A Murder of Pixies
A Murder of Pixies is a story I came up with recently on a trip to Houston to go to a book signing by Scott Sigler on his new novel, Infected.
It's a story about a guy who pisses off a family of pixies and their efforts to make him pay for his transgression.
Word Count: 2,989
Submission History
| Market | Submission Date | Status |
| Arct Magazine | Sunday, July 4, 2010 | Rejected - Friday, October 1, 2010 |
| The Three-Lobed Burning Eye | Sunday, February 28, 2010 | Rejected - Thursday, March 11, 2010 |
| A Public Space | Saturday, March 28, 2009 | Rejected - Friday, February 19, 2010 |
| Fantasy Magazine | Friday, March 27, 2009 | Rejected - Saturday, March 28, 2009 |
| Pseudopod | Sunday, March 22, 2009 | Rejected - Tuesday, March 24, 2009 |
| Beneath Ceaseless Skies | Thursday, February 26, 2009 | Rejected - Sunday, March 22, 2009 |
| Shroud Magazine | Sunday, November 30, 2008 | Rejected - Thursday, February 26, 2009 |
| Clarkesworld Magazine | Sunday, November 30, 2008 | Rejected - Sunday, November 30, 2008 |
| Strange Horizons | Thursday, August 28, 2008 | Rejected - Wednesday, October 29, 2008 |
| Fantasy & Science Fiction Magazine | Tuesday, August 19, 2008 | Rejected - Wednesday, August 27, 2008 |
| Abyss & Apex | Wednesday, May 28, 2008 | Rejected - Friday, August 1, 2008 |
| GUD Magazine | Tuesday, May 6, 2008 | Rejected - Monday, May 26, 2008 |
| Lone Star Stories | Sunday, May 4, 2008 | Rejected - Monday, May 5, 2008 |
- I would like to note that GUD Magazine has an average rejection time of 5.8 days. A Murder of Pixies was there for 20 days. I like to think that it made it through the first couple of cuts, although there was nothing in the rejection email to indicate that.
- Abyss & Apex also seemed to give this piece a little extra in their rejection. They said that "It was well received here." I took that to mean that they liked it almost enough to publish it.
