Editor Nathan Shumate is back. A year and a half after the demise of his Arkham Tales (see this article), he writes with news of his new magazine: “When the PDF magazine Arkham Tales closed, great was the lamentation of the people. ‘Where shall we get our ration of superb weird fiction?’ And the heavens and hells heard the people’s cry, and thus came—Arcane!”
In this venture, Shumate is joined by publisher Sandy Petersen (creator of the Call of Cthulhu role-playing game). Arcane is expected to be “a new quarterly magazine of horror, suspense, and pulp-tinged weird fiction.” The first issue, he says, “is now available in all ebook formats known to man for only $2.99, or in print for only $7.99. Whatever format you prefer, the stories in Arcane will delight you, haunt you, and leave to clamoring for more!”
Contents of this first issue include:
Editor’s Note by Nathan Shumate
“Hazards” by Justin Pollock
“Darnell Behind Glass” by Jeff Crook
“The Mine” by Jason V. Shayer
“Ricky and the Elder Gods” by S.M. Williams
“Gingerbread and Ashes” by Jaelithe Ingold
“Dear Management” by Tom Wortman
“In the Place Where the Tree Falleth” by Michael Lutz
“Laundry Night” by Stephen Hill
“Hello Operator” by Donny Waagen
“Courting the Queen of Sheba” by Amanda C. Davis
“A Requiem for Tarsenesia” by William Knight
“The Hole” by Rob Errera
For would-be writers, Shumate says they’re interested mostly in stories between 1,000 and 6,000 words, and paying one cent per word. For artists, they’re paying $40. Guidelines for both are on this page.