Two interesting stories

 I type this with my splint on my left hand. It restricts my typing too much, but not as much as does the tendonitis it restrains. However, I will be brief. Too brief, probably.

While looking at F(r)iction as a possibility for one of my stories, I checked out two of their published stories. Peter H.Z. Hsu's From the Roof of The Henry Vaughn Hotel intimidates me in terms of style and substance, and the heart-wrenching of it all. Samantha Jean Coxal's simplicity and language of her Grief is the Bird also touches my heart

Here is what this publication is looking for:

• strong character arcs in which the narrator is deeply changed by their experiences
• strong character voice and/or perspective
• structure that informs and contributes to understanding content
• language that surprises (who doesn’t like pretty sentences?)
• strange situations, characters, occurrences, you name it—if it’s weird, we want to see it

I do not see any of my stories fitting into these guidelines.

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