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I'm not in yet, but I will be! I've been away a long time... So many things have changed. No more Jibber Jabber. Sigh.

Hi all,

Just FYI. Empyreome Magazine is on hiatus until May 2018. We will reopen submissions at that time for our July issue.

Cheers,
Randy Hulshizer
Editor-in-chief

I have a tiny story up today at Every Day Fiction:

https://everydayfiction.com/a-slice-best-served-hot-by-randy-hulshizer/

J'nae Rae wrote:wotf054
I've sold a humorous flash piece to Empyreome. Thank you Randy!

J'nae's story, Nine-Tenths, is now live at Empyreome:

http://empyreome.com/read.aspx?id=40

However... Flame Tree have a habit of sending acceptances first, rejections after (you can see the pattern on the recent responses on the Grinder). Yeah, this is a procedure that I really don't understand... As someone who helps run a small press, we send out rejections on stories that we know we c...

MattDovey wrote:However... Flame Tree have a habit of sending acceptances first, rejections after (you can see the pattern on the recent responses on the Grinder).

Yeah, this is a procedure that I really don't understand...

jficke13 wrote:I'm not familiar with the Submission Grinder, where it says "Pending Responses" is that the # of logged submissions not yet reported as accepted or rejected?

Yes

This isn't about an interview, but I figured it would be the best place to post it. A new flash story by WotF vol. 33 winner Ville Meriläinen is now up at Empyreome Magazine (my publication). For those who are interested, you can read the story here: http://empyreome.com/read.aspx?id=36 . Do you hav...

Hi everyone, another newbie here - first sub was Q4 2016, which I just found out made finalist! *faints* I'm pretty certain this was just beginner's luck though since after poking around on this site I found out that flash pieces are a tough sell, and my story was only 1,000 words. Still, feeling t...

It's definitely spam

Quick update:
Less than a week to submit a story for Empyreome's July issue. Flash submissions are always open. You can find links in the thread above.

J'nae Rae wrote:wotf054
I've sold a humorous flash piece to Empyreome. Thank you Randy!

We're very glad you submitted your story!

This site is still shunting me off to the page that says I have made too many attempts to sign in and need to answer a question. We are talking once in three days or so. I find that it does that any time I log in on an incognito window. Most likely requires cookies, and incognito-mode won't store c...

Welcome, all.

Hi fellow forumites, wotf006 Just an update for those who are interested. The July issue of Empyreome is filling up fast, but there are still a couple slots left (preferably for stories between 3,000 and 6,000 words). Here's how to submit: http://empyreome.com/submissions.aspx In addition to stories...

Welcome!!

Some of you know that a few friends and I started a little magazine ( http://empyreome.com ) recently. Things have been great, but our site has already been attacked numerous times. About a month ago, someone broke in and injected malicious code into some pages. I was able to detect the attack early...

Submissions are now open for Empyreome Magazine's July 2017 issue:

http://empyreome.com/submissions.aspx

Submissions are now closed for Empyreome's April issue and will reopen on March 1 for the July issue. Flash submissions are still open.

Thanks Amos and Rachael

First issue is now available:

http://empyreome.com/issue.aspx?id=2017_January

We have recorded one of the stories as an audio podcast:

http://empyreome.com/audio.aspx

You can also purchase eBooks here:

http://empyreome.com/subscribe.aspx

Submitted December 31, 2016 at 16:52 EST
Rejected March 9, 2017

Hi Friends, Submissions are now open for Empyreome Magazine's April 2017 issue: http://empyreome.com/submissions.aspx More info about what we're looking for: Empyreome is seeking original works of short fiction with up to 10,000 words (<7,000 preferred). Stories with 1,000 words or fewer will be con...

I also appreciate their free service. Having run several online services in my long history of various activities, this is a bit of a mess, though. Not being critical. Just observing. We've all (at least I have) failed to backup critical data numerous times.

Thanks for the update. wotf007 I may well have some stories to submit to you by December. I've only got three finished at the moment, one's awaiting a verdict here, one I *should* hear back on by the 15th, and one is probably going to be in limbo for ages. Thanks, Peony. We'll look forward to them....

For anyone who is interested, submissions for the January 2017 issue are closed. They will reopen for the April 2017 issue on December 1, 2016. Submissions for flash fiction are always open.

http://empyreome.com/submissions.aspx

amoskalik wrote:

Ishmael wrote:Not being a Twitter subscriber I was prompted to look by these remarks. I agree. Unprofessional behaviour.

I agree as well. Don't mock the slush, not in public anyway.

Amen. Very unprofessional.

amoskalik wrote:Thanks Randy. I'll be sure to send some stories your way.

Hi Aaron, thanks for sending that story. I appreciate it.

Hi Fellow Forumites, I wanted to tell you all about a new publication a couple friends and I have decided to put up. We are all aspiring authors with a few credits to our names, so we decided to become part of the conversation about what constitutes good fiction. And since I've been a professional w...

Submitted 09/29/2016 at 11:45 AM EDT
Rejected 10/20/2016