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Month: October 2025

Screenshot of a snippet from the rejection of my short fiction piece. It says only, "After careful consideration, we've decided we won't be"

About That Short Fiction Submission…

Posted on October 11, 2025October 15, 2025 by jbp

It was rejected. But, on rereading it recently, I find I’m just as happy with it as I was when I wrote it. Arguably more so. I’d ignored it for most of the past few months, and so it felt fresh(er) to me when rereading. As a result, I had the experience of being a…

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