Neon.
20 subs made. 3 rejections. 0 acceptances. 0 holds.

Sept 11th – 2 subs went out today.
The Ripples Of Time to Shoreline of Infinity & Dungeons, No Dragons to Whetstone.
A few markets have been holding stuff longer than normal, I’m trying my best not to read anything into that. And failing miserably. Whatever happens, happens. It’s out of my control now. All I could do was send the best story which I felt suited the market formatted how they wanted them.
22 subs made. 3 rejections. 0 acceptances. 0 holds.

Sept 12th – Actually logging this on the 13th because I somehow forgot? My memory is getting a lot worse than I thought it was. Anyway. I’m fucking here now, so let’s do the damn thing!
2 subs went out today.
A Wizarding World to World Unknown Review & The Burning Towers to The Bureau Dispatch.
I did have a rejection, but it was from last month, so it doesn’t feature for these stats.
24 subs made. 3 rejections. 0 acceptances. 0 holds.

Sept 13th – Yep, this is a double entry because I forgot yesterday. Don’t ask. “Of all the things that I have lost, I miss my mind the most.”
3 subs made today.
Not A Matter Of Belief to The Vampericon, The Adventures Of The Amazing Jill, And Otter Bob to Electric Spec & Say Again, Over to Obsolescence.
27 subs made. 3 rejections. 0 acceptances. 0 holds.
I spent yesterday shifting some stuff around because certain markets were threatening to close early or if full, so not everything was originally listed for today. Vampiricon & Obsolescence were both brought forward so I could beat the rush.

Sept 14th – Two weeks in.
3 subs went out today because I had an extra off the calendar.
Observation Log; Day Shift to Stanchion, Welcome To The Death Machine Factory Tour to Penumbric & The Doppleganger Exchange to Aniko Magazine.
30 subs made. 3 rejections. 0 acceptances. 0 holds.

Sept 15th – Pretty much halfway through the month, getting the stories out is starting to feel like a strain. 3 subs went out today.
The Hanging Gardens Of Babylon to riddlebird, Do Bears… to Winter of Wonder & The Solved Equations to Clarkesworld.
I had Interzone Digital listed as one of the markets today, because of the issues I’ve been having through Submission Grinder, I’ve decided I won’t be subbing there again to avoid any further confusion or repetition of stories to different versions of the same market.
33 subs made. 3 rejections. 0 acceptances. 0 holds.

Sept 16th – 3 subs went out today.
Also, good news. My 1st acceptance! And of course, with victory, comes defeat.
No on The Solved Equations from Clarkesworld. They’re back to fast rejections, which is good.
London By Data-tape (Sensorium Version) to FFO, Amy, Alone to Flash Frog & Something Good To Eat to Dose of Dread.
36 subs made. 4 rejections. 1 acceptance. 0 holds.

Sept 17th – Just the one sub went out today. What an absolute fucking joke that was. From pressing send to receiving the rejection, less than 3 minutes.
Things To Do When You’re Undead In Denver to The Dark.
No on Things To Do When You’re Undead In Denver from The Dark.
37 subs made. 5 rejections. 1 acceptance. 0 holds.

Sept 18th – Just the one sub going out again today. More on that shortly. No on Transitional Period from The Dread Machine.
I’ve Been Everywhere, Man to Pyre Magazine. I had Dream Of Shadows scheduled as well, they don’t open until tomorrow so I’ve put them back for then.
EDIT:- A rejection came in late. No on A Dragon Landed In Central Park from Fractured Lit.
38 subs made. 7 rejections. 1 acceptance. 0 holds.

Sept 19th – 3 subs going out today. Because Dream of Shadows wasn’t open yesterday, I bumped them to today.
Dream Journal #4 to Dream of Shadows, Commence With Enthusiastic Dancing to Three-Lobed Burning Eye & Scenario Twelve to Escape Pod.
EDIT:- A couple of late rejections came in. A same dayer (5 hrs 30 mins) on Dream Journal #4 from Dream of Shadows & on Amy, Alone from Flash Frog.
41 subs made. 9 rejections. 1 acceptance. 0 holds.

Sep 20th – 2 stories went out today.
Inheriting Grandma’s House to Kaleidotrope & Life Is Grim to Tumbled Tales Anthology. I also managed to get some more stories selected as it was reaching the last few.
43 subs made. 9 rejections. 1 acceptance. 0 holds.

Sept 21st – Another 2 stories went out today.
Also got a lead on a new market, more on that later.
Chancers subbed to F&SF & Hot Dust to Hexagon.
Found a podcast site called Simultaneous Times who cover SF (and are paying) so I’ve slotted them in for a sub on the 23rd. Quite of lot of my stories matched up in Submission Grinder and I am having a chat with them via Twitter also. Hopefully a sale there, perhaps.
45 subs made. 9 rejections. 1 acceptance. 0 holds.

