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

Saturday, 18 April 2026

I’m doubly happy to report two poetry acceptances from SpecPoVerse 🙂 🙂 Both poems are part of a dragon sequence that I’m working on.

Monday, 13 April 2026

I am delighted to report an acceptance from 4LPH4NUM3R1C, my first from them 🙂

Thursday, 9 April 2026

My poem “Mars Loop Magpies” has just been published in Space & Time #149, April 2026 🙂

Tuesday, 7 April 2026

I’m happy to report a poetry acceptance by Star*Line of a humorous SF poem 🙂

Saturday, 4 April 2026

I’m delighted to report a poetry acceptance from After Happy Hour Review 🙂 The poem is part of my corn snake sequence.

Thursday, 2 April 2026

I’m triply delighted that three of my poems have just been published in Star*Line 🙂 The poems are How the Dragon’s Daughter Tasted, Unspoken, and Dilettante.

Monday, 30 March 2026

I’m delighted that my poem “Mushroon” has just appeared in the fungi/mushrooms issue of Strange Horizons 🙂 This is my tenth poem to appear there 🙂

Wednesday, 25 March 2026

I’m delighted to report a poetry acceptance from Dreams and Nightmares 🙂

Sunday, 22 March 2026

I’m delighted to report that Uppagus accepted two of my poems 🙂

Friday, 20 March 2026

The eBook versions of the The Sign of the Dragon are on sale until the end of March at Apple, Barnes & Noble, Kindle, and, theoretically-but-not-yet-as-I-type-this Kobo.

The print editions remain as expensive as ever (it is a chunky book).

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Mailbox Blues

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