We’re counting down to the next issue of Space Squid. This will be issue number 9, due out for Armadillocon in late August.
As of this moment I have cut off the submissions that we will be considering for #9. So if you send something in, and should it pass through the first round of reading, then you can expect we won’t give you a final verdict on whether or not we’ll consider it for #10 until after August. I’m not trying to scare you away from submitting, this is probably your best shot at acceptance, when we’re all aglow with the joy of small press. Just keep in mind that it might take a little longer than usual.
The slushpile is empty as of this moment. If you haven’t at least received a hold request from us, then something is horribly wrong and you need to send me a ping immediately.
There’s still about eight stories that are on hold and up for final perusal by the Space Squid editorial board. However it shakes down, we’ve got some really good material. I’m happy that we took a year to get this issue out. It’s ensured that we have nothing but the best fiction available.
Contracts and illustration assignments go out in the next week or so (unless I’m a horrible slacker as I usually am).
Kudos go to our assistant editor Elle, who made this grand issue come together by reading a vast amount of slush. We’ve had about 340 submissions over the past year, roughly one a day. Ten of them came from one guy (Mr. Brown, you’re ready to pop, I swear). A considerate review of these stories would not have been possible without Elle’s help, so thanks.
