The Shadow Realm (Mini – Web Comic). This short story was inspired by the sport of Mixed Martial Arts. I can’t remember when I first got interested in it and its array of interesting personalities. But I always remember feeling drawn to the gauntlet that each fighter would put themselves through in the pursuit of victory. “High level problem solving with dire consequences.“ as Joe Rogan would put it. ‘The Shadow Realm’ idea was born within the mma subreddit on www.reddit.com. A way to describe a place between death and consciousness where badly KO’d fighters would travel to when lying on the mat. I took it upon myself to imagine what ‘The Shadow Realm” experience was like in Comic Book form, and the dire consequences that too many trips might bring with it… Link to the full minicomic can be found on Steemit here