Yet another "Identify that SF Short Story"

[Snowboarder_Bo]

@TriPolar

Could it be Absolutely the Last, This is It, No More, the Final Pact with the Devil Story?

In looking for this I ran across this interesting quote:

Based on this 10-year-old post from RealityChuck, I think you’ve got it, TriPolar!

@RealityChuck

This is a very common trope, so much so much so that Michael Armstrong wrote “Absolutely the Last – This is It, No More – the Final Pact with the Devil Story.” That may have been the one where an author was required to get a particular story published or lose his soul. No editor wanted it, until, just in the nick of time, an editor bought it. For The Last Dangerous Visions