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Source: https://writers.stackexchange.com/a/41321
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If you want to publish a shorter work AND get paid for it, then **it almost certainly needs to be a complete stand-alone short story** , not the first chapter of a longer work. If you can successfully rewrite your chapter into a stand-alone story, then there are actually plenty of both print and online outlets that buy stories in the fantasy genre. The most prestigious and well-paying are well-established print publications like _[The Magazine of Science Fiction and Fantasy](https://www.sfsite.com/fsf/)_. Here's [an additional list](https://www.writerswrite.com/guidelines/browse/fantasy) of other paying fantasy markets.

It would be irresponsible to not warn that **fiction writing is most definitely NOT a reliable source of quick money** , particularly for a new writer. There is a LOT of competition, and many of your competitors will have been writing professionally for years and years. Even well-established writers often struggle to pay the bills, or work second jobs to subsidize their writing careers. It's quite common for writers to have years of writing under their belts before their very first paid sales. You can always self-publish online, and put your work up for sale, but it's _very unlikely_ that people will pay for an unfinished book by an completely unknown author (unless you're an amazing salesperson).

If you just want to be read, and you don't care about being paid, there are a lot of non-paying online outlets that feature work by all comers. In particular, if you write fan fiction, or work that plausibly fits into the world of an established fantasy franchise, there are passionate communities of fans who might embrace your work, and established places to publish it. In that case, however, you're basically legally prohibited from profiting from your writing (the profits would belong to the copyright holders of the franchise).

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