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The Cafe Irreal [Issue 49, February 2014] ed. Alice Whittenburg & G. S. Evans (online) [] (Full Text)
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· The Garden of Shattered Porcelain · Andrew Fowler · vi

· Mental Misadjustment · Amélie Olaiz; translated by Toshiya Kamei · ss

· Four Stories · J. P. Briggs · vi

· A Dedicated Spy · Andy Lee Parker · vi

· The Radiant City · Fredric Mitchem · vi

· Suspicion · Ken Poyner · vi

The Cafe Irreal [Issue 50, May 2014] ed. Alice Whittenburg & G. S. Evans (online) [] (Full Text)
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· The Secret Room · Marianne Villanueva · vi

· New Donald Moffit Prose Poem (inc. footnotes) 2 · Patrick Cosgrove · pm

· Flood · Vanessa Gebbie · vi

· Four Short Pieces · Matthew Kirshman · vi

· Me and Borges · Jefferson Navicky · vi

· After the Robing of the Bride · Hannah E. Phinney · vi

· Preparing · David Oates · pm

The Cafe Irreal [Issue 51, August 2014] ed. Alice Whittenburg & G. S. Evans (online) [] (Full Text)
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· The Manufacturing of Sorrow · Bob Thurber · vi

· The Barchildren · Héctor Ramírez · vi

· Drive-Thru · Héctor Ramírez · vi

· The Decay of Hypnerotomachia Polophili · Thomas Strømsholt · vi

· It Pours · Sarena Ulibarri · vi

· The Enchanted Tree · Srinjay Chakravarti · ss

The Cafe Irreal [Issue 52, November 2014] ed. Alice Whittenburg & G. S. Evans (online) [] (Full Text)
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· Exhibit 15 · Vicente Luis Mora; translated by Catherine Nelson · ms

· The Receptionist · Tamara K. Walker · vi

· The Ghost Children of Hole 12 · Patrick Cosgrove · vi

· Train Variations · Agustín Cadena; translated by Patricia Dubrava · vi

· The Man on the Plane · Tom Whalen · vi

· At Hiverblue Lake · Katy Wimhurst · ss

· This Water · Eric Hawthorn · vi

The Cafe Irreal [Issue 53, February 2015] ed. Alice Whittenburg & G. S. Evans (online) [] (Full Text)
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· The Elevator · Michal Ajvaz; translated by G. S. Evans · vi

· Chapters · Michal Ajvaz; translated by G. S. Evans · ms

· A Loss of Innocence · Paul Blaney · ss

· The Fractal Tamer · Holly Saiki · ss

· Selfcontained · Judy Darley · vi

· The Clocks · Jonathan Levy · vi

The Cafe Irreal [Issue 54, May 2015] ed. Alice Whittenburg & G. S. Evans (online) [] (Full Text)
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· Getting Ready to Go · J. P. Briggs · vi

· Afterimages · Sabrina Starnaman · vi

· The Real Atlas · Trevor Shikaze · ss

· The Neighbor · Agustín Cadena; translated by Patricia Dubrava · vi

· The Swing · Agustín Cadena; translated by Patricia Dubrava · vi

· This Neil Armstrong Is Not Dead · David Stevens · ss

· The Poet’s Resistance · Jason Walker · vi

The Cafe Irreal [Issue 55, August 2015] ed. Alice Whittenburg & G. S. Evans (online) [] (Full Text)
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· Three Stories · Ian Seed · vi

· The King’s Man · Ned Thimmayya · ss

· They Only Look Like They’re Smiling · Venita Blackburn · ss

· The Theory of G · D. Harlan Wilson · ss

· Timing Is Everything · Brianne Holmes · vi

· Pete and the Elephant · Nikolaj Volgushev · vi

The Cafe Irreal [Issue 56, November 2015] ed. Alice Whittenburg & G. S. Evans (online) [] (Full Text)
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· The Bus Depot · Pooja Makker · vi

