Brimstone Press was an
Australian independent publisher
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of dark fiction (
horror
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and
dark fantasy
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). Brimstone Press was established in 2004 by
Angela Challis and
Shane Jiraiya Cummings and was based in
Western Australia.
The first publication from Brimstone Press was
Shadowed Realms, an online
flash fiction horror
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magazine that was active from 2004 to 2007. Authors published in Shadowed Realms include
Terry Dowling,
Richard Harland,
Robert Hood,
Poppy Z Brite,
Stephen Dedman,
Kurt Newton,
Martin Livings,
Lee Battersby
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,
Paul Haines,
Steven Cavanagh
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and
Kaaron Warren. Shadowed Realms gained professional status from the
Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America (SFWA) in 2005 and was nominated for the Best Collected Work
Ditmar Award in 2006.
[Inkspillers Ditmar Awards archive.]
Retrieved 16-9-2007.
Brimstone Press also published
HorrorScope: The Australian Dark Fiction Web Log, a
news
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and
review webzine. In December 2006, Brimstone Press moved into book publication. Among their published anthologies are ''Shadow Box'' and the ''Australian Dark Fantasy & Horror'' series.
Brimstone Press produced a newsstand-quality horror magazine, ''Black: Australia's Dark Culture'' magazine which ran for three issues in 2008. Many of Australia's best-known horror writers including
Rob Hood,
Leigh Blackmore and others appeared in its pages.
Several stories and projects published by Brimstone Press have won, or been nominated for, Australian and international literary awards.
[Convergence 2 official 2007 Ditmar winners announcement (June 2007).]
Retrieved 16-9-2007.
Retrieved 6-3-2011.
Publications
*
Shadowed Realms online magazine, ed. Angela Challis (2004 to 2007). ISSN 1832-0651
*
HorrorScope: The Australian Dark Fiction Web Log, ed. Shane Jiraiya Cummings et al. (2005 to present).
*''Shadow Box'', ed. Angela Challis & Shane Jiraiya Cummings (2005).
*''Australian Dark Fantasy & Horror 2006 edition'', ed. Angela Challis & Shane Jiraiya Cummings (2006).
*''Book of Shadows Volume One'', ed. Angela Challis (2006)
*''Australian Dark Fantasy & Horror 2007 edition'', ed. Angela Challis (''December 2007'')
*''Black Box'', ed. Shane Jiraiya Cummings (''March 2008'').
[Black Box e-anthology]
Awards
Wins
*2007
Ditmar Award,
Fanzine
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:
HorrorScope (ed. Shane Jiraiya Cummings et al.)
*2006
Aurealis Award, Horror short story: "Pater Familias" by
Lee Battersby
Lee Battersby is an Australian author of science fiction, fantasy, and horror fiction. His story "Carrying The God" made him the first Western Australian winner in the Writers of the Future Competition in 2002, and was awarded the 2003 Ditmar Aw ...
(Shadowed Realms #3)
Nominations
*2010
Bram Stoker Award,
Anthology
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In genre fiction, the term ''anthology'' typically categ ...
: ''Macabre: A Journey through Australia's Darkest Fears'' (edited by Angela Challis and Marty Young)
[
*2010 Bram Stoker Award, Long Fiction: "Monsters Among Us" by Kirstyn McDermott (Macabre)][2010 Australian Shadows Awards: Finalists]
Retrieved 6-3-2011.
*2010 Australian Shadows Award, Short Fiction: "All The Clowns In Clowntown" by Andrew J. McKiernan (Macabre)[
*2008 Ditmar Award, Fanzine: HorrorScope (ed. Shane Jiraiya Cummings et al.)
*2008 William Atheling Jr Award: "'' The Spiraling Worm'' review" by Shane Jiraiya Cummings (HorrorScope)
*2007 Ditmar Award, Short Story: "Surrender 1: Rope Artist" by Deborah Biancotti (Shadowed Realms #9)
*2007 Ditmar Award, Short Story: "Cold" by Kirstyn McDermott (Shadowed Realms #9)
*2007 Ditmar Award, Short Story: "The Bat's Boudoir" by Kyla Ward (Shadowed Realms #9)
*2007 Ditmar Award, Professional Achievement: Angela Challis (for Brimstone Press)
*2007 William Atheling Jr Award: "Paraspheres review" by ]Miranda Siemienowicz
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Places Australia
* Miranda, New South Wales
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(HorrorScope)
*2006 Ditmar Award, Collected work: Shadowed Realms (ed. Angela Challis)
*2006 Ditmar Award, Fanzine: HorrorScope (ed. Shane Jiraiya Cummings et al.)
*2006 Australian Shadows Award: ''Shadow Box'' (ed. Angela Challis & Shane Jiraiya Cummings)
*2006 Australian Shadows Award: "Pater Familias" by Lee Battersby (Shadowed Realms #3)
Reviews
ASif! reviews of Shadowed Realms issuesASif! reviews of Brimstone Press anthologiesTangent Online review of ''Australian Dark Fantasy & Horror 2006''Tangent Online review of ''Shadow Box''Tangent Online reviews of Shadowed Realms issues
References
External links
Brimstone PressShadowed Realms
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Book publishing companies of Australia
Horror book publishing companies
Small press publishing companies
Publishing companies established in 2004