by Laura Harvey<\/p>\n
Sometimes, my job as an editor and anthologist is just a little cooler than usual. Reading great stories and working with diverse authors is already pretty amazing, but sometimes a project comes along that appeals to my inner literary daredevil\u2026 such as editing an anthology that melds horror (urban legends) and romance. I couldn\u2019t wait to see what arrived in my inbox, and my slush pile didn\u2019t disappoint. I gleefully read through sharp, clever re-imaginings of my very favorite legends, discovered new ones, and cheered at the surprisingly near-even split between straight and queer romances submitted. Here\u2019s a snapshot of my slush pile:
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Submission period: 61 days<\/p>\n
Submissions received: 46<\/p>\n
Shortlisted: 13 (28%)<\/p>\n
\u201cHook\u201d stories: 8 (17%)<\/p>\n
\u201cBloody Mary\u201d stories: 8 (17%)<\/p>\n
\u201cWoman in White\u201d stories: 3 (7%)<\/p>\n
\u201cVanishing Hitchhiker\u201d stories: 3 (7%)<\/p>\n
\u201cChoking Doberman\u201d stories: 1 (2%)<\/p>\n
\u201cOuija\u00a0Board\u201d stories: 2 (4%)<\/p>\n
Local U.S. legends (unique to specific areas): 6 (13%)<\/p>\n
Japanese legends (fox spirits, slit-mouthed woman, etc.): 3 (7%)<\/p>\n
U.K. legends (haunted moors\/inns\/forests): 4 (9%)<\/p>\n
South Africa legends (Pinky-pinky): 2 (4%)<\/p>\n
Other (mixed or uncategorized legends): 6 (13%)<\/p>\n
Stories with straight romantic interests (m\/f): 24 (52%)<\/p>\n
Stories with diverse romantic interests (m\/m, f\/f, m\/f\/m): 22 (48%)<\/p>\n
Stories shortlisted after a revise-and-resubmit request: 2 (4%)<\/p>\n
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Laura Harvey<\/strong> is an editor, writer, bibliophile, horsewoman, historian, teacher, debate coach, nerd, DIY junkie and occasional rescuer of kittens. She holds a BA, MA, and is ABD, making her an exceptional asset in Trivial Pursuit. She loves reading so much that all of her handbags share one crucial ability: fitting a standard paperback or Kindle. She lives in northern California with a menagerie of beasts (dogs, cats, horses, and family members). Her previous anthology efforts include Demons, Imps and Incubi from World Weaver Press.<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Legendary Stats by Laura Harvey Sometimes, my job as an editor and anthologist is just a little cooler than usual. Reading great stories and working with diverse authors is already pretty amazing, but sometimes a project comes along that appeals to my inner literary daredevil\u2026 such as editing an anthology that melds horror (urban legends) […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[69,57,79,58,33],"class_list":["post-3511","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-urban-legends","tag-laura-harvey","tag-legendary","tag-slush-stats","tag-triskaidekaphilia","tag-urban-legends"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.penandkinkpub.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3511","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.penandkinkpub.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.penandkinkpub.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.penandkinkpub.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.penandkinkpub.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3511"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.penandkinkpub.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3511\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.penandkinkpub.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3511"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.penandkinkpub.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3511"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.penandkinkpub.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3511"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}