We are proud and happy to present to you two new stories!

Helios by Gary Moshimer is a rare thing — a very original ghost story. I love this story. I mean, I love it. It’s a fun read and I can’t recommend it highly enough.

Skinned Cats by Mike Howard is another rare thing — a fun and convincing tale told from an alien point of view. That might not seem so rare but, trust me, it is. This one is great!

Please do yourself a big favor and read these stories. You’ll be glad you did.

Oh, and, um… don’t forget to tip the writers. You only get out of this life what you put into it, and if you want more great stories like these, you have to do your part to encourage the writers to keep writing them. Every little bit helps.

Enjoy!

Because of other projects, we’re going on submissions hiatus starting April 15 and probably coming back on September first.

I’ve updated the Submissions Guidelines. It says the same general things but now more succinctly. One thing that’s different is that I’ve given a definite word limit. We used to leave it nebulous, but now it’s between 1000 and 20,000 words.

Oh, there is one other change I did make. We pay using PayPal (always have!) but now if you don’t have PayPal and don’t wish to use it, then submit somewhere else. Until a better system comes along, that’s what we use and that’s how we’re set up. It’s the Internet standard and, folks, we’re living in the year 2007. We may not have flying cars but we do have a universal electronic payment system.
Do I sound a bit irritable? Stressed is more like it. Don’t worry, I’ll be back to my sweet nurturing self after the hiatus.

In the meantime I know we’re publishing at least two stories, and there’s some more gems in the slush pile we’re eyeballing. So keep coming back. Just because we’re on reading hiatus doesn’t mean we’re not putting up stories.