Editor Interview: Impossible Worlds Go to the listing List all editor interviews Edit answers (editors only) Describe what you publish in 25 characters or less.The ImpossibleStephen Wright, Editor-in-Chief on 08 February 2024What other current publications (or publishers) do you admire most?Clarkesworld, Atomic CarnivalStephen Wright, Editor-in-Chief on 08 February 2024If you publish writing, who are your favorite writers? If you publish art, who are your favorite artists?Asimov, Timothy Zahn, Brian Jacques, N.K. Jemisin.Joe Kubert, Darwyn Cooke, Roger Dean, Frank FrazettaStephen Wright, Editor-in-Chief on 08 February 2024What sets your publication apart from others that publish similar material?Our publication is committed to a Creator first approach. All works published are creator owned and we are merely a portal to them, so we retain no rights post publication to ensure that remains such. We also have in house artists who provide each piece with accompanying art as relevant to prose and poems regardless of size to give them that extra pop!Stephen Wright, Editor-in-Chief on 08 February 2024What is the best advice you can give people who are considering submitting work to your publication?Stories sent to us should instill in the reader the same kind of wonder experienced by all of us reading speculative fiction for the first time. Whether it's a robotic quandary, a monstrous creature, a clownish anomaly, or just plain weird, we want to see things that spark what was sparked in us. Oh and don't send us erotic materials anymore please. Your mother reads us.Stephen Wright, Editor-in-Chief on 08 February 2024Describe the ideal submission.My sister wrote a story when she was 12 and I was 11 called Eyeball Invasion. It's still funny if I do say so.Don't afraid to get weird is all I'm saying. And humor will get you places too. Ideal is something strange, peculiar and new.Stephen Wright, Editor-in-Chief on 08 February 2024What do submitters most often get wrong about your submissions process?Do not send Erotic Materials. We do not take Omegaverse stories either.Stephen Wright, Editor-in-Chief on 08 February 2024How much do you want to know about the person submitting to you?We do not care if this is your first or two hundred and first work. Its actually better if it's your first because we want new writers who need help getting established. So long as we get to say we were the first to publish your story submitted to us for bragging rights. We like to have enough for an authorial blurb plus any relevant links to your site or other works if published.Stephen Wright, Editor-in-Chief on 08 February 2024If you publish writing, how much of a piece do you read before making the decision to reject it?We read each piece thoroughly. Front to back. period.Stephen Wright, Editor-in-Chief on 08 February 2024What additional evaluations, if any, does a piece go through before it is accepted?This publication has two editors. That is all.Stephen Wright, Editor-in-Chief on 08 February 2024What is a day in the life of an editor like for you?I sit down at a computer and edit. Who's mystified by this process? It's very boring. Trust me. My cat sits on my mouse hand most of the time like she's guarding an egg in a nest?Stephen Wright, Editor-in-Chief on 08 February 2024How much do you edit an accepted piece prior to publication?Basic proofreading. We do give specific feedback when we feel that a story has something to return to but for the most part our rejection process is based on a limited number of slots since we are a micro publication at the moment.Stephen Wright, Editor-in-Chief on 08 February 2024Do you nominate work you've published for any national or international awards?We have not yet, but we would like to.Stephen Wright, Editor-in-Chief on 08 February 2024 Cookie Consent: This site uses secure first-party cookies for essential, preference-setting, and statistical purposes. We do not use any marketing, advertising, or third-party cookies. Read our full cookie policy. Accept All Cookies Allow Essential Cookies Only