"Weird Tales" Solicits New Flash Fiction, Plans Ligotti Interview

"Weird Tales" magazine has posted a new entry on its blog that discloses details of upcoming content and a few changes at the magazine. It appears they aim to expand their line of "one minute weird tales," a series of print and Youtube generated content that barely ventures above a hundred words. If anyone out there has any ideas for this type of flash fiction, this may be a good market to submit to, and a high paying one ($25 flat rate, according to their website) for so few words. Experienced writers with an inclination for the weird might also find this a good mental exercise. Personally, this type of short-short fiction strikes me as the perfect vehicle for crystallizing the fragmentary pulp of dreams into a brief story.

Also of great interest is the announcement by the magazine that interviews with Thomas Ligotti and horror artist Richard Corben will be published in their spring issue. Ligotti has to be one of the few weird writers out there whose interviews remain highly sought and always fascinating, despite the decline in his fictional output the last several years. Updates on his longstanding non-fiction work of philosophy, The Conspiracy Against the Human Race, are always welcome too. In any event, this interview with one of the luminaries of the high weird should net "Weird Tales" more readers in a few weeks and satisfy those who crave the refined, oneiric, and even experimental style of fiction created by authors like Thomas Ligotti.

-Grim Blogger