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Ray Daley, Writer
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Published UK Writer, SF/F/H/LitFic, RAF Veteran.
Former Full SFWA member (lapsed, cant afford it). Qualify for HWA (cant afford it).
No on The Winds Will Carry You Home from Astrolabe & on Crime Of The Century from Nunum's Done in a Hundred Anthology.
No=79, Yes=7, Sub=106, Held=3.
March 28, 2024 at 8:49 AM
Me, 2017 "Because if you can't write more than a 1000 words about someone like Lemmy going to Mars, you may as well give up writing and become a peach."
I did not give up writing & become a peach.
March 26, 2024 at 12:16 AM
No on The Sex Lives Of Robots from ANVIL.
No=77, Yes=7, Sub=106, Held=3.
March 25, 2024 at 9:39 PM
No on The Bounty from Fission.
No=76, Yes=7, Sub=106, Held=3.
March 25, 2024 at 2:10 PM
No on Welcome, Home from Worlds of Possibility.
No=75, Yes=7, Sub=106, Held=3.
March 24, 2024 at 8:47 PM
Back From The War [REPRINT] subbed to Androids and Dragons.
No=74, Yes=7, Sub=106, Held=3.
androidsanddragons.substack.com/p/submissions
Submissions
General submissions to Androids and Dragons are now OPEN through March 25. We look forward to reading your stories! General Submissions Guidelines What we publish: We accept flash fiction and short st...
androidsanddragons.substack.com
March 24, 2024 at 5:44 PM
No on We Grow The Legs Last from Every Day Fiction.
No=74, Yes=7, Sub=105, Held=3.
March 22, 2024 at 9:59 PM
On this day 8 yrs ago, I got my 1st cheque for a story. $50, from Deserts Of Fire or £35.17 GB pounds.
March 22, 2024 at 1:33 PM
No on 11 Walls In The World from Analog. Commence With Enthusiastic Dancing to Seize the Press.
No=73, Yes=7, Sub=105, Held=3.
www.seizethepress.com/submissions/
Submissions - Seize The Press
Submissions Guidelines Seize The Press Magazine is an anticapitalist publication looking to publish dark speculative fiction. Bleak sci-fi, dark fantasy, horror and all kinds of weird, messy, genre-de...
www.seizethepress.com
March 21, 2024 at 4:22 PM
RIP Vernor Vinge.
March 21, 2024 at 2:57 PM
I've now got dates for closures/queries on all outstanding subs. All 42 of them. Had to run about a dozen of them down.
March 20, 2024 at 10:31 PM
While Nunum may charge for certain subs, I didn't pay to sub either story today.
Stating this in the interests of transparency.
I do NOT pay to sub.
March 20, 2024 at 5:09 PM
No on Assessment from Stranger.
The Winds Will Carry You Home to Astrolabe, Home Turf to Nunum's Opolis Anthology & Crime Of The Century to Nunum's Done in a Hundred Anthology.
No=72, Yes=7, Sub=104, Held=3.
www.astrolabe.ooo/submissions
www.nunum.ca/submissions....
Submissions
NUNUM - Blending Flash Fiction & Art - A Canadian literary journal dedicated to blending flash fiction and art.
www.nunum.ca
March 20, 2024 at 4:40 PM
Today I learned...

I've been in anthologies with 2 Star Trek writers.
Richard Matheson & Norman Spinrad.
March 19, 2024 at 10:42 PM
I enjoyed writing this, and I hope it shows.
This week's story at Androids & Dragons is a good one! You can read Ray Daley's tale of a customer service executive for a weapons manufacturer who may not be quite what he seems.

#writingcommunity #speclist #sff

androidsanddragons.substack.com/p/dear-trans...
Dear Transnational Death Tank Company
By Ray Daley
androidsanddragons.substack.com
March 19, 2024 at 7:32 PM
Reposted by Ray Daley, Writer
This week's story at Androids & Dragons is a good one! You can read Ray Daley's tale of a customer service executive for a weapons manufacturer who may not be quite what he seems.

#writingcommunity #speclist #sff

androidsanddragons.substack.com/p/dear-trans...
Dear Transnational Death Tank Company
By Ray Daley
androidsanddragons.substack.com
March 19, 2024 at 3:21 PM
And that is another contract signed & returned. You'll find who & what it's for when they give me permission to announce. Suffice to say it's something I've never done before.

This is the only Merry Vaguemas I am still currently celebrating.
March 19, 2024 at 12:39 AM
Third Flatiron will be opening to subs April 1st-21st, Theme: Offshoots: Humanity Twigged – SF, fantasy, positive futures thirdflatiron.com
Third_Flatiron | Speculative fiction for the discerning reader
thirdflatiron.com
March 18, 2024 at 11:01 PM
My story "Dear Transnational Death Tank Company" is now live at Androids And Dragons. It's free to read, too!
androidsanddragons.substack.com/p/dear-trans...
Dear Transnational Death Tank Company
By Ray Daley
androidsanddragons.substack.com
March 18, 2024 at 7:08 PM
No on Benchmark from Waystation.
No=71, Yes=7, Sub=101, Held=3.
March 17, 2024 at 7:32 PM
Sad to hear Jayhenge have gone on hiatus.
t.co/IFvKBvQXlh
JayHenge Publishing
t.co
March 15, 2024 at 8:17 PM
No on King Of The Mountain from Shoreline of Infinity.
Don't Forget Your Potato! to Lightspeed (Fantasy Flash).
No=70, Yes=7, Sub=101, Held=3.
adamant.moksha.io/publication/...
Moksha
adamant.moksha.io
March 15, 2024 at 5:36 PM
Odd Jobs has been sold to GASPS Anthology.
No=69, Yes=7, Sub=100, Held=3.
This is the official cover, created by Betty Rocksteady.
March 15, 2024 at 2:26 PM
The Safety Of Checkpoints has been sold to Altitude Press Flash Fiction Anthology.
No=68, Yes=6, Sub=100, Held=3.

And yes, it was both rejected & sold in the same day.
March 12, 2024 at 8:22 PM
No on The Doppler Effect from Haven Spec Magazine.
No=68, Yes=5, Sub=100, Held=3.
March 12, 2024 at 3:16 PM