“The Evolution of Angels” by Lisa M. Bradley

“Genetic Demon, Memetic Angel” by Robert L. Read

“Ever Dream” by A.L. Frederickson

Review

Review of The Crystal Cosmos by I.E. Lester

Poetry

“Night Life” by David C. Kopaska-Merkel

“The Rape of Expectation” by Sabrina Naples

“Armaros - The Cursed One” by Jacqueline West

There was no May issue, and there will be no June issue, but there shall be a July issue. Starting with this issue, we shall be on a regular schedule again. If you haven’t heard anything back from a story sent in February that means you’re in my maybe folder and should hear a response in a week or so. The same goes for those from March. April and May submissions are mostly not read yet.

There we go. State of the Union Address.

Now, I return to the Oddlands.

“Yummy Mutants” by Suzanne Church

“Cabbages of the Moon” by Sonja Cassella

Poetry

“Bait” by Marsheila Rockwell

“Kryptonian International Remembrance Day” by Leah Bobet

“Plague” by Marcie Lynn Tentchoff

A Bit About Me

Short Fiction

“Darkchild” by Ian Whates

“I of the Beholder” by Rebecca M. Senese, illustrated with Tomowoma by Marge Simon

“Laundromat Dreams” by Luke Jackson

Art

“Tomowoma” by Marge Simon

Poetry

“Lost Horizons” by Jamie Lee Moyer

“The Ninth Stranger” by Kristine Ong Muslim

“Star Fall” by Marcie Lynn Tentchoff

“The Dreaming King” by Thomas Zimmerman

(more…)

Pay Rates

We pay 1 cent per word for fiction (counted by OpenOffice.org Writer). We pay a flat rate of $10 for poetry and art. We buy First Electronic Rights. We accept reprints for artwork.

We accept fiction and poetry that have not been previously published. This includes posting the story to a website that is accessible without an account and password. In some cases, we do accept fiction reprints but query for the details.

By accepting payment you acknowledge that the work was written by you and has not been previously published in any format. Upon payment you give First Electronic Rights publication rights, exclusive for two months, to Oddlands Magazine and permission to include your work of art, prose, or poetry in our archives for a minimum of six months. All other rights remain with the author.

How to Submit

Send your submissions to sub (at) oddlandsmagazine.com. Format your story in the plainest text possible, do your own italics, attach as a RTF file. Make sure you write it up in Openoffice.org because then I can be sure it looks right. I do not like receiving good stories that are formatted in an unpleasant way. Also, post the story or poem into the body of your message, too. If you do not then I will discard your submission.

Include your name, pen name (if using one), story or poem title, genre, and word count at the beginning of the message. In the subject line type Poetry/Fiction Submission <Story Title>. Feel free to include a short bio, written in the third person, in the message.

We accept fiction up to a length of 5000 words. Poems may be no more than 50 lines. These length are negotiable, to a degree. Send questions and queries to editor (at) oddlandsmagazine.com.

No multiple submissions (except for poetry). No simultaneous submissions. Submissions that do not follow these rules will be discarded.