Rejection, rejection, rejection...

My third rejection in a row this year as a "finalist". Always something like this: "Thank you for submitting X. Unfortunately we are going to pass. This is not a reflection of the quality. We really enjoyed this story, enough to give it to our final editors, but we decided to pass this time." Getting to be frustrating
 
I've had a story with Ashton House for 40 days now. It looks like they only respond for acceptances.

I don't think I can be bothered to query them.

Same with Gavagai. Been with them for 30 days. I'll give that one another 12, then mark them as lost.
 
Got a few more this week. Two agent form rejections, a 79-day from the Tales of Steel and Sorcery Anthology, and a 105-day rejection from Strange Pilgrims. They mentioned that they received over 7000 submissions for their first issue :eek:

Up to 14 now.
 
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