Straight from my inbox:
Ms. Victoria,
Thanks for sending “Incidental Light” to Basement Stories. I really enjoyed reading your story, in particular, the relationship between the main character and the little brother. I also have to add in here that I loved your poem, “Maps,” in the latest issue of The Pedestal Magazine. Anyway, I’d like to publish “Incidental Light” in the second issue.
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Best regards,
Carol Kirkman
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I said:
Thank you very much for your kind words. (And must I say that this is the first time an editor said something nice about my submitted story AND a piece I’ve published elsewhere? This made my day.)
It did!
“Incidental Light” originally appeared in the Philippines Free Press. Watch this space. :)
Eliza Victoria 