Eyes Are Bleeding, Now

So, I read until my eyes ached at the library, trolling through literary journals to try and find some a couple short stories to write about for the anthology that I need to put together for my into to fiction class.

I got zip.

Okay, I got one, under 500 word piece that I don't like very much, but aside from that? Nothing.

Does anyone know some online magazines with actually good fiction? Bonus points if it's cyber- or steam- punk that I can pass off as lit.

Also, at dinner, I got talking with mzminola , which got me to finally post the thinky-thoughts I've been having about the Codex Alera specifically, and a lot of other series' in general.

First, the Codex:
( Spoilers For The Codex Alera )

Which brings us to the characters I like to call 'quadruple threat' characters.
( Spoilers for Avatar, the Weather Warden Series, Codex Alera, Star Wars, & Harry Potter )

FF.net Is Being Annoying (What Else Is New?)

Okay, is anyone else having fanfiction.net withhold story alerts? Because I can get pms just fine, but stories on my alert list are updating, and I'm not getting a nice little e-mail alert. *frowns*

Okay, In General, The Fact That I Can Hear Everything Someone Says When They Walk By Sucks...

But some girl just walked by, said, "I'm going to slit your throat open" to whoever she was talking to on her cell, and then giggled.

It was awesome.