Goodreads Giveaway Complete
Congratulations to Karen Mikusak from Detroit, Michigan. She won a free paperback copy of The Irreal Reader: Fiction & Essays from The Cafe Irreal in Guide Dog Books' recent Goodreads giveaway. The Irreal Reader is currently available in paperback and Kindle formats.
Czech Literary Portal & Goodreads Giveaway
The paperback edition of The Irreal Reader: Fiction & Essays from The Cafe Irreal was officially released today and mentioned in the Czech Literary Portal. A lot went into the creation of this anthology; naturally we're very proud of it. Below are a few different places where you can check it out. Reviews are appreciated!
Also, there is a Goodreads giveaway for a free copy of the book that will run until the end of the month. Enter to win here.
The Irreal Reader
Available now from Guide Dog Books: The Irreal Reader collects the best fiction from The Cafe Irreal.
The Cafe Irreal: International Imagination, a pioneering web-based literary magazine, first went online in 1998 with the intention of publishing a type of fantastic fiction most often associated with writers such as Franz Kafka, Kobo Abe and Jorge Luis Borges. To this end, it has published more than 250 authors from over 30 countries. In the course of the past fifteen years, it has also seen its editors nominated for a World Fantasy Award and been named by Writer’s Digest as one of the Top 30 Short Story Markets.
In this anthology, edited by G.S. Evans and Alice Whittenburg, Guide Dog Books presents a selection of the fiction and essays from The Cafe Irreal that take us most definitively into the realm of the Irreal. These include pieces by Diploma de Honor Konex winner Ana María Shua (Argentina), Michal Ajvaz (winner of the Magnesia Litera prize in the Czech Republic), Pulitzer Prize winner Charles Simic, and Pushcart Prize winners Bruce Holland Rogers and Caitlin Horrocks.
White Indians
“Gills’ beautifully written prose in White Indians combines
his warring natures—the daring macho infused crazy man with the earth-reverent
husband and father. This book is a reminder that we Americans still live on a
continent that recently was a wilderness, and that we all possess an atavistic
need to interact with it. For those of us not so good as Michael Gills at
camping, hiking, and white-water rafting, he’s offered us a thrilling armchair
version.”
—Diane Wakoski, author The Diamond Dog
“Each word is a spark, every sentence a sizzling fuse. The
whole of White Indians is a sun-white conflagration, cleanly
and cleansing. The intensity of this visionary memoir is the core of its
message. Michael Gills sojourned in the heart of light and he has returned to
his home world with that light still clinging to his every utterance. I shall
never be the only reader grateful for his revelations—and a little frightened
of them.”
—Fred Chappell, Ancestors and Others: New and Selected
Stories
White Indians will be available in paperback and ebook formats. Please check out the book's Goodreads page.
The Irreal Reader: Description & TOC
In November, Guide Dog Books will release The Irreal Reader: Fiction & Essays from The Cafe Irreal, edited by G.S. Evans and Alice Whittenburg. We're very excited about this anthology and it's been a long time in the making. Here is the cover description and the full table of contents.
The Cafe Irreal: International Imagination, a pioneering web-based literary magazine, first went online in 1998 with the intention of publishing a type of fantastic fiction most often associated with writers such as Franz Kafka, Kobo Abe and Jorge Luis Borges. To this end, it has published more than 250 authors from over 30 countries. In the course of the past fifteen years, it has also seen its editors nominated for a World Fantasy Award and been named by Writer’s Digest as one of the Top 30 Short Story Markets. In this anthology, Guide Dog Books presents a selection of the fiction and essays from The Cafe Irreal that take us most definitively into the realm of the Irreal. These include pieces by Diploma de Honor Konex winner Ana María Shua (Argentina), Michal Ajvaz (winner of the Magnesia Litera prize in the Czech Republic), Pulitzer Prize winner Charles Simic, and Pushcart Prize winners Bruce Holland Rogers and Caitlin Horrocks.
