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58 days at BCS, and they said no.
Watch me cry real tears.

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I'm really more worried that the government wants to chip me like a lost dog.
I've been reading too much weird shit on the internet.
 

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And a rejection from Camera Obscura for Good-bye.

Time to look for another literary mag.

How long did you wait? It's hard to tell from duotrope if I've got another 20 or another 100 days ahead of me.
 

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Sorry to hear about the R, Lillie. They must have thought about it pretty hard though. I've never gotten past 20 days with them.
 

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R from DSF today. Not that surprised; I failed to follow the "Put 'End' at the end of the story" guideline, so this was kind of expected (Although I have no idea if that was the reason it was rejected, it couldn't have helped).

And yeah, faerydancer, I know how you feel. I've been looking up how long it takes someone burned at the stake to die (Answers vary pretty widely depending on the amount of kindling and the skill of the executioner, apparently) for a little micro-story I have in my head.
 

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Hugs for Lillie and Emptyeye!

The reason I ask about Camera Obscura is because some of the responses on duotrope are super quick. More than ten people who subbed after I did have gotten responses, but then on the same day there have been 100+ day responses. Mine has only been out around 30 days, so it doesn't mean much that they still have it. Their response times are seriously all over the place.
 

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58 days at BCS, and they said no.
Watch me cry real tears.
Aww. :( :Hug2:
I'm sure you'll find a home for it!

R from DSF today. Not that surprised; I failed to follow the "Put 'End' at the end of the story" guideline, so this was kind of expected (Although I have no idea if that was the reason it was rejected, it couldn't have helped).
Hmm, now I'm wondering if I put 'end' at the end of my DSF submission...oh well, it got rejected anyway.

Sorry about the R.
 

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And got another R today (Well, late yesterday now), this one from the Memory Eater Anthology. now I have to figure out where to send both of these stories next. In the meantime, I sent yet another story out to the Spirit of Poe anthology, which you can find out more about here.
 

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Onward and upward, everybody! It's been a quiet week for me on the rejection front -- probably the calm before the storm.
 

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Drat - the absent willow review has sent the worst kind of rejection - the market is dead (it will have one last issue). I liked that market :(
 

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JC. At least you got your story in there. Save the page in your brag folder :)
 

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2 more rejections today. But I do have several stories that are out way past their average return time, with duotrope reporting others getting back rejections in less time. So I'm getting my hopes up for good news soon (probably not the best idea, but whatever).
 

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Good luck with the next places they go to, and with the other stories.
 

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I'm probably on the Abyss and Apex hit list too. I have a story that's in the R zone.