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Realms of Fantasy is a full-sized bimonthly color magazine, dedicated to publishing the best in fantasy fiction, nonfiction, and artwork. First launched with the October 1994 issue, the magazine proved an enormous success and quickly established itself as one of the most important short fiction venues in speculative literature. Over the years, RoF has garnered a number of major awards and nominations, and has developed a reputation for the balance it achieves in publishing prominent authors and artists while also fostering new and emerging talents. Early in 2009, Sovereign Media, the longtime publisher of RoF, unexpectedly ceased publication of the magazine with the April 2009 issue.

Shortly afterward, the magazine was purchased by longtime genre publisher, Warren Lapine, of the newly founded Tir Na Nog Press. One of Lapine’s first acts as publisher was to bring back the magazine’s old editorial crew, including longtime and founding editor, Shawna McCarthy, the magazine’s sole holdover from its first issue. The magazine successfully re-launched with the August 2009 issue, with much of its old look and feel intact.

In October 2010, it was announced once again that Realms of Fantasy would be ceasing publication. The December 2010 issue was made available on the website as a free PDF. About a month later, it was announced that the magazine had once again been sold, this time to Kim & William Gilchrist, co-publishers of Damnation Press. Shortly afterward, it was announced that the same editorial crew had once again been retained. The deal led to the December 2010 issue going to press under the Tir Na Nog Press banner, and with the February 2011 issue Realms of Fantasy began its run under the Damnation Books banner.

The last issue of Realms of Fantasy appeared in October 2011.

Works in the WWEnd Database

2010 HOW INTERESTING: A TINY MAN Harlan Ellison	2010 THE FORTUITOUS MEETING OF GERARD VAN OOST AND OLUDARA Christopher Kastensmidt	2010 MAIDEN, MOTHER, CRONE Ann Leckie Rachel Swirsky	2010 THE UNKNOWN GOD Ann Leckie	2009 HEALING BENJAMIN Dennis Danvers	2008 HERE'S WHAT I KNOW Dennis Danvers
2008 THE DOOM OF LOVE IN SMALL SPACES Ken Scholes	2008 GIFT FROM A SPRING Delia Sherman	2008 SPIDERHORSE Liz Williams	2007 EVERYONE BLEEDS THROUGH Jack Skillingstead	2007 SAVE ME PLZ David Barr Kirtley	2007 THE ROPE: A NEW TALE OF THE ANTIQUE LANDS Noreen Doyle
2007 PRINCESS LUCINDA AND THE HOUND OF THE MOON Theodora Goss	2006 OF METAL MEN AND SCARLET THREAD AND DANCING WITH THE SUNRISE Ken Scholes	2006 MOON VIEWING AT SHIJO BRIDGE Richard Parks	2006 A FISH STORY Sarah Totton	2005 EMPTY PLACES Richard Parks	2005 THE SECRET OF BROKEN TICKERS Joe Murphy
2005 THE LANGUAGE OF MOTHS Christopher Barzak	2003 THE GHOST GIRLS OF RUMNEY MILL Sandra McDonald	2000 MOM AND DAD AT THE HOME FRONT Sherwood Smith	2000 RETURN TO PLEASURE ISLAND Cory Doctorow	1999 THE GRAMMARIAN'S FIVE DAUGHTERS Eleanor Arnason	1999 HOW THE HIGHLAND PEOPLE CAME TO BE Bruce Holland Rogers
1999 FORTITUDE Andy Duncan	2001 THE PREMATURE BURIALS Andy Duncan	1998 FLOWER KISS Constance Ash	2000 THE DEAD BOY AT YOUR WINDOW Bruce Holland Rogers	1998 LOST GIRLS Jane Yolen	1998 THE INNER INNER CITY Robert Charles Wilson
1995 THE PERSEIDS Robert Charles Wilson	1995 THE MOON IS DROWNING WHILE I SLEEP Charles de Lint	1994 TROLL-BRIDGE Neil Gaiman

Authors Published

• Robert Wilson  • Ken Scholes  • Billy Parks  • Ann Leckie  • Andrew Duncan  • Dennis Danvers  • Bruce Rogers  • Christopher Kastensmidt  • Noreen Doyle  • David Kirtley  • Sarah Totton  • Joe Murphy  • Neil Gaiman  • Rachel Swirsky  • Sandra McDonald  • Jack Skillingstead  • Harlan Ellison  • Cordelia Sherman  • Christine Lowentrout  • Theodora Goss  • Charles de Lint  • Jane Yolen  • Eleanor Arnason  • Liz Williams  • Constance Ash  • Cory Doctorow  • Christopher Barzak