rejection -- Lower Than Hell

Mar. 26th, 2006 at 10:28 PM

Lower Than Hell Strange Hzns Feb 25 '06 rejected Mar 26, 2006

Dear Kaolin,

Thank you for letting us see your poem and for your
interest in Strange Horizons.
We are afraid we are saying no on this submission.
We wish you the best of luck in your writing and hope
you will continue to consider SH. Our best wishes for a great Spring.

Best wishes,

Harold Bowes and M R James
Poetry Editors
Strange Horizons

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prgrmr

Mar. 27th, 2006 07:02 am (UTC)

They were afraid?

Does that annoy you? That one and "please find enclosed", like you're going to have to go on some sort of quest to locate what's been placed in with the letter, bug me.

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kaolinfire

Mar. 27th, 2006 08:19 am (UTC)

Not so bad, really. I've been in their shoes, so I have empathy for trying to let a writer down easy, especially when you do the same thing time and time and time and time again.

Recommendation for something to say besides "please find enclosed"? It's what I've been taught, so I really haven't thought much past that. "If you don't find it enclosed, well, fuck me. Either you're staggering drunk, or, you know, I may have forgotten it. Or the chipmunks got to it--did I mention the chipmunks?" :)

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