A short story about a deal with the devil

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I'm looking for the name of a short story about a man who has a pact with the devil that requires him to to get a story about a pact with the devil published in a magazine. The editor keeps turning him down. It shows the editor himself has a pact with the devil not to publish short stories about pacts with the devil.




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    Wow that sounds like a lot of "pact-with-the-devil-ception"... Seems interesting! To help you find your story, do you remember when you may have read it? Whether it was in an anthology with various other authors or all works from one author? If you haven't already, can I suggest you take a look at this checklist and see if you can edit in any more details?
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  • The story sounds very familiar. Do you think it was in one of the Asimov edited anthologies?
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I'm looking for the name of a short story about a man who has a pact with the devil that requires him to to get a story about a pact with the devil published in a magazine. The editor keeps turning him down. It shows the editor himself has a pact with the devil not to publish short stories about pacts with the devil.




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    Wow that sounds like a lot of "pact-with-the-devil-ception"... Seems interesting! To help you find your story, do you remember when you may have read it? Whether it was in an anthology with various other authors or all works from one author? If you haven't already, can I suggest you take a look at this checklist and see if you can edit in any more details?
    – Edlothiad
    Aug 26 at 20:39










  • The story sounds very familiar. Do you think it was in one of the Asimov edited anthologies?
    – Emsley Wyatt
    Aug 26 at 21:22












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I'm looking for the name of a short story about a man who has a pact with the devil that requires him to to get a story about a pact with the devil published in a magazine. The editor keeps turning him down. It shows the editor himself has a pact with the devil not to publish short stories about pacts with the devil.




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I'm looking for the name of a short story about a man who has a pact with the devil that requires him to to get a story about a pact with the devil published in a magazine. The editor keeps turning him down. It shows the editor himself has a pact with the devil not to publish short stories about pacts with the devil.





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    Wow that sounds like a lot of "pact-with-the-devil-ception"... Seems interesting! To help you find your story, do you remember when you may have read it? Whether it was in an anthology with various other authors or all works from one author? If you haven't already, can I suggest you take a look at this checklist and see if you can edit in any more details?
    – Edlothiad
    Aug 26 at 20:39










  • The story sounds very familiar. Do you think it was in one of the Asimov edited anthologies?
    – Emsley Wyatt
    Aug 26 at 21:22












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    Wow that sounds like a lot of "pact-with-the-devil-ception"... Seems interesting! To help you find your story, do you remember when you may have read it? Whether it was in an anthology with various other authors or all works from one author? If you haven't already, can I suggest you take a look at this checklist and see if you can edit in any more details?
    – Edlothiad
    Aug 26 at 20:39










  • The story sounds very familiar. Do you think it was in one of the Asimov edited anthologies?
    – Emsley Wyatt
    Aug 26 at 21:22







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Wow that sounds like a lot of "pact-with-the-devil-ception"... Seems interesting! To help you find your story, do you remember when you may have read it? Whether it was in an anthology with various other authors or all works from one author? If you haven't already, can I suggest you take a look at this checklist and see if you can edit in any more details?
– Edlothiad
Aug 26 at 20:39




Wow that sounds like a lot of "pact-with-the-devil-ception"... Seems interesting! To help you find your story, do you remember when you may have read it? Whether it was in an anthology with various other authors or all works from one author? If you haven't already, can I suggest you take a look at this checklist and see if you can edit in any more details?
– Edlothiad
Aug 26 at 20:39












The story sounds very familiar. Do you think it was in one of the Asimov edited anthologies?
– Emsley Wyatt
Aug 26 at 21:22




The story sounds very familiar. Do you think it was in one of the Asimov edited anthologies?
– Emsley Wyatt
Aug 26 at 21:22










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If At First You Don't Succeed, To Hell with It by Charles E. Fritch. First published in the August 1972 issue of The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction. That issue is available to read online at the Internet Archive here.



You may have read it reprinted in an Asimov edited collection, "100 Great Science Fiction Short Short Stories".



The story is only a few pages long, but very funny. It is written as a series of letters between the author and the magazine editor. The author tries repeatedly to sneak variations of the story past the editor with titles like Pact with a Devil's Food Bakery and Packed with the Devil Fish.






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    So round, so firm, so fully packed with the devil.
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If At First You Don't Succeed, To Hell with It by Charles E. Fritch. First published in the August 1972 issue of The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction. That issue is available to read online at the Internet Archive here.



You may have read it reprinted in an Asimov edited collection, "100 Great Science Fiction Short Short Stories".



The story is only a few pages long, but very funny. It is written as a series of letters between the author and the magazine editor. The author tries repeatedly to sneak variations of the story past the editor with titles like Pact with a Devil's Food Bakery and Packed with the Devil Fish.






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    So round, so firm, so fully packed with the devil.
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    Aug 27 at 0:33














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If At First You Don't Succeed, To Hell with It by Charles E. Fritch. First published in the August 1972 issue of The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction. That issue is available to read online at the Internet Archive here.



You may have read it reprinted in an Asimov edited collection, "100 Great Science Fiction Short Short Stories".



The story is only a few pages long, but very funny. It is written as a series of letters between the author and the magazine editor. The author tries repeatedly to sneak variations of the story past the editor with titles like Pact with a Devil's Food Bakery and Packed with the Devil Fish.






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    Aug 27 at 0:33












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If At First You Don't Succeed, To Hell with It by Charles E. Fritch. First published in the August 1972 issue of The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction. That issue is available to read online at the Internet Archive here.



You may have read it reprinted in an Asimov edited collection, "100 Great Science Fiction Short Short Stories".



The story is only a few pages long, but very funny. It is written as a series of letters between the author and the magazine editor. The author tries repeatedly to sneak variations of the story past the editor with titles like Pact with a Devil's Food Bakery and Packed with the Devil Fish.






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If At First You Don't Succeed, To Hell with It by Charles E. Fritch. First published in the August 1972 issue of The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction. That issue is available to read online at the Internet Archive here.



You may have read it reprinted in an Asimov edited collection, "100 Great Science Fiction Short Short Stories".



The story is only a few pages long, but very funny. It is written as a series of letters between the author and the magazine editor. The author tries repeatedly to sneak variations of the story past the editor with titles like Pact with a Devil's Food Bakery and Packed with the Devil Fish.







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