· The Boy Across the Street · Eric G. Wilson · ss

· Swirl · Tariq al Haydar · ss

· Breakthrough · Cheryl Pallant · ss

· Memories of Sanlorenzo · Patrick Cosgrove · vi

· No Sequels, Please · Bob Thurber · vi

· The Chief Deacon’s Report on the Rumored Return of the Broken Boys [The Broken Boys] · Bob Thurber · vi

The Cafe Irreal [Issue 57, February 2016] ed. Alice Whittenburg & G. S. Evans (online) [] (Full Text)
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· Crows and Sorrows · Katy Wimhurst · vi

· Let’s Reconvene on Tuesday · William Olmstead · vi

· Migration Patterns · Randy Schroeder · vi

· The Taming of the Orikind · Ken Poyner · vi

· Sideways · Lisa Napolitan · vi

· Let Me Squeeze Your Islets of Langerhans · Matthew F. Amati · vi

The Cafe Irreal [Issue 58, May 2016] ed. Alice Whittenburg & G. S. Evans (online) [] (Full Text)
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· In the Blackness · Robert Garner McBrearty · ss

· Three Fairy Tales · Mark Budman · vi

· Alice · Valerie Alexander · ss

· Primacy · D. Harlan Wilson · pl

· Analects: Carceri · Ruaidhrí Mac an tSíthigh · ex

· A Jaunty Walk · Holly Saiki · ss

The Cafe Irreal [Issue 59, August 2016] ed. Alice Whittenburg & G. S. Evans (online) [] (Full Text)
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· Three Stories · Jason Heroux · vi

· Three Stories · Tamara K. Walker · vi

· The New Kids · Peter B. Fagan · vi

· Of the Sisyphean Nature of Nightmares · Armel Dagorn · vi

· Four Stories · Ian Seed · vi

· Prologue to an Imaginary Book · Brian Biswas · ss

The Cafe Irreal [Issue 60, November 2016] ed. Alice Whittenburg & G. S. Evans (online) [] (Full Text)
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· Up or Down · Hernán Ortiz · vi

· My Underwater Boyfriend and the Gymnast I Love · Tara Roeder · vi

· The Unicorn in the Park · Guido Eekhaut · ss

· Burping Birds · Luis Garcia · ss

· Blankets [The Broken Boys] · Bob Thurber · vi

· Abracadabra · Meeah Williams · vi

· The Snow Ballet · Meeah Williams · vi

· This Is a Series of Words to Which You Are Condemned · Soren James · vi

The Cafe Irreal [Issue 61, February 2017] ed. Alice Whittenburg & G. S. Evans (online) [] (Full Text)
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· Six Stories · Tom Jenks · vi

· Sky · Rina Bruinsma · ss

· The Voyage of the Texarkana · Matthew F. Amati · vi

· Knitting · B. E. Turner · pl

· A Thousand Twinkling Eyes · Dennis Mombauer · vi

· Shoes · J. C. Howell · ss

The Cafe Irreal [Issue 62, May 2017] ed. Alice Whittenburg & G. S. Evans (online) [] (Full Text)
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· Once Upon a Time the Animals Disappeared from the Wild · Khadija Anderson · vi

· The Conspiracy · Guido Eekhaut · ss

· Hoag’s Object · Brian Biswas · pm Dreams and Nightmares #73, January 2006

· Treasure Map · Rose Biggin · ss

· The House Above the Bay · Ali Hildyard · ss

· If Ever Something Happens · Sharon Mertins · ss

· Four Stories · Antony Johae · vi

The Cafe Irreal [Issue 63, August 2017] ed. Alice Whittenburg & G. S. Evans (online) [] (Full Text)
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· The Revenge of the House Hurlers · Ken Poyner · vi

· The Boat · Lorie Broumand · ss

· Three Stories · Ian Seed · vi

· Secret · Susi Lovell · vi

· The Last Mournful Summer of Mr Pip · Viki Shock; translated by Graeme Dibble & Suzanne Dibble · ex

· The Invisibility Cloak · Claire Bateman · vi

The Cafe Irreal [Issue 64, November 2017] ed. Alice Whittenburg & G. S. Evans (online) [] (Full Text)
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· Space Is the Final Frontier · Max Sheridan · ss

