Week 23 — Year of Short Stories 2026

2026 is another year of short stories. In this weekly series, I track my short story writing, from idea and draft to submission. This is the weeks of Jun 8 – Jun 15. Stats Stories Finished: 2 Submissions Currently Out: 7 Submissions Total: 20 Rejections: 17 Acceptances: 0 Submissions and Responses We seem to be in the summer lull. No responses to any of my submissions this week. Goals and Results I continue the rework of T.I.M., finishing another 1500 words or so. I had a tough time figuring out the right way through one of my new scenes, but I think I cracked it. I have two scenes left. If I can get through those next week, I’ll do a cursory clean-up pass and set it aside to look at the Critters feedback for Beneath the House in Caen. The feedback for that story was fairly positive, so I don’t think I’ll have nearly as much rework to do. T.I.M. has gone through enough of a re-work that I will probably submit the new version to Critters to see how it is received. This is unusual for…