Readers,

Apologies for the radio silence. The editors have been extremely busy dealing with real life priorities which cannot be put on the back-burner. 

We have closed submissions for now until we deal with the massive backlog. If you have sent us a story, thank you. Thank you for your fiction, but thank you also for your patience. We expect to get back to you before the end of the year - way past our usual response time. If you have any questions or would like to withdraw stories due to the waiting time - please don’t hesitate to do so via Submishmash.

With love and hellfire,

The editors

“He’s a big old bottom once he gets to know you.” She punctuates her words by playfully nibbling at my earlobe.  A reassuring hand on my naked hip leads me back towards the bed.  There a muscular man, bare chest laced with swathes of black ink, sits with his back against the wall.  He is trying to hide his nerves behind a stern posture and broad shoulders.  “You just need to lead him into it a bit.”

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Readers,

Fiction and poetry submissions are open once again. We’re using Submishmash, which means it’ll be a million times easier for us to keep track of submissions and do our job. This means that you will need to register a Submishmash account before you can send us a story. It’s free, and should take less than a minute. It’s a pretty small price to pay for a more efficient system which will allow the editors to (finally) be able to properly track all stories, request rewrites/edits if needed, and generally stay on top of things.

The old email address for submissions is gone. All stories sent at the email should have been dealt with. However, if you somehow fell through the cracks, toss a mail to axel.taiari@gmail.com and I’ll have a look.

Now go read the guidelines, and send us your best material.

rottenleaves.submishmash.com/submit