Agreed. When you just hear crickets it's a bit depressing.

On that note, is there anything you haven't seen yet in your submissions that you'd like to see? I have a hard time with open-ended story requests, I need something to latch onto and write about. Like: if you have 20 stories that take place in the UK, you could tell me to write about the American West. Do you have stories with strong female protagonists? Are they all Caucasian people? Would you love to see something more action-adventure or something more mystery-oriented?

Feel free to email me rather than respond here, my email is sarahpanda at gmail dot com (and here's my website, www.sarahhans.com) (/shameless plug)

I'm wondering this as well. I'd love to submit something new, but I saw in the reprint list that there's already stuff from international steampunk for you to pick and choose from. What counts as "usual or unoriginal"?