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Urban Shadows

A project of Fringeworks (see other related projects).

This project is believed to be defunct. (August 2016)

About

Urban Shadows is a magazine that embraces the genres of urban fantasy, horror and science fiction. Bringing together articles, interviews and short stories set in dirty, gritty metropolises buried in the darkest recesses of their creators' minds, our money is on Urban Shadows becoming the premier magazine for the genres it serves...

Country of Publication

United Kingdom

Publication Medium & Frequency

Print Publication Print Publication
Published 4 x per year

Collapse section Fiction Believed Defunct

Audience:

Open to a broad Audience.

Genres:

Fantasy Open to all/most Subgenres, including: Bizarro, Cross-Genre, Retrofuturism, Urban Fantasy
Horror Open to all/most Subgenres, including: Bizarro, Cross-Genre, Retrofuturism
Romance Subgenre: Paranormal
Science Fiction Open to all/most Subgenres, including: Bizarro, Cross-Genre, Cyberpunk, Retrofuturism

Lengths:

Short Story: No specific word count limits known (our definition: 1000 to 7500 words).

Styles:

Open to all/most Styles, including: Mainstream.

Topics:

None found.

Payment:

No monetary payment No monetary payment.

Submissions:

Method: Electronic submissions.
Reprints: Unknown.
Simultaneous submissions: Unknown.
Media: Text.

Collapse section Nonfiction Believed Defunct

Audience:

Open to a broad Audience.

Lengths:

Interview: No specific word count limits known.
Review: No specific word count limits known.
Article: No specific word count limits known.

Styles:

Open to all/most Styles, including: Critical, Mainstream.

Topics:

None found.

Payment:

No monetary payment No monetary payment.

Submissions:

Method: Electronic submissions.
Reprints: Unknown.
Simultaneous submissions: Unknown.
Media: Text.

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Dates

Last Updated: 22 May 2026

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