Café Irreal (Cafe Irreal)

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Café Irreal is a quarterly webzine featuring irreal, Kafkaesque fantastic fiction and occasional translations.

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

Read the full guidelines at alicewhittenburg.com↗

Submission calls

fictionFantasyHorrorCloses Oct 1Pays: One cent U.S. per word, with a $2 minimum, for first-time internet rights; payment is made upon publication.

Seeks irreal fantastic fiction resembling Kafka, Kobo Abe, Clarice Lispector, and Borges; stories may undermine reality and need not fully resolve. Accepts translations and unusual reprints, but not simultaneous or AI-generated submissions. Up to 2,000 words, with no minimum; submit electronically by email without attachments. Submissions are accepted year-round, and the deadline for the next issue, Fall 2026, is October 1, 2026.

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