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Comment on A month of Arkham Tales. by Brandon Bell

Brandon Bell — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 20:12:08 +0000

I just wanted to mention my link to your interview and the first issue on the nithska blog if you have time to check it out:

http://nithska.blogspot.com/2009/01/interview-with-arkham-tales-editor.html

I’m slowly writing short summaries of genre markets and thought this a good time to include Arkham Tales. The first issue is quite nice. As a writer, I admit to a bit of trepidation at the concept of a pdf-only format, but you’ve done it with class.

Take care,

Brandon

Comment on A month of Arkham Tales. by nshumate

nshumate — Mon, 29 Dec 2008 22:49:15 +0000

Unfortunately, issue #1 is only available screen-formatted, with facing pages shown side by side. However, we plan to offer issue #2 either screen-formatted or print-formatted, so that a printed version stapled or folder in the center would have the pages in the correct order.

Comment on A month of Arkham Tales. by Sunder A

Sunder A — Mon, 29 Dec 2008 20:57:51 +0000

It appears there would be a problem with the page numbers if one wished to print an archival hard copy. As it stands, the issue has two magazine pages per standard 8.5 X 11″ page, but they are not sequenced and numbered appropriately for a chapbook format. Is there a way to fix this? Is there a version of this issue that is formatted for printing?

Comment on A month of Arkham Tales. by Jeff Queen

Jeff Queen — Fri, 26 Dec 2008 09:31:28 +0000

Oh, man! I cannot wait for issue 2! Issue 1 was excellent!

Comment on Issue #1 is now available! by Arkham Tales » Blog Archive » A month of Arkham Tales.

Arkham Tales » Blog Archive » A month of Arkham Tales. — Sun, 21 Dec 2008 04:41:31 +0000

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Comment on Issue #1 is now available! by Terry Martin

Terry Martin — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 19:25:59 +0000

We, at Murky Depths, were considered odd when, in September 2007, we launched Issue #1 as a print magazine (although we do have a couple of free PDF tasters). I think Arkam Tales looks excellent and I like the double-page format (we use the same method on our taster issues). It’s good to have another magazine mixing the genres (although we rarely run Lovecraftian tales, relying more on the dark side of science fiction and the fantastic - which makes people who haven’t read Murky Depths think it’s a horror mag. Good luck Nathan!

Comment on Issue #1 is now available! by Bill Ward

Bill Ward — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 19:54:55 +0000

I’ve just read this first issue and am very impressed; it looks great and the stories are a very nice mix of the traditional and the weird. I was very nice to see science fiction and secondary world fantasy represented as well.

Congratulations to everyone involved!

Comment on Issue #1 is now available! by coronakwl

coronakwl — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 04:11:11 +0000

Unfortunatly, my eyesight isn’t good enough to read in on a monitor at the text size

Comment on Issue #1 is now available! by nshumate

nshumate — Thu, 11 Dec 2008 03:40:17 +0000

Coronakwl,

I designed it that way because the usual alternative — portrait-oriented 8.5×11 pages — necessitates even more scrolling to see the full page (with annoying jumps at the end of each page, depending on your settings). If you set your Adobe Reader to show the whole page at once, you get a view not unlike what you’d get from a digest-sized magazine.

Comment on Issue #1 is now available! by coronakwl

coronakwl — Thu, 11 Dec 2008 03:27:40 +0000

One thing though, I see the PDF is published as two-up. That’s very annoying for the reader because we have to either 1.) reduce the view ratio or 2.) navigate from the left page to the right page with the horizontal scroll bar. We don’t all have wide monitors you know.