February 2008 Submission Reading and Acquisitions

First off, I would like to announce that Electric Velocipede is completely caught up with submission reading. Every submission that had been sent to the zine has been responded to. I have a full month and a handful of days with no pending submissions. It's an awesome feeling. I could have never done it without my awesome slush readers. Thanks guys!

This month we had the following reading statistics:

Rejections: 53
Second Round: 4
Acceptances: 13

Second, here's a quick list of the things I've acquired this month:

Novellettes
Alex Jennings - “T ME”
Mark Teppo - “Blackmail Boxes”

Short Stories
Lyn Battersby - “The Mikarr Way”
Richard Bowes - “The Bear Dresser's Secret”
Jonathan Brandt - “Frayed”
Dan Braum - “Mile Zero”
Erin Hoffman - “Darkest Amber”
Jay Lake - “An Elderly Pirate Recalls the Death of Love”
Celia Marsh - “Nightlight”
Sean Melican - “Liminal”
D. Mercurio Rivera - “Dear Annabehls”
Anna Tambour - “Dreadnought Neptune”
Kjell Williams - “Life at the Edge of Nowhere”

I'm looking forward to getting the next issue edited and moving forward on a few projects. We re-open to submissions on April 1!