I was so encouraged by my personal rejection from F&SF that I submitted "A Singular Being" to The New Yorker on June 11.

Meanwhile my submission of "The Daily Grind" to Strange Horizons is still under consideration after 53 days.

Their guidelines say they always respond within 70 days.

I got the autoresponse they send when you submit, fiction@strangehorizons.com is whitelisted so no response is ending up in the spam folder.

53 days and counting! XXXXXX!