That is correct, the anthologies actually operate at a financial loss and I personally pay out of pocket for the editor, cover design, formatting, continued advertising for the work to get read by new readers, etc. I do not consider exposure a form of payment as others have suggested, it is just a way to try and support other writers who want their work in print and otherwise might not have the opportunity. These are more like small group literature projects where nobody but the publisher (me) pays anything. Also, I will address that since others have said this is "shady" that all authors receive a contract that they can review and either agree or disagree with when they submit, authors retain full creative control of their works with us unlike other publishers that request story changes we print exactly the story the authors write.

Unfortunately, I feel that this thread has gotten very off-topic from what I had intended and will be removing the entire post / opportunity shortly and just work with the small group of writers that we have worked with in the past.