I've had a piece there for a loooong time, and I'm not alone, judging by Duotrope. They have twitched occasionally in the past couple of months but there's clearly a huge backlog. I didn't get a response to a query so I'm pretty much considering the sub there to be in limbo (which means I can send it elsewhere, and if CW should actually pipe up and say they want it, I can reply "well as I got no response to my query I assumed you weren't interested, it's at X at the moment, but if it doesn't sell there and you're still interested I'm happy for you to take it").
I subbed to Doorways about the same time and the situation there is much the same (and I'm still, technically, waiting on Aberrant Dreams after well over a year). I'll be in no hurry to sub to those markets again. I know this isn't the business to be in if you're in a hurry, but frankly, I'll try more responsive markets first unless there's a very good reason to hit a slow market (said "very good reason" usually meaning it pays pro rates).
Brian Dolton
Land Of Wind And Ghosts stories:
"The Box Of Beautiful Things" - IGMS#3
"The Man Who Was Never Afraid" - Abyss and Apex #20
"At Blue Crane Falls" - Abyss and Apex #25 "Where No Wind Blows" - Staffs & Starships #2
"What The Sea Refuses" - Black Gate (forthcoming)
"What The Heart Bears" - Black Gate (forthcoming)
"Above The Clouds" - Paper Blossoms, Sharpened Steel (forthcoming)
"The Gray World" - Every Day Fiction (forthcoming)
"Three Out Of Four" - Sorcerous Signals Feb-Apr 08
"The Dragon Path" - Fictitious Force #5
"The Last Arrow Of Liang Xi" - Darwin's Evolutions (forthcoming)
Stories in other settings:
"The Unicorn Hunter" - OG's Speculative Fiction #8
"Call Centre" - Necrotic Tissue #1
"When Winter Came" - ASIM #32
"Cold Fire" - Flashing Swords #9
"St. Saviour And The Devil's Dandy" - Flashing Swords (forthcoming)
"In This City" - Fantasy Magazine (forthcoming) |