It's going to be a couple of days before we're ready to release it, but have a sneak peek at the cover for Issue 3:

Thank you! You're why we do it!

I am delighted that Departure Mirror has published my story "Reigning Cats and Human Doggies: How Humans Learned to Heel." #sciencefiction #fantasy #horror #humor. Issue 3 includes other terrific stories and poetry. Read it for free!

I have a new story out today! “Her Hair Flowed Downhill” is my weird Nigerian retelling of Rapunzel, and I hope you enjoy it (and tell me what you think)

oooo we spy May Chong (now elsewhere) and Brian Hugenbruch ❤️

Wonderful new poem by sinθ #17 “STICKY 粘” contributor May Chong May Chong (now elsewhere) in Departure Mirror's latest issue 🤩👇

Jeremy C. Shipp 🐀 My story "Reigning Cats and Human Doggies: How Humans Learned to Heel" has been published in Departure Mirror. Feline extraterrestrials tame humans. #ScienceFiction #Fantasy + a splash of #Horror and #Humor. Read the story for free departuremirror.com/issue-3/

Writers, if you want a response to your submission, please include a contact e-mail address on your manuscript. If you mistype your address in the submission manager (which happens more often than you'd think), I can't get in touch with you otherwise.

Submissions close Friday (April 30) at 11:00 PM Pacific Time. If you've got something you're wanting to send us, get it in!

Thank you very much! We're fond of that one, too, obviously!

New Author Spotlight: Brian Hugenbruch (Brian Hugenbruch) departuremirror.com/2021/04/author…

Submissions close at 11:00 PM Pacific Time tonight. Response times are running a little slower than they have in the past, but we are reading.

Our fiction editor does more than just send you rejection letters. He also writes about Zoom meetings gone very, very wrong.

First, the bad news. Yes, it's true that Departure Mirror Quarterly is shutting down. locusmag.com/2021/06/depart…

We have a lovely new Author Spotlight today with Beth Cato! departuremirror.com/2021/06/author…

Karen Burnham (Karen Burnham) recommends "Masquerade Season" by @PemiAguda in Tor.com (Now at @Reactormag) and "The Bottle Tree" by Marie Brennan (@swan_tower) in Departure Mirror! locusmag.com/2021/06/karen-…