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Brimstone Press was an Australian independent publisher of dark fiction (horror and dark fantasy). [1] Brimstone Press was established in 2004 by Shane Jiraiya Cummings and was based in Western Australia.

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The first publication from Brimstone Press was Shadowed Realms, an online flash fiction horror 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, Paul Haines, Steven Cavanagh and Kaaron Warren. [2] Shadowed Realms gained professional status from the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America (SFWA) in 2005 [3] and was nominated for the Best Collected Work Ditmar Award in 2006. [4] [5]

Brimstone Press also published HorrorScope: The Australian Dark Fiction Web Log, a news and review webzine. In December 2006, Brimstone Press moved into book publication. [6] [7] 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. [4] [5] [8] [9] [10] [11]

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