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The "Short" End of the Stick

  • Jan. 28th, 2008 at 12:41 PM
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After weeks of finalizing my short story, "Jailed," I was eager to submit it to Amazon Shorts for possible publication. Much to my dismay, I was recently sent an email by John Hart (Content Acquisition Manager) explaining that Amazon Shorts is in the process of "revamp(ing) elements of our (their) program to help serve authors and customers even better." As a result, Amazon Shorts is "holding off" on accepting new submissions.

Bummer!

I have one slight problem with this: if a major player such as Amazon was closed to submissions for their line of Amazon Shorts, why didn't they just state that they were closed to submissions from the beginning instead of sending their submission guidelines when recently queried? Nonetheless, I am still a fan of Amazon Shorts and the authors whose works are available. I simply feel that I got the short end of the stick.

Hence, I have the short story back in my hands (so to speak). There are two other publications with guidelines that are suitable for my story "Jailed." Today, I submitted the manuscript to Apex Digest. While Apex Digest predominantly deals with science fiction, they are also open to dark fantasy and horror. Turn around time for a response from the publication generally ranges from three to four weeks.

If all else fails, I will plan to use "Jailed" as a piece in the short story collection I'm currently working on.

I'll keep you all updated with the status of the story.

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