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Sunday, 12 May 2013

A Ring, a Ring o' Roses is an alternative-world, steampunkish sort of story I wrote a couple of years back that I've been submitting to markets ever since. It's one of my favourite little tales; even if I do say so myself, it has a pretty neat central idea. I was pretty confident it would do well, but then it racked up nine rejections and I began to have doubts. This was the story that a certain well-respected SF magazine (OK, Analog) said "is not science fiction".

Well, I'm thrilled to report that the story officially is science fiction as it's been bought by Stupefying Stories. If Bruce Bethke says the story is SF that's good enough for me!




This is my third sale to this particular magazine, following on from The Cat's Tale and Your Call May Be Recorded For Training Purposes.

Posted by Simon Kewin at 18:44

7 comments:

  1. Deborah Walker13 May 2013 at 06:32

    *le gasp* A personal rejection from Analog? Woweee!

    And also congratulations on the sale.

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  2. Simon Kewin13 May 2013 at 07:10

    That's a good way of looking at it, Deborah. I feel better now.

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  3. Rhonda Parrish14 May 2013 at 21:14

    Whoot! Congratulations!

    I have a story accepted there which hasn't been published yet, maybe we'll get to share a TOC :)

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  4. Anonymous19 May 2013 at 16:04

    Way to go, Amigo! I made my first-ever sale to them this week, so maybe I'll have a story in there with you and Rhonda.

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    1. Simon Kewin19 May 2013 at 16:29

      Yeah, I saw your sale on Facebook. Sharing a TOC again would be cool.

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  5. M Pax20 May 2013 at 21:44

    Cool! Congrats on getting a sale. I'm still trying to find homes for many of my stories.

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    1. Simon Kewin20 May 2013 at 22:05

      Keep trying! They'll find the right home eventually.

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