August 2026
It's August, so we're closed to submissions again until January 1st. Thank you to everyone who submitted a story! We received 317 submissions, and we look forward to reading them and choosing what we'll be publishing in the first half of 2027. This update will be brief, as we're quite late getting it up on our site on account of having taken some time off from working on the magazine to relax and enjoy the summer. But here are some pictures from our recent weekend in Philadelphia: Unfortunately, Kristin seems to have developed an intolerance to gluten in recent weeks, so cheesesteaks were not part of our vacation diet. Fortunately, Philadelphia also seems to be known for ice-cream! We did read quite a few of the recent submissions on the train there and back (technically that was all Kristin, as Donald was busy preparing for his next D&D campaign), and have already rejected two Christmas stories. Although they weren't rejected primarily on account of being Chris...
