Singing the short story blues

[ozma914]

After mulling it over in my mind for some time, I wrote a short story the other day, then revised and polished it. I was really proud--it was one of my better short stories, clever and fun. I was so sure of its quality that after giving it another go-through I sent it to my favorite SF periodical, Asimov's Science Fiction, at about 5 a.m. the

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[cornerofmadness]

Oops, that sucks. I suppose it could be worse. Once I submitted to one of the big magazines and was told 'we don't publish anything as cliche as werewolves.' There were no werewolves in my story

[ozma914]

Ouch! That--pardon the expression--bites.

[cornerofmadness]

This was mid-90s so pre-pretty much any social media and even then (after that) I heard about how much of an arrogant douche that editor was. I mean to make waves in that time period...

[ozma914]

That's who needs to be quarantined: arrogant douches.