From the beginning, and to this day, our goal has been twofold: to bring you great fiction, and to financially support those writers who contribute their work. As such, we are doing a small initial fundraiser to carry us until sales begin. To be clear, all proceeds go towards paying writers and artists. Issue nine contributors and Double Dealer staff don’t make a cent. Literary magazines don’t turn a profit, and that’s fine-but writers cannot eat retweets or “visibility.” Fundraising will probably be via Kickstarter, as well as a static bitcoin address.
Issue ten of The Double Dealer will feature works of fiction from Caleb Caudell, Shimmy, Paul Fahrenheidt, Brad Kelly, HAM, and Aldo Jonsson. It will also be in print in paperback form.
The Double Dealer staff is very optimistic about the future of fiction.