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, 6 August 2026

I’m delighted to report a poetry acceptance from SpecPoVerse. Better yet, the poem is part of my midquel to The Sign of the Dragon 🙂

Thursday, 6 August 2026

I’m happy to report that I just signed a poetry contract with Merganser Magazine 🙂

Tuesday, 4 August 2026

I’m delighted to report that my poem “Corn Snake #31” has just been published in After Happy Hour 🙂

Thursday, 23 July 2026

I’m delighted to report a poetry acceptance from Eye to the Telescope for the forthcoming aliens issue edited by D.A. Xiaolin Spires 🙂

Thursday, 23 July 2026

I just signed another poetry contract with Asimov’s Science Fiction 🙂

Friday, 17 July 2026

I’m delighted to report a poetry acceptance from Dreams and Nightmares 🙂 This is the second poem from the midquel to The Sign of the Dragon that they’ve accepted 🙂

Wednesday, 15 July 2026

I am thrilled to report a flash-fiction acceptance from Lightspeed 🙂 🙂

Tuesday, 7 July 2026

I’m delighted to report that my poem “Alien Chrysanthemum” has been selected for the ninth volume of Best of Penumbric 🙂

Sunday, 5 July 2026

My poem Tools of the Trade has just been published in Uppagus, my 55th poem to appear there 🙂

Thursday, 2 July 2026

I’m honored to have a poem (Reaper, first published in Strange Horizons) in The 2026 Rhysling Anthology, and another poem (What Black Holes Read, first published in Star*Line) in Dwarf Stars 2026 🙂

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