Submission spate

Ok, so I’m sat here staring at progress bars while I watch Filemaker import two million records and I’m thinking well, what shall I do?

The answer, of course, is go on a submission spree. Therefore I have sent the following: -

New York Story – Speculative Realm
The Man Who Met Himself - Neo-Opsis
The Grand Station – Midnight Street
Dead Angels - Andromeda Spaceways

The Man who… and Dead Angels were shoe-ins but I struggle with New York Story and The Grand Station. New York Story is one of my favourite stories but it does require some patience from the reader – its supernatural elements are not immediately apparent and I hope the writing is good enough to reel the reader in before they spot this as a flaw. Most who have read the story rate it, so I think it’s good BUT it’s got to hit the right magazine at the right time. It’s all about blind timing ie asking a blind man to juggle burning chainsaws ie tricky.
The Grand Station is a weird, genre-straddling piece. I like it; it’s short and snappy and has quite a unique story but again it’s an odd duck. I submitted to SpaceWesterns primarily because it has a western theme, but beyond there I’m struggling.