New Lovecraftian E-Zine "Arkham Tales" Launched

A rather promising new E-Zine is almost on the scene in the world of Lovecraftiana. "Arkham Tales" is a new virtual magazine that will be available for free to readers in downloadable .PDF format. The project's editorial overseers are Nathan Schumate, Crispin Burnham, and Christopher Jackson, a trio with good editorial, blogging, and writing experience. Fortunately, "Arkham Tales" pays their writers at a semi-professional rate, something fairly uncommon today among the growing community of E-Zines dabbling in weird horror. This will naturally help raise the magazine's quality by weeding out the lesser Cthulhu Mythos pastiches filling blogs and amateur communities across the internet. According to the e-magazine's blog, submissions are rolling in at a good rate, so look for this publication to churn out at least a few issues, and hopefully many more.

The first issue of "Arkham Tales" will appear sometime in November. The editors have currently posted several worthwhile entries on advice for writers as well as seductive glimpses of issue one's contents. Whether you're a reader of the weird or have been inspired to be its next epic contributor, "Arkham Tales" is worth putting down on the list of literary projects to watch for as this year closes and 2009 begins.

-Grim Blogger