Cover Story

Agog! Ripping ReadsOnly a cover story. Rats.

With the friendliest, most cushioned rejection letter I ever received, Agog! Press rejected one of my favorite stories today. Queen of diamonds was rejected for their Ripping Reads anthology, mainly because at 10,800 words it was simply too long to fit. God, there must be one market out there that wants to buy it!

But at least a snippet of the story will be out there come June. Cat Sparks, who is a dear friend as well as the editor of Ripping Reads, designed the cover to display torn-off snippets of the stories in the anthology, and while Queen of diamonds wasn’t actually selected for inclusion, it was for the cover snippets. My first cover story!

(For extra credit, spot the snippet!)

Ripping Reads will be launched at Conflux in June, 2006.