Painful 43-day form rejection from Apex. After it passed the thirty-five day mark I had hope it was going places...
Ouch, indeed. That "hope" can really sting...
And Anatoly, you should definitely give Izz's Comets & Criminals a shot. It's a new market, but it publishes quality stuff.
Seconded. I enjoyed the first issue and need to see about picking up the second.
I just looked at their guidelines. It says this.
By submitting your horror short fiction work to Dark Moon Books, you are assigning Dark Moon Books exclusive First World Rights for both print and electronic versions for a period of six months after publication. After that time period, you are free to resell your story as a reprint as long as first publication information is included. You keep all other rights including the original copyright.
To me it sounds like they have rights to your story from the moment its submitted, regardless of whether they accept it or not.
Am I reading it wrong?
That's how it reads. May not be what they mean, but they went onto my "Do Not Submit To" list anyway.