@andydibble Awesome job.
"Whether you think you can, or you think you can't--you're right."~ Henry Ford
2024 - V41 - Q1-Ideas Brewing (new story or resubmit) ...
2023 - V40 - Q1-HM, Q2-HM, Q3-R, Q4-HM
2022 - V39 - Q1-SHM, Q2-HM, Q3-SF, Q4-HM
2021 - V38 - Q4-HM
2020 - V37 - Q2-R
Congratulations! Wonderful news. And I loved:
Also features octopus mind-reading
I'm sold!
R: 2 / HM: 5 / SHM: 2
Published stories:
"Drunk Scentless" - Daily Science Fiction (June 2021)
"Interview with the Vampire Hunter" - Every Day Fiction (October 2021)
"Dutch Courage" - 365tomorrows (August 2022)
Congratulations Andy. It is a good read.
Today's science fiction is tomorrow's reality-D.R.Sweeney
HM x5
Published Poetry
2012 Stars in Our Hearts
Silver Ships
Ist forumite to join the Wulfpack
My "Every Me Is Someone Else" about a telepathic Buddhist studies grad student connecting with his mom in hospice is just out in Diabolical Plots! Also features octopus mind-reading.https://www.diabolicalplots.com/dp-fiction-103a-every-me-is-someone-else-by-andrew-dibble/
I've only took a first look at this, but the opening paragraphs are wonderful stuff. I'll look forward to finishing it up!
DQ:0 / R:0 / RWC:0 / HM:14 / SHM:7 / SF:1 / F:1
Submitted: V41.Q1
Last four: HM • HM • HM • SHM
Published prior WotF entries: PodCastle, HFQ, Abyss & Apex
Fantastic read @andydibble! I actually had an experience of being in my husband 's mind and seeing the world through it. It was very alien to me. Very strange experience.
Vol. 36: 3rd -- R, 4th -- R
Vol. 37: 1st -- R, 2nd -- HM, 3rd -- HM, 4th -- SHM
Vol. 38: 1st -- HM, 2nd -- HM, 3rd -- HM, 4th -- HM
Vol. 39: 1st -- SHM, 2nd -- RWC, 3rd -- RWC, 4th -- HM
Vol. 40: 1st -- HM, 2nd -- R, 3rd -- RWC, 4th -- R
Vol. 41: 1st - pending, 2nd -- WIP
Free to read from The Fabulist, my short: "No Such Place as Nebraska":
https://fabulistmagazine.com/no-such-place-as-nebraska/
Seldom have I worked with a more sensitive and thoughtful editor. Josh helped make it a better tale.
@DonMarkmaker
The only success I have is a story has been held for 176 days now. That's a record for me.
Congratulations on your story DonMarkmaker.
Today's science fiction is tomorrow's reality-D.R.Sweeney
HM x5
Published Poetry
2012 Stars in Our Hearts
Silver Ships
Ist forumite to join the Wulfpack
held for 176 days now. That's a record
Is that "held for consideration" or just not responded to? Cause I had one like that in limbo for half a thousand days.
The venue had an even longer average. Leading Edge. Honestly I still haven't heard back, I just marked it Lost and went on livin!
@DonMarkmaker
Free to read from The Fabulist, my short: "No Such Place as Nebraska":
https://fabulistmagazine.com/no-such-place-as-nebraska/
Seldom have I worked with a more sensitive and thoughtful editor. Josh helped make it a better tale.
Congratulations Don Mark! Delighted to have had a sneak preview to this one before it reached the world at large!
VOL 40 2nd Quarter: Third Place ("Ashes to Ashes, Blood to Carbonfiber")
Past submissions: R - HM - HM - HM - HM - HM - SHM - SHM
www.jd-writes.com
@angelslayah congratulations! Looking forward to reading this one
R: 2 / HM: 5 / SHM: 2
Published stories:
"Drunk Scentless" - Daily Science Fiction (June 2021)
"Interview with the Vampire Hunter" - Every Day Fiction (October 2021)
"Dutch Courage" - 365tomorrows (August 2022)
(@angelslayah) The website has it listed as in the queue to be read. I don't stress over it. I check its status about once a month.
