Hey y’all,
I’ve been working on short stories a lot lately, and I reached out to Midnight Breakfast EIC and Senior Fiction Editor at The Rumpus Rebecca Rubenstein on suggestions on where to submit. She gave me an incredible list, which I then formatted with links to submission pages. Because she was so kind about creating this list, I wanted to pass along the kindness.
Also, if anyone wants to start a short story writing and editing club or wants to help me with editing my stories pre-submission, let me know! Ready to become the next combination Isaac Asimov/Alice Munro/George Saunders.
Where to submit short stories:
Catapult
The Common (for anything place-based),
Vol. 1 Brooklyn and their Sunday Stories series, which they’ve been running forever
Weird Shit:
If you write any weird shit, your friends will be:
Flash fiction:
K-Ming Chang edits micro fiction at The Offing, so if you have a baby, send it there
Smaller:
Foglifter (if you write any queer stories)
The Offing (linked above)
Rebecca also recommends:
Doubting Thomas by Matthew Clark Davison
Blow Your House Down by Gina Frangello (I might buy this just because it has a wolf on the cover)
I’m Not Hungry But I Could Eat by Christopher Gonzalez (pre-order) (this title is going to haunt my dreams)
Pop Culture Playlist
I made an August playlist, listen to it while we watch the dying embers of "hot vax summer" wink out forever. Containing songs from a Daxton playlist (real ones know), TikTok, and “Love Hangover” by Diana Ross, which heretofore I cannot seem to not put on every single playlist I make. For good reason, I might add.