Dear Mr. Goulding,
We appreciate your submission to Modesty Press. Unfortunately your work has not been selected for publication in A Modest Review.
Thank you for your interest in our company and for taking the time to submit your work. Please feel free to submit again in the future.
We wish you every success with your writing.
Regards,
Editor
Congratulations to all who were accepted, he smiled, through gritted teeth.
There loss Peter
ReplyDeleteHa! Yes. Gritted teeth, indeed. What kind of name is "Modesty Press" anyway? Or is it some obscure Swift-reference?
ReplyDeleteKat
Sorry to here it Peter, good to see you dealing with it with such grace though...
ReplyDeleteModesty Press, Modesty Blaise, Modesty Panel. Who needs 'em in this day and age. Love the teeth.
ReplyDeleteI liked the way you have taken it in your stride..their loss indeed!
ReplyDeleteI see you, sitting, clapping,grinning manically like a spurned Oscar nominee...
ReplyDeleteAnd I agree, what kinda name is Modesty Press???