Random Rejectance: “Storyteller” Magazine

So since last week I posted a rather depressing update on my Blue Roses progress, I figured that this week, I would cheer everyone up by dipping into my vast pile of rejection letters. 😁👍

On this occasion, the Gods of Randomness told me I should look in the “S” folder of my expandable file, which, as you can imagine based on the prevalence of “S” in the English language is one of the more well-populated ones. And what should I find on top in that section but two letters from the Canadian magazine Storyteller, of which one was, as expected, a rejection, but the other was one of those rarer beasts, an acceptance. So in the interest of inducing a little mood whiplash, I scanned them both. First, let’s do the rejection:

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Teaser Tuesday: “A Mountain Walked: Great Tales of the Cthulhu Mythos”

So this week (and for a couple of weeks previously) I’ve been reading the horror anthology A Mountain Walked: Great Tales of the Cthulhu Mythos, which, as you may have gleaned from the title, consists of a bunch of stories residing in the general neighborhood of H.P. Lovecraft.

Paging Sarah Williams!
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Teaser Tuesday: “The Quantum Thief”

So this week I was reading The Quantum Thief, by Hannu Rajaniemi:

Holey angel wings, Batman! No, really, they’re full of holes.
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Teaser Tuesday: “Ice”

So this week I was reading Ice, by Anna Kavan:

Not The Snow Queen. Not the other Snow Queen, either. Or that one. Really, she’s not a queen at all. Just let it go.
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The Early Years: Jim Still Can’t Draw, And Apparently Would Also Be The First One To Die In A Shipwreck Involving Zombies

I’ve been doing a lot of “Not a Review” and “Teaser Tuesday” posts lately, and have been neglecting the giant pile of ancient schoolwork that my folks exhumed from their house some years back and passed along to me. Well, this week, I wish to put that right.

See what I did there?
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Teaser Tuesday: “Bandwidth”

So recently, I was reading a book called Bandwidth, by Eliot Peper:

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Not A Review Of “Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom”

Not long ago, we watched the second of the “Jurassic World” films, Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom.

Am I Blue, am I Blue, yes I’m Blue hoping I’ll get to eat up you.
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In Good Company

We recently spotted a Little Free Library at one of the parks we take the dogs to, so upon our next visit, I made a deposit of three of my books: Dragon Stones and both parts of the “Strings” duology, Shards and Ravels. I suppose I could have been a good capitalist and just put in Shards, thus forcing anyone who read it to buy Ravels to resolve the cliffhanger ending, but I’m not a monster.

Teaser Tuesday: “Radiance”

So this week I was reading Radiance, by one of my favorite authors, Catherynne M. Valente:

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Teaser Tuesday: “Robopocalypse”

So this week I was reading Robopocalypse, by Daniel H. Wilson, a book about the aftermath of the impending robot/AI uprising, which maybe you’ve heard people worrying about lately.

🎵 Welcome to the Uncanny Valley, we got humanoids … 🎵
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