“Courage!” he said, and pointed toward the land, “This mounting wave will roll us shoreward soon.” In the afternoon they came unto the Forge Literary Magazine Slush Pile.
Carryovers: 78
New submissions received: 114 (88 fiction, 26 nonfiction)
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