Preface
TERRY DARTNALL
ANA MARÍA SHUA
EWALD MURRER
KEVIN SEXTON
KUZHALI MANICKAVEL
CHARLES SIMIC
NORMAN LOCK
VANESSA GEBBIE
JIŘÍ KRATOCHVÍL
PAUL BLANEY
GREG JENKINS
CAITLIN HORROCKS
GUIDO EEKHAUT
GIRIJA TROPP
MICHAL AJVAZ
LEE WILLIAMS
BOB THURBER
ALEXANDRA BERKOVÁ
D.E. LUCAS
B E TURNER
MAURICIO ROSALES
RICHARD KOSTELANETZ
HARRY WHITE
BRUCE HOLLAND ROGERS
BRIAN BISWAS
JIRI VALOCH
J.B. MULLIGAN
UTAHNA FAITH
EMILIO MARTINEZ
D. HARLAN WILSON
DAVID RAY
VIT ERBAN
STEPHANIE HAMMER
PETER GRANDBOIS
TOMÁŠ PŘIDAL
From The Coconut Ape
JOSÉ CHAVES
G.S. EVANS
ALICE WHITTENBURG
GARRETT ROWLAN
G.S. EVANS
GARRETT ROWLAN
G.S. EVANS
DEAN SWINFORD
G.S. EVANS
ALICE WHITTENBURG
G.S. EVANS
GARRETT ROWLAN
G.S. EVANS
G.S. EVANS AND ALICE WHITTENBURG
Afterword
The Cafe Irreal: International Imagination, a pioneering web-based literary magazine, first went online in 1998 with the intention of publishing a type of fantastic fiction most often associated with writers such as Franz Kafka, Kobo Abe and Jorge Luis Borges. To this end, it has published more than 250 authors from over 30 countries. In the course of the past fifteen years, it has also seen its editors nominated for a World Fantasy Award and been named by Writer’s Digest as one of the Top 30 Short Story Markets. In this anthology, Guide Dog Books presents a selection of the fiction and essays from The Cafe Irreal that take us most definitively into the realm of the Irreal. These include pieces by Diploma de Honor Konex winner Ana María Shua (Argentina), Michal Ajvaz (winner of the Magnesia Litera prize in the Czech Republic), Pulitzer Prize winner Charles Simic, and Pushcart Prize winners Bruce Holland Rogers and Caitlin Horrocks.
CONTENTS
FICTIONS
TERRY DARTNALL
The Santa Fe
From Geisha House
From Botany of Chaos
From The Diary of Mr. Pinke
The Spindler
Kisi Shayar Something Something
Cats and Fish
Because We Are Precious and Brave
Seven Prose Poems
Unreal Geography
The Cruelty of Poetry
Storm Warning
The Note-Takers
PETER CHERCHES
From Mr. Deadman
A Sad Play
From the Pulps
The Restaurant
I Came Highly Recommended
I Dreamed and in My Dream
As I Walked Out
How the Universe Works
I Feel My Temperature Risin'
Herzenboogen's Theory of Collective Truth
Just Words
Cellular
The City and Heaven
The Kn!ghts of Slipway Seven
GLEYVIS CORO
The Fever
Shuteye
From Magoria
Of the Minotaur
The Comedy of Art
Poster
Openings
The Best of the Besht
Witness
The Ledger Angel
A Betrayal
semantical studies
The Man in the Red Raincoat
The Message
A White Chair
All Girl Band
News from Burgundia
Giraffe
Seven Pieces of Meat
A Small, Cold Sun
The Belly of the Centipede
Mayoral Morbitas
Sewing
From The Coconut Ape
All I Misunderstood as a Man Makes
Complete Sense as a Parrot
THEORETICAL WRITINGS
What Is Irrealism?
On International Imagination
The Waking Dream: A Review of Kazuo Ishiguro's The Unconsoled
Irrealism Is Not a Surrealism: A Consideration of Analogon #32
Irrealism and the Visual Arts
From “American Irrealism and the Cult of Experience”
From “Defining Irrealism: Scientific Development and Allegorical Possibility”
G.S. EVANS
A Response to “Defining Irrealism”
DEAN SWINFORD
A Response to “A Response to ‘Defining Irrealism’”
Irrealism and the Dream-State
From “Finding the Strange in the Familiar: Irreal Stories by Women Writers”
Magical Realism and Its Meanings: A Not So Necessary Confusion
GARRETT ROWLAN
Irrealism and Ambient Music
This Could Be a Pipe: Foucault, Irrealism and Ceci n'est pas une pipe
After Kafka: Kafka Criticism and Scholarship as a Resource in an Attempt to Promulgate a New Literary Genre
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