Shadows & Tall Trees is the flagship publication of Undertow Publications, a small press based near Toronto. In 2010 and 2013 the journal was a finalist for the British Fantasy Award for Best Periodical/Magazine. Featuring notable visionaries including Robert Shearman, Steve Rasnic Tem, Alison Moore, Nicholas Royle, and Nina Allan, the stories published in Shadows & Tall Trees have been selected for reprint in Year's Best Weird Fiction, The Best Horror of the Year, The Best British Stories, The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, Imaginarium: The Best Canadian Speculative Writing, The Year's Best Australian Fantasy & Horror, and Wilde Stories: The Best Gay Speculative Fiction.
MICHAEL KELLYis a Shirley Jackson Award and British Fantasy Award Nominee. He is the author of two short story collections,Scratching the Surface, andUndertow and Other Laments, as well as co-author of the novelOuroboros. His fiction has appeared widely in anthologies and journals, includingAll Hallows, Best New Horror, Black Static, Carlton Arts Review, Imaginarium 2013: The Best Canadian Speculative Writing, The Literary Journal, Murmurations, Northern Horror, Plum Ruby Review, PostScripts, Space & Time, Supernatural Tales,andTesseracts 13 & 16. Michael was a fiction editor at ChiZine.com (2004-2007), and has edited four anthologies:Apparitions, Chilling Tales, Chilling Tales 2,andSongs From Dead Singers.