Space Opera Anyone? Needle-Heat Gun to Be Reprinted by Digital Fiction
Thus was the call: Welcome to Digital Science Fiction. We are excited to announce our first open call for reprint short stories in the science fiction genre. These stories will be published as stand-alone short stories and as part of an anthology of ten short stories under the Digital Science Fiction imprint, by the publisher, Digital Fiction Publishing Corp. The announcement we
nt on to specify that stories needed to be from 3500 to 7500 words long, “have appeared in professional or semi-professional books, magazines, collections, or anthologies,” and not be available for free on the internet. And for which one would be paid, well, a bit, but reprints are reprints and money is money. And so, why not?
As it happened, in fact, I had a 7000ish-word story published in the “Space Opera” section of NIGHT LIGHTS by Geminid Press in 2016 (see April 1 2016, et al.), a bit tongue-in-cheekish, having fun with the genre, you know, and ready to trot. And so why not indeed? Off it went just nine days ago and today the word came back from Michael Wills of Digital Fiction: Thank you for sending us ‘The Needle-Heat Gun’. We think it is a great fit and would like to publish it. We will be in touch shortly with a formal contract and details for your review.
July 29, 2017 at 4:00 pm
Hurrah! Isn’t it grand when you can “recycle” a story –and get paid? Best of all, you’ll be reaching more readers this way. I’m so glad for you, Jim.
July 29, 2017 at 4:09 pm
Marge, thanks, the reaching more readers in fact is a lot the reason for my pushing reprints as much as I do. But the money here, on a word rate, adds up to a not-so-bad bit as well.
July 29, 2017 at 5:32 pm
Say, like more than dessert money? Always a nice way to celebrate –nicer still to have a bit more to put away. 🙂
July 30, 2017 at 3:43 pm
More than dessert, yes!