Robes of the Flesh, bad and good

Yesterday I got a rejection letter from Weird Tales (www.weirdtalesmagazine.com) for "Robes of the Flesh." It wasn't the run of the mill rejection, though, and it was actually pretty cool. The letter itself was a pretty standard, form rejection. Thanks for your interest, can't always publish everything, and so on. The new editor, Ann VanderMeer, however, hand-wrote a little note at the bottom. She said, "Some strong writing here. Try me with something else." I take this to mean that she liked my writing, but didn't think the story was a fit. Be sure, I will try her with something else, once I can decide what that should.

So, it's too bad about the rejection, but the note itself was very encouraging. Look for a Corpus story in Weird Tales in the future, and also look for "Robes of the Flesh" to appear, either in another magazine, or as a Web exclusive here on TEC Online.