Mailbox Blues

When I started submitting stories in 1992, I became obsessed by my mail, listening out for mail vans and postal workers. I learned that ninety-nine out of a hundred 9×12 inch envelopes contained rejection letters. My early acceptances came not by email, but in exciting small envelopes, addressed and stamped by the magazines themselves. This page contains mail reports and other updates. Many thanks to Christopher Reynaga for the camel-and-mailbox artwork.

The Most Recent Mailbox Blues

Thursday, 23 October 2025

I’m happy to report another poetry acceptance from Star*Line 🙂

Thursday, 16 October 2025

I’m delighted to report a poetry acceptance from Plott Hound 🙂

Thursday, 16 October 2025

I am delighted to report that Peter Heck reviewed The Sign of the Dragon in the
On Books column in Asimov’s Science Fiction 🙂 🙂 🙂

N.B. Currently, The Sign of the Dragon is the 3rd of 11 reviews. But in a couple of months, the column will be updated with a new set of book reviews.

Wednesday, 15 October 2025

I’m delighted to report that my poem “Cyberpunk Dragon” has just been published in the Cyberpunk issue of Eye to the Telescope, edited by Casey Aimer 🙂

Sunday, 5 October 2025

My poem Andy Warhol’s Many Cats has just been published in Uppagus 🙂

Sunday, 5 October 2025

My poem What Moon Rabbit Reads was nominated for the Best of the Net Anthology by The Sprawl Mag 🙂

Wednesday, 1 October 2025

I am honored and delighted and excited and happy to announce that my poem “The Blackthorn,” first published in Dreams and Nightmares, has won the 2025 Rhysling Award in the long-poem category 🙂 Many thanks to David C. Kopaska-Merkel for giving the poem its first home 🙂

Monday, 22 September 2025

I’m delighted to report a poetry acceptance from Eye to the Telescope for their forthcoming Cyberpunk issue edited by Casey Aimer 🙂

Thursday, 18 September 2025

I’m happy to report a poetry acceptance from Star*Line 🙂

Wednesday, 27 August 2025

I’m delighted to report that my poem Outlaw, Exile, Traitor has been published in Baubles From Bones 🙂

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