Tingle (short story, long post)

There was a call for erotica submissions a few weeks ago for a startup called Tingle. I've been talking to the owner about the user agreement - right now it states that while they aren't asking for exclusive rights, but if you sell the same story elsewhere, you owe Tingle 15% of whatever you make - not "if Tingle helps you sell it" but if you sell it elsewhere, period. She seems very reasonable (and she's a fast, courteous responder) and not out to screw anyone, just new to publishing. That clause is still in the agreement as of today, so I haven't submitted anything else besides one trial story (called "Night Swimming," if you care) and I thought I wouldn't submit more until the agreement is fixed.

But with that said - the concept is cool. 69 cents buys a short story which is sent to your smart phone in daily 300 word chunks. You can press "next" to get the next chunk immediately instead of waiting. Stories are all between 2K and 8K words. Author royalty is 40%.

Which brings me to my point. I've been trying to find a home for two similar length stories for two months, but all the erotica places that say in their guidelines that they accept short fiction have responded to my query saying they don't take short fiction outside of anthology/house authors/invitation.* /snarl (*Edit to add: Epubs, not magazines. I've checked out magazines, my stories aren't a good fit with the ones I've checked out.)

I've been holding off on submitting more stories to Tingle because of the bad clause, but I'm not finding anywhere else that will take short fiction. Now... finally... my question: Is this possibly a case of "better to publish somewhere than to never publish at all"? I mean, her 15% clause would currently get her 15% of nothing Or should I hold out and hope an appropriately themed anthology comes up?

I debated starting the thread in BBC, since there isn't one - but I decided that ultimately my question wasn't really about the publisher. I mean, I KNOW they're new with a contract that I don't love. But having spoken to the owner, I also know that the 15% clause is in there because she's been advised that big publishers will go through the site looking for new authors to discover, and scoop them up.

Right. Like I said, new, not out to screw someone. I've seen sillier things from new publishers right here on AW

My post is because *I* am also new, and am trying to decide if it's worth sitting on my short fiction and waiting, or just getting it out there. I don't have any context for making fiction career decisions.

Yeah, it's M/F. I'm pretty awful at M/M. And Ravenous was one of the outfits that told me they're not taking stand alone shorts right now, even though their guidelines said they do and they are currently selling a bunch.

Got the letter from them just yesterday, which is why I'm sitting on the horns of the bad contract dilemma. RR was the last place I queried - with them out, I feel like having at least the chance at a sale is better than my manuscripts keeping my hard drive warm. They're just short stories, after all. But that way lies madness and possibly PublishAmerica. I'm really looking for advice and second opinions

And yeah, the reason for the bad clause doesn't make any sense if you're experienced or just a regular here.