Asked a white dude who does a whole bunch of anthologies directly why there was only one woman in a major horror tie angho he was in charge of and he told me women didn't sell enough to warrant the invitation outside of the single (white passing) woman present.

Since then, a friend has told me this same guy tried to quid pro quo her--featuring her work if she'd just let him flirt with her.

Situation A is almost always followed by Situation B, fyi.

I'm guessing I'll never make it onto this guy's roster for having the audacity to directly ask. In a private message, but y'all really can't stand even the hint you can do better.

(Incidentally, the causation of lower sales in trad pub horror for women is because of rampant misogyny.

Chicken.

Egg.)

(Can't name names, victim keeping it private because the power differential is enormous. That said, what you can do with this info is push back on ToCs that don't look right.)