Café Irreal (Cafe Irreal)

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Café Irreal is a quarterly webzine publishing irreal, fantastical fiction influenced by writers such as Kafka, Abe, Lispector, and Borges.

Response time info: usually two months, though it can take as long as four months

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Submission calls

fictionFantasyHorrorEligibility requirementsPays: One cent U.S. per word, with a $2 minimum, for first-time internet rights; payment is made upon publication.

Open to: Unsolicited submissions are accepted from any writer; simultaneous and AI-generated submissions are not accepted, and reprints are accepted only in unusual cases.

Irreal fiction resembling Kafka, Kobo Abe, Clarice Lispector, and Jorge Luis Borges; stories may reject realism and full resolution. Translations are welcome, but simultaneous and AI-generated submissions are not accepted; reprints are considered only in unusual cases. Up to 2,000 words, with no minimum. Submissions are accepted year-round by email; the Fall 2026 issue deadline was October 1, 2026.

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