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Originally Posted by mr ploppy
Just out of interest, why do you feel that you need publishers to write them for, why can't you just write and release them yourself on Smahswords, etc?
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Because I love being in anthologies with other writers, some of them big names, and I love seeing my stories in books on shop shelves. I've had stories in anthos this year alone alongside work by the likes of Ramsey Campbell, Tom Piccirilli and Alan Dean Foster and just today one was announced where I have a story alongside Kim Newman, Fred Saberhagen, Christopher Fowler and Simon Clark... all names familiar to any horror reader.
I also like being paid a professional rate for a short story, and having the validation that having the story being picked by a well-know editor brings.
There's that, plus the fact that you need to get the rights from the original owner to write for most of those characters, and they're not available to Joe Public, only to big publishing houses who can afford to pay the fees required.
THAT's why. :-)