Slush grumbling

[rinue]

Probably every tenth poem submitted to Strange Horizons in August was about either cannibalism or killing a child. Not uncommonly both. If you've slush read, you're used to these micro trends (one month it's all fairies, another month Snow White). In this case, I think my liklihood of publishing any of them is pretty slim. I'm particularly annoyed because baby eating seems to be all they've got. If you're going to send me a poem that isn't about anything real, your description of a cigar better not be a description of a cigar.

Comments

[knaveofstaves]

Red Riding Werewolf also springs to mind.

[rinue]

Yeah, that's a perennial, as is killing yourself before zombies get to you (with and without twist ending). Haven't seen any of either this go-around, I don't think.