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Writers of the Future, Honorable Mention for Krasimira Stoeva's "Words Unspoken, Beasts Unnamed": Dear Entrant, Your story has been judged and is an Honorable Mention for the 2nd quarter. Congratulations!!! If you would like a certificate, please respond to this e-mail with the following: 1) the ...

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От сума ти време се чудя как да се преведе обидната употреба на „селянин/селяк“. Redneck например е твърде специфично регионално – носи багажа на Южните Щати.

Вчера с Джо, мъжа на AllyVRK, открихме:

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Fantasy & Science Fiction, personal rejection: Dear Kalin, Thank you for giving me a chance to read "As Beautiful as Bare Reality" -- I'm very pleased to see some more of your own work, just because I know you invest so much time in promoting the work of others. The quality of the prose here is very ...

Analog, personal rejection: Dear Kalin, Thank you for letting me see "Loving Loney Lone." I'm sorry it didn't strike me as quite right for our present needs. I rather like your style of writing and suggest that you try us again. Sincerely, Trevor Quachri Editor 44 Wall Street, Suite 904 New York, NY ...

Cosmic Roots and Eldritch Shores, personal rejection: Hi, Kalin. I understand that you’re representing the authors of “The Glow of the River.” We liked the premise of this story and found Denn Sirr empathetic as a character. Unfortunately, we felt the story was too long in the beginning pages, where ...

Дес, два цента и от мен (a.k.a. най-големия фен на „Малазанската книга“ на Ериксън в цяла ЧоБи ;) ): Не съм чел книгите на Есълмонт, понеже след Ериксън се отказах да чета епично фентъзи поне още 7-8 години – за мен Ериксън вдигна левъла на целия жанр , сега чакам да се появи автор, който да надмине ...

За десетте книги на Ериксън (= 10 000 страници) на мен ми трябваше половин година... и то най-дисциплинираното четене, което съм правил от много време насам. :D Но не знам как са твоите навици/концентрации. При всяко положение Ериксън изисква повече съсредоточаване от типичната ...

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Everyday Idioms & Expressions Used in Britain

Новите за мен бяха drive sb round the bend, do sb's head in и be over the moon.

(А piece of piss мисля да не го ползвам. Yes. )

The People's Preservatory, acceptance:

Dear Kalin Nenov,

We would like to use "Words" in The People's Preservatory. Is the story still available? Please let us know and we will be sending a contract out with payment details soon.

Thank you.

Writers of the Future, Honorable Mention for Elena Pavlova's "Love in the Time of Con Crud": Dear Entrant, Your story has been judged and is an Honorable Mention for the 1st quarter. Congratulations!!! If you would like a certificate, please respond to this e-mail with the following: 1) the name of ...

Future SF, acceptance of "Love in the Time of Con Crud": Hi Kalin, I'm very happy to accept this story for publication in Future SF , provided we can agree on some relatively minor edits/changes. I will try to get the edited version to you within the week. If it's approved, we will move forward to ...

Cast of Wonders, personal rejection: Dear Kalin, Thank you for sending us "How to Outsmart the Devil". We appreciate the chance to read it. Unfortunately, the piece is not for us. Our readers felt the story was missing the developed sense of wonder or fantastic element that we consider the hallmark ...

DreamForge Magazine, personal rejection: Kalin, Thank you for your patience while we reviewed Grigor’s story “Outside the Picture,” unfortunately, we're going to pass this time. The translation is exceptional; the tale read very well in English. The work is well done , but over 9,000 words is a diffi ...

Did anyone ever tell you English word order is strictly fixed? And you can almost never have verb before subject in a non-interrogation? To the south lay, like a boundary line between lands, the dark line of a vast forest. (...) It was a cut jewel the size of his palm, and through it flowed, as he ...

Double quotation marks are the general rule in American English; single quotation marks, in British English. (And then there's the rule of quotes within quotes.)

This discussion seems to explain the "she said/said she" case both correctly and concisely.

The Bronzeville Bee, personal rejection of "Fantasy in Bulgaria": I wanted to let you know that I have decided to pass on this article. There's a lot of potential here, but it reads more like a history of the genre, and while that has a certain level of interest, I'd like to see who the top fantasy ...

Fantasy & Science Fiction, personal rejection: Dear Kalin, Thank you for giving me a chance to read "Two Moons" by Elena Pavlova. I liked the quality of the translation and I really enjoyed the worldbuilding. At the same time, I thought the story needed to develop with more energy -- I think I was 6 ...

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The Fiddlehead, personal rejection of "Empowering Activists": Dear Kalin, Thank you for submitting to The Fiddlehead. Unfortunately we will not be publishing your writing. I really appreciate your hopeful tone throughout the piece. All the best with your writing. Sincerely, Zach Keesey We at The ...

Samovar, personal rejection: Dear Kalin, Thank you for submitting "The Last Story" to Samovar, and many apologies for the long wait for a response. We really enjoyed the language and atmosphere of this story , but in the end decided that it's not quite what we're looking for, so we've decided not to ...

Hey Kalin, I'm in the process of putting together a reading list of fiction from around the world for myself, and I'm actually having a little trouble finding Bulgarian fiction that has been translated into English (my Bulgarian is still a little rusty!) and ideally available in ebook or audio ...

Samovar, personal rejection: Dear Elena Pavlova, Thank you for submitting "Two Moons"— we enjoyed some of the very evocative & descriptive passages , but we've decided not to accept it for publication. We've considered it for both Strange Horizons and Samovar. Sincerely, -- Greg Sarah Dodd, Greg W ...

Two Moons When a human spaceship landed on a distant planet, its crew made its new home inside a giant local organism they called a trollburg. Now young Kea has to survive a week-long trial in the outside world. Along her way back home, she comes upon another trollburg--and finds out that humankind ...

The Fiddlehead, personal rejection of "Enchantment": Dear Velichka, Thank you for submitting to The Fiddlehead. Unfortunately we will not be publishing your story. We enjoyed reading your submission, particularly your vivid descriptions of Martha and her otherworldly powers . All the best with your ...

Cosmic Roots and Eldritch Shores, personal rejection of "In the Beginning Was the Subway": Hi Lyubomir. Thanks for your submission. We enjoyed it but it didn’t completely work for us. As requested here is some unedited feedback from our first readers; it is not meant as diplomatic critique, it is o ...

This project is pure beauty:

A year of reading round the world

We don't have a topic for sharing the Sadness, so I'll put this here. In any case, it's about sharing Beauty too. Dear Editors: I just read the three stories in _Up and Coming_ that were originally published in _Shimmer_ ... and I'm immediately sending you one of mine. I believe it may make you ...

Reviews of "Love in the Time of Con Crud": Rachel Cordasco, Speculative Fiction in Translation: An enjoyable time travel/alternate history set during the 2017 Helsinki World SF convention where some attendees have returned to prevent a pandemic outbreak that ushers in global wars and radical ...

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