Woah, I’ve got to post more often. I can’t believe I left that Submissions Closed post sit on top of the blog for so long. By all means send them in.
For some reason it usually takes me about a month to get back to people, unless you are lucky and you sent your submission in just as I’m doing a big push. I think my main procrastination is the pain of rejecting people. I know how much work goes into writing a story and the cruddy feeling of having it rejected. Even though it may make it worse, I try to give me rationale for why I didn’t take it. I am no literary genius, but I generally know when I like something or when I don’t.
But I will probably take your story so send it in!