So I got word back from Meerkatpress about the short story, I Keep My True Love in the Basement, that I'd written and submitted for their Love Hurts anthology a few months earlier. Apparently they enjoyed it, but couldn't include it into the anthology, for reasons they haven't disclosed. I'm not particularly discourage or even surprised by this, but a reason would have been nice...

Oh well. :/

I guess this means I have total freedom over this story, though. I can include everything I'd wanted to put into it before, but couldn't due to restrictions provided by the challenge. Once I've extended it to a good length without any padding or pacing problems, I'll publish it myself.