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Old 09-08-2011, 04:54 PM   #76
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Old 09-08-2011, 08:11 PM   #77
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I agree, you should write "Gutenberg's Ghosts."
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Linger's...gone? Aw, and there goes that published story...
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Old 09-08-2011, 08:28 PM   #79
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Can you resubmit it elsewhere as a reprint?
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Old 09-08-2011, 08:38 PM   #80
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It was up for a month.

A lot of print mags are only on the shelves for that long.

Save a cached version of the page for posterity.
http://webcache.googleusercontent.co...&ct=clnk&gl=uk

Here are cached versions of all of the W1S1 stories in that issue, if their owners haven't saved the page already.
Brenda, this one doesn't have the coloured bits over the search terms.

Brenda
http://webcache.googleusercontent.co...&ct=clnk&gl=uk

Shelley
http://webcache.googleusercontent.co...&ct=clnk&gl=uk

Jaelithe
http://webcache.googleusercontent.co...&ct=clnk&gl=uk

Get them quick, before google updates it's cache.
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Old 09-08-2011, 08:51 PM   #81
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And Nate:

http://webcache.googleusercontent.co...&ct=clnk&gl=uk

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Thanks Lillie!

That really sucks about Linger though.
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Lillie and Shelly, that was really awesome of you gals.
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Thanks Lillie and Shelley!

Not sure about reprints yet. Need to check the contract. Oh well, such is the business, right?
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Too bad about ReadingWriters' "Road to Eerie"--although it did spark a story for me so I'm grateful for that.

I missed a few recent interesting contests/anthologies, but I should make Penumbra's Sports/Games themed one (due 09/15) and the On the Premises Myths & Legends one since I already have pieces I can just revise and send.
I have something for Enchanted Conversation too but additional goals/heads up include:

- BayCon (pro-pay, up to 4k)- due 09/15
- Wily Writers: Lovecraftian Horror- due 09/30
- Tin House: Weird Science- due 10/01
Thanks so much for mentioning BayCon!

We are running lighter on subs than I'd hoped (both flash and short stories, but most markets get fewer flash subs than short stories), but we've still got almost a week left to submit.
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Another heads-up:
Round 7 of NPR's 3-minute fiction contest is going to start soon (saw an announcement on their Facebook page).
It's non-paying--usually a copy of the author-judge's book or something--but it's 600 words of fun!
Ok so finally, almost 2 months later, here's the NPR prompt!
Entries due by September 25th.
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Ok so finally, almost 2 months later, here's the NPR prompt!
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Ooh - I have one that's perfect for this!
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Thanks so much for mentioning BayCon!

We are running lighter on subs than I'd hoped (both flash and short stories, but most markets get fewer flash subs than short stories), but we've still got almost a week left to submit.
Deirdre,

I'm hoping to send something your way before the deadline.

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I'm hoping to send something your way before the deadline.

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I sent you something a few days back, Deirdre.
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The story's in your mail box. And it happens to be my 100th submission this year
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I don't meet any of the requirements to sub to BayCon.

This has been itching my brain, but does anyone know what kind of humor F&SF likes? I know they say they don't get enough humor submissions, but "humor" is such a broad term. Do they like slapstick, puns, or dry wittism?
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I've read a fair few F&SFs, and I would caution against slapstick. They seem to like absurd situations and the like (such as death trying to convince a man to stop thinking about death so that he can die), but I'm not particularly good at quantifying further. Sorry...
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I've read a fair few F&SFs, and I would caution against slapstick. They seem to like absurd situations and the like (such as death trying to convince a man to stop thinking about death so that he can die), but I'm not particularly good at quantifying further. Sorry...
I think I read something in there once about a quantum chicken, or somesuch...
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And of course there was the April 1982 F&SF with That Frog by Michael Shea, perhaps the greatest short story of all time.
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Coolios, I found it online.

So sounds like they're into absurdest humor. I can do that. Thanks everyone!
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So sounds like they're into absurdest humor. I can do that.
Keep in mind 1982 was a loooong time ago, and I think also before GVG took over F&SF. I subscribed for several years fairly recently and I can't recall seeing any humor pieces at all, although maybe they just haven't found the right one yet (-:

In any event, they're fast enough that it really never hurts to try.

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