Loose Change

I made the first cut on Terminal Earth

Ironically, after posting my post about optimism vs. the odds (below), I got a note letting me know I had at least made it into that "Hold" pile rather than the "Reject" pile.  Still a long shot, but perhaps a Hail Mary pass with your eyes open rather than a Hail Mary pass with your eyes closed.  At least the football is traveling toward the other endzone, rather than intercepted and taken the other way.

Of course, I also received a rejection from the other anthology, but with a nice note saying that the horror was pychological horror, and they needed more speculative horror.  I'm OK with that sort of rejection, as it was my mistake not matching their needs as closely as I could have.