Phlebotomists Anonymous
Phlebotomists Anonymous is a short story I wrote when I was just messing around. The problem was, when I finished it, I liked it. It's a story about a support group for vampires. It just goes to show you; if you start a support group, they will come.
Update: Success! I submitted Phlebotomists Anonymous to SNM Horror Magazine on June 15, 2008. On Thursday, June 26th, at 7:31 pm, Steve, one of the editors, responded with a rejection that the story just wasn't what they were after for the July issue.
Along with the rejection was a very nice personalized message. Steve said, "This story was well written and had a neat angle..." He went on to say quite a bit more about the story. It was the first personalized feedback I've received on a story and I appreciated that he took the time to give it. He was also passing it to one of the other editors to see if she would like to do a review of it on her blog.
Then, at 7:43 pm, just 12 minutes later, I received another email from Steve asking me if I would consider waiting until the November issue to have it published. In essence, the story had been accepted for publication!
Needless to say, I responded in the affirmative.
Update: Phlebotomists Anonymous was published on November 1, 2008 in SNM Horror Magazine. It received 2nd Place out of 41 submissions!
Update: This piece has been off the market for a while so I decided to start sending it out again.
Update: Dark Fire Fiction accepted Phlebotomists Anonymous for publication. It will come out in Issue 47 in September 2010!
Word Count: 4,222
Submission History
| Market | Submission Date | Status |
| Dark Fire Fiction | Sunday, March 7, 2010 | Accepted! Tuesday, March 30, 2010 |
| SNM Horror Magazine | Sunday, June 15, 2008 | ACCEPTED! SNM will be publishing this story in their November 2008 issue! Published November 1, 2008! |
