Using words like "dissimulation" for internal monologue. I want to read your story, not decipher it. God. There's a difference between...
So they put my name in a hat . . .
potato
100 words
Pinch the nerve in the mouth so they can't bite.
print "hello world"
Jittery hands.
Cheap coffee served belligerently.
I feel like I'm in school again, uploading word docs before 11:59 pm. I know I'm just going to get rejection slips, but my brain gives me the...
Twenty acres?! How big is the family?
Every magazine is like: "We encourage writers of all identities to submit . . ." I would hope so. You don't deserve a ribbon because you don't...
People lived in houses made out of sticks with thatch roofs and rotten ferns for floors. Even royal bedchambers were decorated with mud-based...
"We are so grateful you thought of us when submitting your work."
You can come up with a reason the MC is ignorant about the speculative elements.
"Thank you for your interest in our magazine," and all that.
Separate names with a comma.