Sept 22nd – 2 more stories went out today.
No on Commence With Enthusiastic Dancing from Three-Lobed Burning Eye.
I bumped Simultaneous Times up a day, to get something there quicker because it looks like they might get a rush in the next few days. I’ve shifted a few markets around. Dreamforge were scheduled for today but as they’re open all month, I moved them. More on that another day.
Pick A Witch to Translunar Travelers Lounge & Ground Control to Simultaneous Times.
47 subs made. 10 rejections. 1 acceptance. 0 holds.

Sept 23rd – The day everything changed.
2 subs went out today.
Here’s what was scheduled. Mythulu (Symbiosis), Crack In The Code (Mocha Memoirs) & Simultaneous Times. What ACTUALLY went out?
Befriend a Robot to Crack in the Code & The Magician to Chrome Baby.
49 subs made. 10 rejections. 1 acceptance. 0 holds.
EDIT:-1 rejection came in, it’s always the same isn’t it. You’ve got nice and settled, then you have to do admin.
No on A God’s Day Off from Forge Lit.
49 subs made. 11 rejections. 1 acceptance. 0 holds.

Sept 24th – My sub to Cosmic Roots as been placed “Under Consideration”. This is the 1st time I’ve ever gone further than a form rejection with them. It’s quite scary.
2 stories went out today.
I couldn’t sub to Bump In The Night, as I didn’t qualify.
Idiots Of The Underworld to Tales from the Moonlit Path & Unlucky For Some to Clarkesworld.
Also 2 rejections. No on Inheriting Grandma’s House from Kaleidotrope & Pick A Witch from Translunar Travellers Lounge.
51 subs made. 13 rejections. 1 acceptance. 0 holds.

Sept 25th – Only the 1 sub went out today.
Mission 334; Mannequin World to The Future Fire.
I also had the Icarus Writing Collective listed for today but it turned out their call was themed and my story didn’t fit, neither did I have anything which did.
52 subs made. 13 rejections. 1 acceptance. 0 holds.
EDIT:- Also had a rejection come in later. No on Unlucky For Some from Clarkesworld.
52 subs made. 14 rejections. 1 acceptance. 0 holds.

Sept 26th – 2 stories went out today.
Neither were what I’d wanted to send to either market. One was too short, the other didn’t fit them at all.
When Does The Screaming Stop to Nightmare Magazine & A Controlled Situation to Seize the Press.
54 subs made. 14 rejections. 1 acceptance. 0 holds.

Sept 27th – Yes, 3 markets were listed for today. I didn’t have anything for tdotSpec (SF Tarot), so only 2 stories went out.
No on Bodge Job from Neon.
Running With Scissors to Weird Horror Mag & Dial Stuck On Summer to Flash Fiction Podcast.
56 subs made. 15 rejections. 1 acceptance. 0 holds.

Sept 28th – 2 stories subbed today. I only had 1 market listed but pulled another out to boost my numbers.
The Bivouac to Interzone & True Identities to Radon Journal.
58 subs made. 15 rejections. 1 acceptance. 0 holds.

Sept 29th – A heavy day for rejections. 6 in total.
No on An Tincture Against Forbidden Love from Strange Libations, on Running With Scissors from Weird Horror, on The Bivouac from Interzone, on Something Good To Eat from Dose Of Dread, on Egress to Apex Mag & on Observation Log; Day Shift from Stanchion. It was easier just to do a round of rejections then log the subs later as there were so many, it wouldn’t have fitted in 1 tweet.
Just the 1 story being subbed today.
I know I had Chrome Baby logged for today but bumped them up. Dreamforge were also in the frame potentially but the story I want to send there is already out so I’m waiting until the day the close, next month.
The Death Of Tony Fashion to Tough.
59 subs made. 21 rejections. 1 acceptance. 0 holds.

Sept 30th – Final day of the challenge.
Just the 1 story went out day.
No on Scenario Twelve from Escape Pod.
Sixteen Tons to Planet Scumm.
I had Chestnut Review down but unfortunately they charge for anything which isn’t flash so I had nothing for them, because I don’t pay to sub.
Not awful because it means my current stats are all nice round numbers. That may change over the rest of the day though.
60 subs made. 22 rejections. 1 acceptance. 0 holds.
EDIT:- Had a rejection arrive at tea time. No on London By Data-tape (Sensorium Version) from Flash Fiction Online.
60 subs made. 23 rejections. 1 acceptance. 0 holds.
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Overall, a very tough challenge. 2 sales made this month, one from the challenge so that picked my spirits up for a few days. I’ve no idea if the challenge will return in January or not, there are other factors in play, including a serious need to make some money. You’ll find out as soon as I know.
I don’t know if I should class the Cosmic Roots “into further consideration” as a hold or not. It feels like one to me so I’m going to claim it.
I’m sorry that I can’t announce what I sold to who during this month, the market asked me not to until they’ve announced themselves, so I have to respect that.

FINAL STATS:- 60 subs made. 23 rejections. 1 acceptance. 1 hold.