Shadowed Realms

Shadowed Realms was a dark flash fiction online magazine produced by Australian independent publisher Brimstone Press.

[1] A number of stories published in Shadowed Realms won, or were nominated for, several speculative fiction awards.

The online magazine released two special issues during its run: Issue #6 - the Continuum 3 convention/Australian Horror Writers Association launch issue (featuring Continuum 3 guests Poppy Z Brite and Richard Harland, plus Robert Hood, Terry Dowling, and the winners of the inaugural AHWA flash fiction competition); and Issue #9 - the "Redback" themed issue (featuring nine prominent female horror/speculative fiction writers, including K J Bishop, Kaaron Warren, Deborah Biancotti, and Kirstyn McDermott.)

[5] Shadowed Realms published many prominent Australian horror writers such as Stephen Dedman, Lee Battersby, Martin Livings, and Paul Haines, and a number of US and UK horror authors including Kurt Newton, Greg Beatty, Alistair Rennie and Eric Marin.

[7] Shadowed Realms was also the first electronic magazine to be nominated for the Best Collected Work.