May 2026 Recap
Otters from the beginning of May
By the numbers:
Stories out at the beginning of the month: 53
Acceptances received: 2
Rejections received: 29 (+3)
Stories withdrawn: 0
Resubmissions: 33
New Submissions: 0
Stories out at the end of the month: 53
My May numbers are a little late, because I had thyroid surgery at the end of May and have been recovering since then. I’m doing much better now, and a little better every subsequent day, so I should be up to my usual soon, I hope!
But my May numbers were pretty darn good, keeping as many stories out in the world as I had at the beginning of the month. I also had two acceptances, both drabbles at Reach Your Apex. And one of my April acceptances and one of my May acceptances were published in May: “The Song of Transformation” and “Changing Clothes,” both at Reach Your Apex.
Other than submissions, I released Bounty of the Atoll in mid-May and worked on my next collection, due out in mid-July. And I worked a little on prompts in the Big Pink Book, though I haven’t gotten too far with those yet.
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