Thursday, August 15, 2019

In Print August 2019 (and Progress)



Just published, my Middle Stars short The Stars of Home is live at Trouble Among the Stars #3, which you can find here.

Recently sold, The Witch Who Wove Dreams was picked up by Aurealis, my fourth placement with them and 78th overall. I’m very proud of this as Aurealis is a leading science fiction title Down Under. I expect publication later in the year.

Rejection rate remains high, the market constriction certainly still seems to be in force. I have 96 submissions in play, though in real terms maybe a dozen less, as there are a few multiples among those, and a group of older submissions which may be dead or in limbo—it’s hard to think otherwise when queries go unreplied to, and one must make a call on when to declare them dead and move on.

My file of completed stories is up to 214 items, with plenty to come. I’ll be writing some mystery material next for anthologies open, and this could lead to new avenues of opportunity.

UPDATE 

Two acceptances have come in on consecutive days (27th & 28th of August), first my SF short The Man with the Alien Aura was accepted by the anthology Not Far From Roswell, then my fantasy short Pilgrim to the City of the Dawn scored a spot with the new JayHenge anthology Whigmaleeries and Wives' Tales. Not sure of publication schedule for the latter, but the former is due in October. Will post when news comes available. For now, here’s a screen shot from Submission Grinder, showing both!



Cheers, Mike Adamson

2 comments:

  1. Congratulations ... and appearing twice on the Submission Grinder list -- amazing!! We soldier on. Tough market all around, and, as I began, congratulations on Number 80!

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  2. Thanks! Yep, a couple in quick succession don't much affect the apparent downturn of the last year, it's true, and it seems the top end markets are largely out of reach at this point -- though the Aussie horror mag "The Dark" just took five days over a rejection when they usually reject overnight, so maybe I got close there! Cheers! M

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