Shimmer featured stories from award-winning authors Jay Lake and Ken Scholes; comic book artist Karl Kesel also contributed artwork.

Beth, Mary Robinette, and J. L. Radley all met online at Orson Scott Card's Hatrack River Writers Workshop forum.

Barely a few weeks into development, a conversation[2] on an online message board for writers precipitated a major discussion among the Shimmery Staff that changed how Shimmer would be delivered to its readers.

Though risky and requiring some more capital than initially planned for, Shimmer debuted as a digest-sized printed magazine with a perfect-bound glossy, color cover.

"The Slush God", assistant editor of Fantasy and Science Fiction, edited the magazine's special Pirate issue in Summer 2007.