November 2026
Fall is here! We've passed peak foliage season, and leaves are starting to drop. We've also had a few light frosts, though Kristin's cherry tomato plant and beans are still flowering (they're hardier than most people realize). Pre-frost harvest from Kristin's garden. No, we probably won't use all those hot peppers. We're still reading stories from the July submission window. As of last Tuesday, 61 remained unread (out of 317 received), 15 had been read by one editor but not the other, and 7 had advanced to our short list. As of right now, it looks like we'll be able to accept 7 stories. We were able to accept 8 from the previous submission window, but our Patreon funding has dropped since then. If you'd like to see us publish more fiction, please consider subscribing to our Patreon! You can sign up for an "email subscription", where stories are sent to your inbox before we publish them here on our website, for only $3/month; or, for $10...
