Strangely Funny: Coming Down to the Wire

Less than a month is left in the reading period for our first anthology, Strangely Funny. I've read a lot of stories during that time - enough to fill two books - and I'm pleased with the results. Most of the stories were well-written and creative.
 
Decision making has been difficult, but I've accepted several stories and rejected others. If you received a rejection from me, it's been for one of the following reasons:
 

1. You may have written well, but other, similar stories were more polished.
   
2. You wrote so cleverly, but also so cryptically, that I got a headache. Headaches are not funny.
   
3. Your story didn't fit the theme of the book at some level. Either it wasn't funny, or it wasn't paranormal in some way.
   
4. I got a bunch of stories that had the same basic storyline, and I liked someone's else's version better than yours.
   

 
I still have openings in the anthology. You have time to get a story in. If you're interested in submitting, here are some helpful things to know:
 

• I have a lot of subs about Martians/aliens visiting Earth who discover that humans are just too much for them to handle. I don't need more of them.
• I have a good number of zombie and vampire stories. I could use more werewolves. I don't have anything with mummies or Mi-Go.
• Please, please use standard double quote marks (" ") in conversations. I can do Search and Replace, but it gets annoying, even if the story is great.  :)

 
 Thanks to everyone, and keep writing!

Sarah