The once great city of Candor isn't what it used to be. Now King Bellas has ordered poor Captain Oflar to find a way to impress the visiting Grand Inspector. But pulling off a scam like this will require help, big help, and help like that doesn't come cheap. The human world holds many allures, especially when you're a young faerie in search of adventure. Honorable Mentions Peridot Books has recently instituted a new policy for the handling of submissions.
All fiction is read as it comes in, and in as timely a fashion as possible.
This letter asks to keep the story until the end of the current submission cycle, because it is under further consideration for the next issue. For those noble authors whose work doesn't make the final cut, we can offer only the consolation of listing them here. Each of these stories has been read and re-read and painstakingly critiqued by Peridot Books. Each is a solidly written, imaginative and well-constructed work of fiction, and we would have been pleased and proud to have included any and all of them in these pages. Regretably, time and expense don't permit us that luxury.