/ by Laura Kochman

Damn. Yesterday, 2 rejections from journals I really like, and today, I wake up to this. It's Whale in the Woods, by Blueberry Morningsnow (I just mistyped that as 'Morningstar.' Guess I'm hungry). Really? Really? Whales, and woods. Only the 2 things I've been writing about for two years. And look who selected it. I'm feeling grumpy, and Emma sends me this:

Whatever. I bet, uh, she's not writing about houses. Or oysters.