Upcoming in May's Fantasy Magazine: Sisters and Mirrors
Coming up this month in Fantasy Magazine:
Lisa Mantchev has brought us "The Stolen Word", about a child so bad that her mother sells her to a travelling peddler - with interesting results. It's a fun, funny story, told with her usual strong voice. It's a great story to start us off.
Following that is the more somber "Mirror Images" by Rachel Swirsky, who asks what happens when the reflection in the mirror isn't the person you used to be? Look for another Swirsky story in June as well.
The third week, we'll be publishing Holly Phillips' "The Small Door". Two girls investigate a mystery next door in a lovely story about coming to terms with impending grief.
We finish with another mirror story, Mari Ness's "The Shadow in the Mirror", who asks in turn -- what if that reflection isn't you at all? As it turns out, the answer is on the ominous side.
If you sent a submission in April and haven't heard yet with either a rejection or an "I'm holding onto this", feel free to drop me a query. What "I'm holding onto this" means is that I thought it was worth Sean taking a look at so we could discuss it - right now I've got fourteen in that folder, and we'll probably take two or three from it.
And I got my first snarky reply to a rejection - after the author asked for more feedback and I gave it to them! People never fail to surprise.
Lisa Mantchev has brought us "The Stolen Word", about a child so bad that her mother sells her to a travelling peddler - with interesting results. It's a fun, funny story, told with her usual strong voice. It's a great story to start us off.
Following that is the more somber "Mirror Images" by Rachel Swirsky, who asks what happens when the reflection in the mirror isn't the person you used to be? Look for another Swirsky story in June as well.
The third week, we'll be publishing Holly Phillips' "The Small Door". Two girls investigate a mystery next door in a lovely story about coming to terms with impending grief.
We finish with another mirror story, Mari Ness's "The Shadow in the Mirror", who asks in turn -- what if that reflection isn't you at all? As it turns out, the answer is on the ominous side.
If you sent a submission in April and haven't heard yet with either a rejection or an "I'm holding onto this", feel free to drop me a query. What "I'm holding onto this" means is that I thought it was worth Sean taking a look at so we could discuss it - right now I've got fourteen in that folder, and we'll probably take two or three from it.
And I got my first snarky reply to a rejection - after the author asked for more feedback and I gave it to them! People never fail to surprise.