Today's science fiction is tomorrow's reality-D.R.Sweeney
HM x5
Published Poetry
2012 Stars in Our Hearts
Silver Ships
Ist forumite to join the Wulfpack
I've just sold a story to Gwyllion (science fiction and fantasy from Wales (but also elsewhere)), which I'm pretty stoked about! It's a revised SHM and it is the first non-flash story I've sold, and to top it off it'll be available in print. That'll be one of my writing aspirations ticked off once it is published, which won't be until May because Gwyllion publish two volumes a year. Something to look forward to (and my birthday is in May). Stars aligned on this one, I think. Just hope it all goes smoothly now...
I'll post the link when it is available if anyone is interested (though noting it is not free to view).
R: 2 / HM: 5 / SHM: 2
Published stories:
"Drunk Scentless" - Daily Science Fiction (June 2021)
"Interview with the Vampire Hunter" - Every Day Fiction (October 2021)
"Dutch Courage" - 365tomorrows (August 2022)
Awesome news @joel-c-scoberg.
Happy to see people from the forum getting their work published. Good to also know that a SHM with a bit of work is worthy of print.
"Whether you think you can, or you think you can't--you're right."~ Henry Ford
2024 - V41 - Q1-Ideas Brewing (new story or resubmit) ...
2023 - V40 - Q1-HM, Q2-HM, Q3-R, Q4-HM
2022 - V39 - Q1-SHM, Q2-HM, Q3-SF, Q4-HM
2021 - V38 - Q4-HM
2020 - V37 - Q2-R
@joel-c-scoberg Congratulations!!!
WOTF results:
Before Moon's Vol 39 challenge, 6 R's: Vol 31 Q3, Vol 33 Q3, Vol 35, Q4, Vol 37 Q3 and Q4, and Vol 38 Q3.
Vol 39: Q1 RWC, Q2 HM, Q3 HM, Q4 HM
Vol 40: Q1 RWC, Q2 HM, Q3 RWC, Q4 HM
IOTF results:
Vol 39: Q1 HM, Q2 R, Q3 HM, Q4 HM
Vol 40: Q1 R, Q4 R
My story “Thunderbirds, Kraken, and Other Dangers to Dragon Reproduction” was accepted by Androids and Dragons and should come out in their April 2024 issue. It won first place in the Southeastern Writers Association’s Vega Award for Speculative Fiction [June 2023] and received an honorable mention in WOTF volume 40 Q2.
My story "Baba Yaga and the Water of Life" is now published in Haunted Words Press Issue Six: Ghoulish Grimoires: https://issuu.com/hauntedwordspress/docs/issue_six_ghoulish_grimoires. It was my first RWC [Q1, Vol 39].
According to Winston Churchill, "success is going from failure to failure with enthusiasm"
Somehow I lost my Guthington profile, but it's me. Amy Wethington = Guthington = Physa
@joel-c-scoberg Congratulations!!🎉
V39:HM
V40:SHM, HM, SHM, HM
V41:WIP
Stories published in 72 Hours of Insanity, Touchstones, Curios, and Warp & Weave.
Stories forthcoming in Murderbugs, Flash Fiction Magazine, and Neo-opsis Science Fiction Magazine.
Congratulations (@joel-c-scoberg).
Today's science fiction is tomorrow's reality-D.R.Sweeney
HM x5
Published Poetry
2012 Stars in Our Hearts
Silver Ships
Ist forumite to join the Wulfpack
I've just sold a story to Gwyllion (science fiction and fantasy from Wales (but also elsewhere)), which I'm pretty stoked about! It's a revised SHM and it is the first non-flash story I've sold, and to top it off it'll be available in print. That'll be one of my writing aspirations ticked off once it is published, which won't be until May because Gwyllion publish two volumes a year. Something to look forward to (and my birthday is in May). Stars aligned on this one, I think. Just hope it all goes smoothly now...
I'll post the link when it is available if anyone is interested (though noting it is not free to view).
Awesome news. Happy to see people from the forum getting their work published. Good to also know that a SHM with a bit of work is worthy of print.
Awesome news @joel-c-scoberg
And demonstration of the fact an SHM is actually a good signal about a story and we should think about trying to place it elsewhere - fundamentally its a good story!
Writers of the Future:
2024 Q1: Reconsidering Q2: WIP Q3: ? Q4: ?
2023 Q1: RWC Q2: SHM Q3: SHM Q4: R
2022 Q4: R
Submissions to other markets:
2023: 70 submitted 13 acceptances
2022: 22 submitted 1 acceptance
My oddball little microfiction "Wigner's Friend" has gone live and is free to read at Cosmorama:
https://www.cosmoramaofficial.com/fiction/wigners-friend
@DonMarkmaker
@angelslayah on a hot streak!