· I Work for a King · Tess Gunty · ss

· Our Lady Cinderella of the Dying World · Matthew F. Amati · vi

· What’s It Like Being a Writer? · Paul Blaney · vi

· Waiter · Soren James · vi

· The Number of the Heart · Ali Hildyard · vi

· Package · Vanessa Gebbie · vi

· Rèti’s Shop or Five Red Bulls · Emil Brägg · vi

The Cafe Irreal [Issue 65, February 2018] ed. Alice Whittenburg & G. S. Evans (online) [] (Full Text)
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· The Disillusionment of Mermaids · Katy Wimhurst · ss

· Footprint III · Jiří Kratochvil; translated by G. S. Evans · vi

· At the Mountain Steps · M. L. Kejera · vi

· The Autumn Fuss · K. C. Mead-Brewer · vi

· Hip Hip Hooray · Salvatore Difalco · vi

· My Mother’s Illness · Vanessa Wang · ss

· Deluxe Luxury Cruise Voucher · Mary Beth O’Connor · vi

The Cafe Irreal [Issue 66, May 2018] ed. Alice Whittenburg & G. S. Evans (online) [] (Full Text)
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· Bulmania · Paul Blaney · vi

· 40 · Julie Reeser · vi

· Three Stories · Ian Seed · vi

· For the Kiddos · Valerie Fox · vi

· Passing on Double Lines · J. B. Mulligan · vi

The Cafe Irreal [Issue 67, August 2018] ed. Alice Whittenburg & G. S. Evans (online) [] (Full Text)
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· Four Stories · Jeff Friedman · vi

· Ash · Michael Chester · ss

· A Balloon · Drew Bevis · vi

· Three Stories · Tamara K. Walker · vi

· Lover’s Art · Ken Poyner · ss

The Cafe Irreal [Issue 68, November 2018] ed. Alice Whittenburg & G. S. Evans (online) [] (Full Text)
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· Timbuktu · B. E. Turner · pl

· Seven Stories · Frances Gapper · vi

· Four Stories · Salvatore Difalco · vi

· Two Stories · Soren James · vi

· When · Mary Thompson · vi

· Identifixation · Perry Genovesi · vi

· Four Stories · Christopher Prewitt · vi

The Cafe Irreal [Issue 69, February 2019] ed. Alice Whittenburg & G. S. Evans (online) [] (Full Text)
Twentieth Anniversary Issue.
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· A Note on Our Twentieth Anniversary · G. S. Evans & Alice Whittenburg · ed

· Three Stories · Simon Collings · vi

· Reprints in Unusual Cases · Jaap Boekestein · vi

· Two Stories · Valerie Fox · vi

· The Moose · Guido Eekhaut · ss

· Three Stories · Antony Johae · vi

· The Growing Compromise · Ken Poyner · vi

· Six Short Fictions · Catherine Vidler · vi

· The Crochety Old Oak in the Park · James Gallant · vi

· Hunger · Dominic Stabile · vi

· Two Stories · Liam Cooper · vi

The Cafe Irreal [Issue 70, May 2019] ed. Alice Whittenburg & G. S. Evans (online) [] (Full Text)
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· Canon of the Chamber · Tununa Mercado; translated by Rhonda Dahl Buchanan · ex

· The Little Dollhouse Company · Salvatore Difalco · vi

· Gitane · Salvatore Difalco · vi

· Freefall · Carolyn Levi · vi

· Four Prose Poems · Ian Seed · pm

· Jackanape · D. Harlan Wilson · pl

· Three Stories · Peter Cherches · vi

The Cafe Irreal [Issue 71, August 2019] ed. Alice Whittenburg & G. S. Evans (online) [] (Full Text)
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· Three Stories · Avra Margariti · vi

· Five Prose Poems · Mark Russell · pm

· Updates on T.J.’s Condition · Nick Story · vi

· Grades of Dream · Boris Glikman · ms

· Two Prose Poems · Dan Gutstein · pm

· Chess Isn’t Real · Richard Berry · vi

· Three Stories · J. P. Briggs · vi

· Three Stories · Simon Collings · vi

The Cafe Irreal [Issue 72, November 2019] ed. Alice Whittenburg & G. S. Evans (online) [] (Full Text)
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· Man with Pillow · Adam McOmber · ss

