Daikaijuzine has been gracious enough to publish Joanie Appleseed in their most current issue. Give it a read!
This particular publication instance is special for two reasons. One, when I was submitting short stories the first time, around 2010-2014, Daikaijuzine was one of those “blue ribbon” magazines for me. A goal, like Uncanny Magazine is now.
Second, I wrote “Joanie Appleseed” around the time I gave up on short stories. I thought it was a good story, wholesome and quirky. But submitting all these stories and getting rejected was getting frustrated. I was dumping more money on my short story tracker than I was getting with publications. So I trunked it. Trunked them all. Years later, during my “Year of Short Stories“, I revised it. And I guess the fact that it’s now published in a “goal” magazine means I’m a better writer. So that’s a nice feather in my cap.