R: 2 / HM: 5 / SHM: 2
Published stories:
"Drunk Scentless" - Daily Science Fiction (June 2021)
"Interview with the Vampire Hunter" - Every Day Fiction (October 2021)
"Dutch Courage" - 365tomorrows (August 2022)
V39:HM
V40:SHM, HM, SHM, HM
V41:WIP
Stories published in 72 Hours of Insanity, Touchstones, Curios, and Warp & Weave.
Stories forthcoming in Murderbugs, Flash Fiction Magazine, and Neo-opsis Science Fiction Magazine.
Seward Nebraska, Sunday October 8, my 1 minute film —trailer for an imaginary '50s Sci-fi B picture "Unspeakable Teens"— will have its world premier in the Flatwater Film Festival...
So, if you're in the neighborhood...
@DonMarkmaker
@angelslayah great work.
"Whether you think you can, or you think you can't--you're right."~ Henry Ford
2024 - V41 - Q1-Ideas Brewing (new story or resubmit) ...
2023 - V40 - Q1-HM, Q2-HM, Q3-R, Q4-HM
2022 - V39 - Q1-SHM, Q2-HM, Q3-SF, Q4-HM
2021 - V38 - Q4-HM
2020 - V37 - Q2-R
And, finally: my writer's group, a Loose Unsyndicate, helped me put this story across —couldn't a dun it without em. Set in the Southwest of my youth, a former cop believes he's holdin back an invasion from OUTSIDE TIME — so he buries a lotta bodies in the desert... Border Patrol is live, and free to read:
https://mythaxis.co.uk/issue-35/border-patrol.html
@DonMarkmaker
And, finally: my writer's group, a Loose Unsyndicate, helped me put this story across —couldn't a dun it without em. Set in the Southwest of my youth, a former cop believes he's holdin back an invasion from OUTSIDE TIME — so he buries a lotta bodies in the desert... Border Patrol is live, and free to read:
https://mythaxis.co.uk/issue-35/border-patrol.html
Congratulations!
http://nineandsixtyways.com/
Tools, Not Rules.
Martin L. Shoemaker
3rd Place Q1 V31
"Today I Am Paul", WSFA Small Press Award 2015, Nebula nomination 2015
Today I Am Carey from Baen
The Last Dance (#1 science fiction eBook on Amazon, October 2019) and The Last Campaign from 47North
I can add one of my own for today -- my story "The Winds of the Mind" (previously a HM here) is up to read for free today at Abyss & Apex:
https://www.abyssapexzine.com/2023/09/the-winds-of-the-mind/
DQ:0 / R:0 / RWC:0 / HM:14 / SHM:7 / SF:1 / F:1
Submitted: V41.Q1
Last four: HM • HM • HM • SHM
Published prior WotF entries: PodCastle, HFQ, Abyss & Apex
@angelslayah congrats
"Whether you think you can, or you think you can't--you're right."~ Henry Ford
2024 - V41 - Q1-Ideas Brewing (new story or resubmit) ...
2023 - V40 - Q1-HM, Q2-HM, Q3-R, Q4-HM
2022 - V39 - Q1-SHM, Q2-HM, Q3-SF, Q4-HM
2021 - V38 - Q4-HM
2020 - V37 - Q2-R
@doctorjest congrats
"Whether you think you can, or you think you can't--you're right."~ Henry Ford
2024 - V41 - Q1-Ideas Brewing (new story or resubmit) ...
2023 - V40 - Q1-HM, Q2-HM, Q3-R, Q4-HM
2022 - V39 - Q1-SHM, Q2-HM, Q3-SF, Q4-HM
2021 - V38 - Q4-HM
2020 - V37 - Q2-R
@angelslayah nice one! Many congrats - and pretty exciting news about your film, you must be stoked! 
R: 2 / HM: 5 / SHM: 2
Published stories:
"Drunk Scentless" - Daily Science Fiction (June 2021)
"Interview with the Vampire Hunter" - Every Day Fiction (October 2021)
"Dutch Courage" - 365tomorrows (August 2022)
@doctorjest congratulations! 
R: 2 / HM: 5 / SHM: 2
Published stories:
"Drunk Scentless" - Daily Science Fiction (June 2021)
"Interview with the Vampire Hunter" - Every Day Fiction (October 2021)
"Dutch Courage" - 365tomorrows (August 2022)
