Hi all,

Having chatted among the editors, we have decided that unfortunately, it’s time to pause the publication, meaning that we won’t be accepting new submissions for the time being.

Things have been quite challenging for fiction writers here on Medium for a variety of reasons, and we have seen the effects of that.

Thank you to Maisie Archer for sharing her recently completed web-novel and for her tireless editing, and to DW Davis who has been super prolific at an otherwise quiet time for the publication!

Thanks also to all the other authors who have also submitted one or more stories in recent weeks: Lily C. Fen, Nanji Erode, Connlyn Sinclair, Carlton A Wilkins, APSolimando, Anca Antoci, Sieran Lane, trish, Scarlet Ibis James 🦩, Grim Flandango , Amal Devasia, Chrystal — Mommas Twin Adventure | Threads Coach, Aurora Moon McKnight, Kay Flanagan, A. Gee, and Amalia Cotovan. Many have been regular contributors, others are new, but we have loved their work regardless. Check it out 😎

And thank you to all of the authors who may not have submitted lately but were regulars in the past. We miss you, and hope you are still writing! I’ll share one last set of writing prompts before signing off for the summer as a bit of inspiration.

We don’t have a plan/date in mind for resuming, but will keep the publication open. In the meantime, unfortunately we won’t be accepting new stories or adding new writers.

Many of us will still be around the place, so do check out the various other fiction publications on Medium.

JF Danskin

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