Orson!

Orson Scott Card, you will learn to love me. I just submitted "Oumings in the Dark" to Orson Scott Card's magazine of short fiction, The Intergalactic Medicine Show. I have previously submitted a story to them, and they did not accept it (it was "Stick Boys," actually). But one of these days, they must accept me. We'll see if they like a touching story about dirty little creatures living in a barn, waiting to be sent to the rendering plant. Lisa didn't hate it, so bear that in mind, Orson. She didn't hate it!

Seeing Through Doors

"Seeing Through Doors" is online at the Absent Willow Review. This was the story that the editor particularly liked, so there you go. That is the third story to actually appear this year.

http://absentwillowreview.com/archives/seeing-through-doors

And Another

Just finished another story. It needs a revision before I send it off somewhere, and that will have to wait until the middle of the week as I am going out of town tomorrow. Anywho, the story is called "Oumings in the Dark" and is about a race of little enslaved beings living in cages in a barn. Nobody eats any parasites, and it ends well, so Lisa might not hate it. Also, it's one of my longer stories, at 5600 words.

Lisa's Review

Lisa's one sentence review of Eating the Sickness: "good job, i hated it." Ha. Well, I did warn her in advance. I guess she's just not a big fan of "people eating parasites" type stories. She told me "it reminded me of a Richard Bachman book, except without murder." So there you go. I don't entirely agree, of course. I think the story is just a depiction of Romans 7. With bonus parasite eating.

Anywho, the Lisa Miller Journal will not be accepting it for publication, but we'll see what Big Pulp has to say.

Updated Submission History

Story Title -- Submitted To (Response):


Tinni and the Chain -- Absent Willow Review (accepted, appeared January 16, 2010)
Stick Boys -- Intergalactic Medicine Show (rejected)
Feeding the Grong -- Silver Thought
Robo and the Little Door -- Weird Tales
Leaping -- Bewildering Stories (accepted)
Planet Feast -- Big Pulp (accepted, appears May 19, 2010)
Grandfather’s Room -- The Nautilus Engine (accepted, appeared February)
Profaning the Leistra -- Anotherealm
Heart Case -- Absent Willow Review (accepted, appear May 19, 2010)
Companion -- Dark Fire (accepted, appears in #47, September)
Panorama of Failure - Realms Magazine (accepted)
Seeing Through Doors - Absent Willow Review (accepted, appears March 16, 2010)
Stone Breaker -- Intergalactic Medicine Show (1/29/10)
Cakey and the Rubes -- Sideshow Fables (2/4/10) (accepted, appears in July)
Dogs and Open Doors - Weird Tales (2/12/20)
Mindy of the Light -- Ink-Filled Page (2/17/10) (received, not yet accepted or rejected)
Walking Home - Aberrant Dreams (2/23/10)
Eating the Sickness -- Big Pulp (3/2/10)

Eating the Sickness

The next short story is complete. It's called "Eating the Sickness," and it is as jacked-up as it sounds. Lisa will love (hate) it. I will probably submit it to Big Pulp. They accepted my other jacked-up story, "Planet Feast," so they might like this one, as well. Plus, they are a paying publication. So there you go. You can't beat that with a mesh bag full of tacks.