My submissions stats show editors loosing exactly 50% of my stories since I started subbing the latest pieces in May. This last one was from a gmail Address to a gmail Address. I can look at the messages and see that it was sent – I used the same email for the query and got the response. I sent it out again, but this jinxes this market: all it will mean is that I get a super fast reject when the reader recognizes it. I have one last story out at 71 days – I suspect that this one is a lost soul also.
I haven’t used snail mail to sub in about two years. Maybe I’ll send some of this last batch of stories to F&SF, Weird Tales, etc. It will be a strange thing if the Post Office is more reliable than the internet.