March 2026
Here in snowbound Massachusetts, we've been reading the January submissions and editing the March and April stories. As of today, 183 remained unread (out of 282 submissions received), four had been read by one of us but not the other, and four had advanced to our short list. We also took a trip to even-more-snowbound Ontario to visit Kristin's sister. Highlights included Kristin falling multiple times on a cross-country ski excursion with her sister and niece (being a competent downhill skier did not help at all), the artisanal bakery near her sister's house, and a day trip to Toronto to visit an early twentieth century castle built by an eccentric financier of that era, and to eat at the restaurant Kristin's other niece cooks at. If this tower looks familiar to you, it might be because Casa Loma is a popular filming location and has served as a stand-in for several settings of interest to speculative fiction fans, including Wayne Manor and Xavier's School for Gif...
