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I've got something with Vestal. It's been more than 150 days. Anyone had any experience of them?

Mine's only at 70 with them, duotrope says est is 120, but it says on the site you can query after 4 mths
 

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Yeah. But I don't know if I want to.

It's a 400 word story. There's not really that many places it can be.

Earthbound Fiction takes really short, but if I got it back from Vestal, and Earthbound didn't want it, then where would I send it?

At least if it's sitting at Vestal, it's somewhere.
So I'll do what I always do and let it ride.

Good luck with yours!
 

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Bad news: Editor at a pro market who requested a rewrite got back to me letting me know that they liked it less than they did the original submission.

Good news: They still like the story enough to continue working with me on more edits, so it's not a rejection. This, I think, is one of my stronger short stories (non-flash, but barely) so I'm hopeful we can iron out a version that'll work for both of us.
 

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Was that the OBH one from the competition Alex? Good luck with it. Interesting that you now technically have two stories! And maybe a third on the way!
 

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Second round at DSF!

Fingers crossed :)
 

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11-day round 2 bbump at DSF. Very optimistic about this story -- I think it suits DSF better than many of my other subs.
 

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Yay!

Good luck, Alex!
 

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Anyone else waiting on Penumbra's Animals issue?

I have stories in round 2 of both Animals and Fractured Fairy Tales issues. Might submit a last-minute Greco-Roman mythology piece too, if it gets rejected at its current market before the end of the month.

I don't have any specific information, but I think we should be hearing about the Animals issue decisions very soon. There just isn't that much time left for them to get contracts/edit selected pieces.
 

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I have stories in round 2 of both Animals and Fractured Fairy Tales issues. Might submit a last-minute Greco-Roman mythology piece too, if it gets rejected at its current market before the end of the month.
I thought Penumbra didn't allow multiple submissions. :Huh: