Oh yeah, that's part of why I'm thinking that if I try traditional publishing again, I'll polish my more fantasy-ish stories and try the fantasy magazines. I might have more success, because I actually like what I read in those magazines. Whereas the magazines that rejected Eggshells - reading those is often an exercise in laughing at bad writing and pretentious shallow-ness. Like the story that beat Eggshells in that contest - I was howling in pain at what the author did to the English language in the first few paragraphs, and it seemed very empty emotionally.

Ooooh, I'd like to read a thing about a guy being possessed by an evil interdimensional hotel if it was done right.