Departure Mirror

A free quarterly magazine of speculative fiction.

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Issue 3 is here and it's FREE!

https://t.co/sv1cNX57XI

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Karen Burnham (@SpiralGalaxy) recommends "Masquerade Season" by @PemiAguda in @tordotcom and "The Bottle Tree" by Marie Brennan (@swan_tower) in @DepartureMirror!
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@inquisitrix Thank you. We had a great time publishing it, and are sad it's done.

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We have a lovely new Author Spotlight today with @BethCato!

https://t.co/o6TQcDr6Bl

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First, the bad news. Yes, it's true that Departure Mirror Quarterly is shutting down.

https://t.co/LZeaB3wVIp

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@DiedraDrake @MynaChang Check regardless of what platform you use. One publisher we've worked with once had a book end up in negative royalties in Australia through a KDP competitor.

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Our fiction editor does more than just send you rejection letters. He also writes about Zoom meetings gone very, very wrong.

[Elisabeth R Moore AKA the space lesbian @willowcabins]

Published my latest short fiction round up on Nerds of a Feather today! Featuring @Aimee_Ogden, @kyleaisteach and @hexagonmagazine, among others!
https://t.co/c745I0IuAn

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Submissions close at 11:00 PM Pacific Time tonight.

Response times are running a little slower than they have in the past, but we are reading.

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New Author Spotlight: Brian Hugenbruch (@Bwhugen)

https://t.co/ypWAB3fvPX

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Thank you very much! We're fond of that one, too, obviously!

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Submissions close Friday (April 30) at 11:00 PM Pacific Time. If you've got something you're wanting to send us, get it in!

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@abbyluby If none of those steps get you a confirmation, I can't contact you, either, so you should assume we don't have it and resubmit.

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Writers, if you want a response to your submission, please include a contact e-mail address on your manuscript. If you mistype your address in the submission manager (which happens more often than you'd think), I can't get in touch with you otherwise.

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@abbyluby Moksha sends an automatic confirmation within minutes of a submission. Check your junk mail folder, and make sure the e-mail account you used is not inactive/full. If you didn't get the response, you can have Moksha resend the confirmation ("Recover Status Link" under "My Subs")

[Alicia Hilton @aliciahilton01]

@JeremyCShipp My story "Reigning Cats and Human Doggies: How Humans Learned to Heel" has been published in @DepartureMirror. Feline extraterrestrials tame humans. #ScienceFiction #Fantasy + a splash of #Horror and #Humor. Read the story for free https://t.co/pu5ANlNcS0

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oooo we spy @maysays and @Bwhugen ❤️

[sinθ magazine 🌱 issue 33 out now! @sinethetamag]

Wonderful new poem by sinθ #17 “STICKY 粘” contributor May Chong @maysays in @DepartureMirror's latest issue 🤩👇

[Alicia Hilton @aliciahilton01]

I am delighted that @DepartureMirror has published my story "Reigning Cats and Human Doggies: How Humans Learned to Heel." #sciencefiction #fantasy #horror #humor. Issue 3 includes other terrific stories and poetry. Read it for free!

[Osahon @osahon4545]

I have a new story out today! “Her Hair Flowed Downhill” is my weird Nigerian retelling of Rapunzel, and I hope you enjoy it (and tell me what you think)