I was looking over my story spreadsheet and thought I would share stats. I know some folks hit with the first market almost every time - alas, I am not one of those. Anyhow, here's the list:

Stories currently out to market for first time: 3
2nd time: 2
3rd time: 1
4th time: 6
5th time: 3
6th time: 3
7th time: 1
8th time: 2
9th time: 1
10th time: 1
11th time: ( Read more... )

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 ( Read more... )