· Deceit · Elaine Vilar Madruga; translated by Toshiya Kamei · vi

· The Devil’s Beard · Bruce Boston · vi

· Three Stories · Nikolaj Volgushev · vi

· Upon Discovering She Had Been Dating a Pilot Whale Disguised as a Woman · Olivia V. Ambrogio · vi

· On the Bed · Guido Eekhaut · ss

· Learning Outcomes · Peter Grandbois · vi

The Cafe Irreal [Issue 73, February 2020] ed. Alice Whittenburg & G. S. Evans (online) [] (Full Text)
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· Manuscript Found by a Stoplight After a Grave Accident · Osvaldo González Real; translated by Nohan Meza · ss

· Bird Brains · Adele Gardner · vi

· Infraction · Matthew F. Amati · vi

· Four Stories · Christopher Prewitt · vi

· Three Stories · Avra Margariti · vi

· Timber · Christopher Linforth · vi

The Cafe Irreal [Issue 74, May 2020] ed. Alice Whittenburg & G. S. Evans (online) [] (Full Text)
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· Five Stories · Ian Seed · vi

· Antonio Scalvo’s Library · Celia Neri · ss

· Things Fall Apart · Paul Blaney · vi

· The School: Homage to Barthelme · Paul Blaney · vi

· Three Stories · Patrick Lawler · vi

· Violin · R. W. Spryszak · vi

· Three Stories · Nikolaj Volgushev · vi

· Dreams of Haberdashery · Ken Poyner · vi

· Hollow Things · Elizabeth Ochsner · vi

The Cafe Irreal [Issue 75, August 2020] ed. Alice Whittenburg & G. S. Evans (online) [] (Full Text)
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· Such a Bad Dancer · Tess Gunty · ss

· So, About Hats · Mark Valentine · vi

· Two Stories · Valerie Fox · vi

· Whyrwol · Dennis Mombauer · ss

· Doll’s House · Elaine Vilar Madruga; translated by Toshiya Kamei · vi

· Two Stories · Soren James · vi

· Six Very Short Stories · Rachel Rodman · vi

The Cafe Irreal [Issue 76, November 2020] ed. Alice Whittenburg & G. S. Evans (online) [] (Full Text)
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· Three Stories · Umiyuri Katsuyama; translated by Toshiya Kamei · vi

· The Calendar Is Nobody’s Friend · Bob Thurber · vi

· The Party · E. Navarrete Díaz · ss

· Five Stories · Kurt Newton · vi

· The Myriad Deaths of Michaela Andreskaya…and Two Others · Ali Hildyard · vi

· Upon Taking the Hermit’s Vow · Nicole Beck · vi

· Laundromat · D. Harlan Wilson · ss

· Two Stories · Boris Glikman · vi

The Cafe Irreal [Issue 77, February 2021] ed. Alice Whittenburg & G. S. Evans (online) [] (Full Text)
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· Three Stories · Nikolaj Volgushev · vi

· Passenger Rail Service Has Come to Georgia! · James Gallant · vi

· Inflatable Santas Lining the Block · Jessica Klimesh · vi

· Fiction Fiction · Richard Kostelanetz · ex Archae Editions, 2020

· Three Micro-Fictions · Simon Collings · vi

· The Cherry Tree · Liam Cooper · vi

· For Want of a Dryad · Mari Ness · vi

· The Wisteria, in Its Turning · Byron Alexander Campbell · ss

The Cafe Irreal [Issue 78, May 2021] ed. G. S. Evans & Alice Whittenburg (online) [] (Full Text)
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· The Year Before the Invasion · Guido Eekhaut · ss

· Five Stories · Marcelo Medone · gp

_ · Until the End · Marcelo Medone · vi

_ · Ghosts Also Party · Marcelo Medone · vi

_ · About the Lack of Synchronization of the Mirrors · Marcelo Medone · vi

_ · Waiting for the Moment · Marcelo Medone · vi

_ · I’m Afraid of Being · