November 2025
We haven't made as much progress as we had hoped on reading Mysterion submissions, but still expect to be finished before the end of this month (if we stretch it out to "before we go to bed on November 30th"). As of writing this update, we had 110 unread stories, 20 that Donald has read but Kristin hasn't, and 3 that have advanced to our short list. Our priority last month was sending out contributor copies of the new Mysterion 3 anthology, and making sure that our readers all know that it exists and would make the perfect Christmas gift for at least one person on their list! We plan to accept 5 stories from the July submission window. It was going to be 6, but then our Patreon funding dropped below $150/month (currently $148/month). If it's back above $150 before we select the stories we'll be publishing, we'll be able to accept 6 again. Please consider signing up for a paid subscription if you can! This year, we'll be publishing Christmas stories ...