Fountain of Knowledge

Light,

I couldn't speak too much to the book, because most major publishing houses only accept submissions from literary agents and I'm not too familiar with guidelines for the smaler press novel publishers. (I'm doing the whole agent search now myself).

There are some great markets for sci-fi stories, regardless of theme. Particularly for your technical sci-fi shorts, why not start at the top like Asimov's and Analog? There's also The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, which is an excellent pro market, or Brutarian, which accepts pretty much any kind of speculative fiction. Another good one is an online pro magazine called Strange Horizons. If your sci-fi has a dark edge, Apex Digest is another great market.

There are also a bunch of places that accept pretty much all of the speculative genres like GUD and Andromeda Spaceways Inflight Magazine (ASIM). And, of course, a lot of it depends on the word count, but I've noticed that the science fiction magazines tend to accept a higher word count for stories. I'm guessing that's because in science fiction stories you have the added element of the science, which definitely does add to your word count.

The resource I like best for finding markets for speculative short stories is https://www.ralan.com. If you're not familiar with them, they have the markets broken down by type and by pay rate (pro, semi-pro, paying, 4theluv).

I hope that helps at least a little!

Lisa