Story Submitted

Well, after much stress and bloodshed I have managed to beat the June 1st deadline, and submit “Hush, Little Baby”. The story turned out slightly shorter than I expected (4,117 words), but that’s alright. I’m not particularly pleased with the story, but I have nothing to lose by sending it in for possible publishment. I have a tough hide, so a rejection letter isn’t exactly going to make or break my world.

However, I do think that’s the last horror story I’ll be trying to write for a while. I’m sure it would’ve been easier if I had stumbled across the magazine sooner. As is, I had one week and two days to come up with an idea for a story, create an outline, flesh it all out, and then review it for grammatical and punctuation errors. The “idea” part is what took so damned long in case you’re wondering.

I’m happy that’s over and done with, that’s for sure. Now I can actually focus all of my attention on writing fantasy short stories, which I’ve been itching to do for some time now. I think I’ll have better success with this genre overall, especially since I have several characters already clinking around in my head.