written by David Steffen
Diabolical Plots opened for fiction submissions for the month of July, one story per writer for the submission window. During that month 425 valid submissions arrived in the slushpile. 59 stories were held for a second look. 13 stories were purchased. Both rounds of the process were judged entirely by me, and author names were hidden from me until the final decisions had been made, so the stories had to stand for themselves. Here are the story titles and authors for that year of purchases. I am very excited to bring these stories to readers. I hope you enjoy them as much as I did!
March 2016
“One’s Company” by Davian Aw
April 2016
“The Blood Tree War” by Daniel Ausema
May 2016
“Further Arguments in Support of Yudah Cohen’s Proposal to Bluma Zilberman” by Rebecca Fraimow
June 2016
“The Weight of Kanzashi” by Joshua Gage
July 2016
“Future Fragments, Six Seconds Long” by Alex Shvartsman
August 2016
“Sustaining Memory” by Coral Moore
September 2016
“Do Not Question the University” by PC Keeler
October 2016
“October’s Wedding of the Month” by Emma McDonald
November 2016
“The Banshee Behind Beamon’s Bakery” by Khaalidah Muhammad-Ali
December 2016
“The Schismatic Element Aboard Continental Drift” by Lee Budar-Danoff
January 2017
“Curl Up and Dye” by Tina Gower
February 2017
“The Avatar In Us All” by J.D. Carelli
March 2017
“Bloody Therapy” by Suzan Palumbo
Wait, where’s my name?
Kidding, kidding.
I like the list! Can’t wait to check out the stories.
But who will review DP stories, if not DP?
Dustin–Good question! So far Tangent has reviewed the first 6 stories published:
http://www.tangentonline.com/e-market-monthly-reviewsmenu-265/279-diabolical-plots
And Amy Sisson some of the stories:
http://amysreviews.blogspot.com/
I wish there were more short fiction reviewers out there, though. :/