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4/18/2022 2 Comments Actual Money This Time I'm pleased to announce I received a contract for my short story Claire's Cabin from Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine. While short story pay isn't exactly in the king's ransom territory, it certainly beats the novel royalty statement I posted last week.
AHMM is one of the premier mystery magazines. The pay for a short story is less than ten cents per word. Writers compare notes about the length of time it takes from story submission to acceptance by AHMM. Here are the stats for Claire's Cabin. Idea for the story - fall 2018. First viable draft of Claire's Cabin - fall 2020. Submitted to Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine - 5/10/2021 Accepted - 3/4/2022 Contract - 4/13/2022 Appearance in AHMM - ? Almost ten months from submitting the story to learning it was accepted by editor Linda Landrigan. Then the wait until it appears in the magazine. It's worth the wait to me. Claire's Cabin will be my tenth story to appear in AHMM. And yes, I am still working the day job.
2 Comments
4/19/2022 11:26:11 am
You're lucky it only took 10 months, Catherine. The last time I submitted to AHMM, it took them 18 months to get back to me with an acceptance. By that time I had given up and published elsewhere.
Catherine Dilts
4/19/2022 05:21:51 pm
Oh no Craig! When I send a story to AHMM, I try to forget about it. Then when I receive the thumbs up or down, I am surprised, pleasantly or not. Your comment will be posted after it is approved.
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