What Does This Mean?

When I send manuscripts, I send them professionally. Typically on request, after a query.

Often, if rejected, I get a personal rejection. I very much appreciate this, given the effort I put in, and knowing how busy editors are.

At worst, a form letter... that I don't take personally.

However, just recently I received a manuscript back, sans my proposal... with nothing. No letter, no form letter, no rejection. And no response on inquiring.

My assumption naturally is "no thank you" but not in a very nice way. Has this ever happened to anyone?

Tish Davidson said:

Maybe they ran out of photocopied form rejections that day.

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Hee hee. What's weird is it came back priority mail? Not using the SASE I included, which would have had enough postage. WEIRD.

I do think parts were left out. Oh well.