Recent-ish Acquisitions

Pursuant to a previous post here is a list of some recent acquisitions. Not the most recent, but things I haven't made mention of before. After this, I'll try to post a weekly update of things acquired, even mentioning if there wasn't anything.

Yesterday I got through 11 submissions (of about 70 that are remaining from this last reading period) and accepted four and rejected seven. Right now I'm reading second round stuff that my slush readers have passed up to me, so it's all pretty high quality. There is still stuff that needs it's first read through, but we should be getting through subs pretty quickly here.

Unlike in the past where it could sometimes take me a year or more to get to a story, we're consistently down into the four to six week range. Although with the holidays and end of year, we've slowed down a bit. However, since we're currently closed, we should have no troubles getting caught up before April when we open to subs again. I would love one more slush reader, so if you're interested, please send an e-mail to editor[at]electricvelocipede[dot]com and tell me why you think you're qualified for the job.

OK, I've nattered on long enough, here's the stuff (excluding the acceptances this week) that I've acquired during this last reading period:

Poems

“October” by Nina Alvarez

“My Past DDves” by Beth Langford

“Retired Shapeshifters” by Beth Langfor

“Among a million Flowers” by Amy Mackiewicz

“South of the woods” by Amy Mackiewicz

“The Glass Girl” by Amy Mackiewicz

“The Price of perfection” by Amy Mackiewicz

“Self-inscription” by David McLean

“The madman” by David McLean

“Bathing the White Stone” by EDDzabeth Barrette

“Fabula” by DDnda Ann Strang

“Kimono Monochrome at Midnight” by DDnda Ann Strang

Short Stories

“Enmity” by K. Tempest Bradford

“White Chair” by Lawrence Greenberg

“Jointed” by Loreen Heneghan

“In the Gingerbread House” by Barbara Krasnoff

“The Lost Continent” by Ian Shoebridge

“The Column That Held Up the Sky” by Matthew Wanniski

“A Mouse Ran Up the Clock” by A. C. Wise

Novelette

“Daughter of Fortune” by Cyril Simsa

There is also poem-suite from Marly Youmans that I haven't put into my notes yet, so that's not in this list, either. Where you see multiple poems by the same author, those poems will appear in the same issue once I decide where they're going.