I was thinking today during lunch I'd work on a horror story I'd started some time ago called "From the 800s". But in the same folder on my Google Drive was a file called "New Tricks". The title piqued my curiosity because I didn't remember writing it.
I opened it. I read it. It was a nice, heartwarming little Thanksgiving story about a man, a dog, and aliens. Only 1800 words -- which, for me, is unbelievably short.
And, what's more, it was completely done. Edited. Trimmed. Ready to be submitted.
So I did.
Problem is, I'm guessing most publications are now booking stories for their March issues -- at the latest -- and if an editor wants to run it at a seasonally-appropriate time, it'll have to wait until next year.
Why couldn't I find this story six months ago???
Anyway, /rant.
