Douglas Cohen is the assistant editor of Realms of Fantasy magazine as well as the magazine's web editor. His first publication, a dark fantasy novelette called "Feelings of the Flesh," will appear in a forthcoming issue of Interzone.
Q: For those of us that submit to Realms of Fantasy, it's (like most magazines) a mysterious process. What happens to a manuscript when it arrives in Rumson, New Jersey?
DC: The easiest answer is the one I once posted on my blog:
Once I finish with a batch, assuming enough manuscripts have accumulated on Shawna's end, we meet in NYC and do a slush transfer. The PO Box address is down by her, and I come from Long Island, NY, so we meet each other halfway, and make the exchange every 4-6 weeks. After a couple of minutes of chatting I drive back home.
