We are waiting on a few confirmations, and also still making some final decisions. A handful of you have still not been notified; you will be within the week. Thanks very much for being patient with a couple of busy guys.

The final lineup for the book is being determined, and we are contacting the authors of our favorite stories. Once we have received affirmative responses from everyone, we will post the list.

IF YOU HAVE NOT HEARD FROM US YET, it means one of two things:

1. We have tried to contact you, and either your email address didn’t work, or the message went into your spam folder, or there was some other communication problem. If you still haven’t heard by July 15th, please write us at info at machineofdeath dot net.

2. We haven’t yet sent your notification. For various reasons, including the massive flood of stories we received in the last few days of the submissions period, we haven’t gotten around to notifying everybody yet. As above, if you haven’t heard by July 15th, write us at info at machineofdeath dot net.

Additionally, it should be emphasized that we truly received many excellent stories, and deciding which are best-suited for one short book is necessarily a subjective task. If you weren’t chosen, you’re in good company — over 650 other stories weren’t selected, either.

After July 15th, feel free to write us if you would like more specific feedback about your story. Although we can’t promise we’ll be quick about it, we do promise to respond to everyone that asks.

Thanks for your interest, and your patience! Feel free to hang out on the forum in the meantime.

You can still read the submission guidelines, the FAQ, and the Approaches to Avoid on the old site. The old site also contained this link to an interview about the project.

Most notable about this new site is the “subscribe” section over on the sidebar: the RSS feed and the Feedburner email list are two new ways to get the latest info about the project delivered to you immediately (spam-free, of course).