I made food stamps after work, which ended early today. I was home by 3 pm.
Leftovers for dinner. Not much in my email. No one wants to subscribe to the blog. Which lets me off the hook of sending them emails directly.
Another rejection for "True Love Ways Gone Astray":
I went looking for a place to send my novella. Here is what I found through Submittable:Thank you for your submission to L'Esprit Literary Review. Although we must decline your submission this time, we appreciated the chance to consider it.
We wish you the best of luck placing this piece elsewhere. Thank you for your support of fearless writing.
Consciously,
L'Esprit
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D. W. White, Editor
L'Esprit Literary Review
We are seeking manuscripts between 20,000 and 40,000 words that fall in the mist-wreathed borderlands between literary and speculative fiction, in particular:
Climate fiction
Regional American Gothic fiction—Midwestern, in the vein of These Bones by Kayla Chenault; Southern, like The Salt Fields by Stacy D. Flood; or Alaskan Gothic, or Rust Belt Gothic—whatever kind of luxuriant and atmospheric decay floats your boat
Well-researched historical fiction that breathes life into its material and cultural milieu. Bonus points if that milieu has carnivalesque vibes or doesn’t see enough representation in contemporary fiction.
Queer monsters for readers who enjoyed Carmilla or Elegy for the Undead
Fiction that can claim as a comp title the novel Wednesday Addams was typing on her typewriter in the attic. There’s a blank space on our shelf where Viper de la Muerte should be.
Omniscient narrator shenanigans
And I don't have anything like that in "Road Tripping."
Congratulations! You’ve somehow ended up here and may or may not be questioning your life choices… so are we! This black sheep of a publishing house focuses on fantasy and science fiction misadventures—we love the odd, quirky, and unique stories that don’t quite fit in anywhere else. Poke around, check out our Books and Submission guidelines, sign up for Ye Olde Town Cryer (our newsletter), and help us continue our goal of spreading chaos—one questionable story at a time!
Running Wild Press - Annual Novella Anthology - Cross Genre
It's not cross genre.
Open to Agents Only
We are seeking imaginative and challenging books that push boundaries. We are as interested in mood, sensation, and altered states of perception as we are in the story. We like stories with the ethereal quality of memory filtered through a psychedelic kaleidoscope. We want darkly peculiar narratives that are compelling and have a range of emotion. We want daring work that keeps us on edge, waiting for the next ghost to materialize. Surprise us. Most of all, we want books that take risks. Show us something we've never seen before.
Okay, this one tempts me. "Road Tripping" is a risk. Why not play a long shot? What I have got to lose?
Not t taking submissions at this time.
We are looking for Edge. Words about The Struggle. Words about The Gutters. Everyday people. Everyday things. Working 9-5. Or 9-7. Or 24/7 because that's how it is sometimes. How to raise a kid in this. How to maintain a relationship. The balance. The dizzying. The emotions that come out. The emotions that are repressed. Where did this all come from? Your childhood tales. Your families woes. And the things that salvage. Of course it's all worth it. Because of where you came from.
And I thought, why not "True Love Ways Gone Astray"? Only TLGA is 2000+ words over their limit.
From Submission Grinder, I found these possibilities:
Why not? They have turned down everything else I have sent them. Now they have another.
*Novel and novella submissions are closed for a brief reading period. We will update our website and social media once submissions reopen.*
Baobab Press seeks books and collections that communicate and support their themes through new and well-articulated means. We like risk. We like invention. More importantly, we look for a quality of thought that adds depth to a writer's concerns. And although it is not an official requirement, we tend to select literary work with a strong sense of place at its core. Ultimately, our goal is to publish work that resonates in the contemporary climate and that will continue to resonate in years to come.
Except they want 125–400 pages. I have 99.
NineStar Press is seeking submissions of LGBTQA+ romance fiction and literary novels.
Nope.
elementia is a literary arts magazine published to represent and uplift young adults.
No to YA.
unsettling, disconcerting adult market fiction. literary, slipstream, weird, experimental, bravura, gross, the absurd. poetry, but it’s a long shot.
Long shot seems to be me. Still, I felt the need to look it over. I cannot see where to submit anything. However, if you like horror, this looks like the place to go.
No bike riding. No place for my stories.
I cracked up the phone screen. One thing or another. The day is over, that's all, baby blue.
I have no place to run to after work tomorrow. I will get back out on the bike. I have some lost some weight, but not enough. Then I will be working on the pretrial detention journal.
Now, let's see what I actually get done!
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