Damn, but it was hot today. It was pushing triple digits in these parts and the rest of the week doesn't look to be much cooler. I thought this was supposed to be freakin' Fall fer Pete's sake. I'll be glad to have a few less scorchers now that Summer is over.
There have been two recent rejections in these parts. On Friday, Beyond the Veil was rejected by Shroud, after having made it past the first round of cuts. To be honest, I was slightly surprised that it did that, so when the rejection came I wasn't exactly devastated. No one likes rejections, but this one didn't sting too bad. Then today, Ground Zero was rejected by the Vermin anthology. Since the basic idea behind that story as well as all the major plot twists were my wife's idea, she was a bit more saddened by the rejection than me. I just sent it right back out again.
I do have some good news. The new issue (#8) of The Monsters Next Door is now out. This issue marks the transition to print, though a free PDF version is also available. You can find that by following the link on the page above or just by clicking HERE. You can also buy a print version HERE if you so desire. Anyway, my story The Horror of Pine Hollow is in this issue (page 102 to be exact), so check it out and tell me what you think.
On other (slightly) good news, I was organizing my files last night when I came across a 2700 word zombie story that I had completely forgotten about. It was like finding buried treasure. It seems I wrote it while on vacation a couple weeks back, but I suppose my illness and other factors contributed to me losing track of it. After a good polish or two, I'll have to find a place to sub it, though for some reason duotrope seems to be on the fritz right now. Oh, well. This story ain't going out tonight anyway. There's time to wait.
7 comments:
Woo hoo! Nothing like burrie zombie treasure. Better luck submitting that one.
Excellent story, Jameson. Reminded me a little of 'The Forest of Hands & Teeth'.
Shroud kicked me out too... At least we made it to the second stage.
I received my rejection from Vermin as well, but I don't have another market to send it to. Maybe something else will pop up. Congrats on everything else. Will read your story later this morning.
Ew...the Gimplings! Nice.
Wicked cover, too.
There are a few zombie themed anthos on Duotrope...can't remember the names right now. Hopefully it's fully functional later.
Ouch on the rejections (although getting past the first cut on Shroud is still awesome). But a bonus zombie story makes everything better!
A forgotten story = Christmas morning.
Heading over to read your story.
Speaking of Monsters, that reminds me! I met Allen K. at Killercon, and he is restarting Inhuman magazine. You're probably familiar, but he's always looking for monster stories to illustrate. I thought of you.
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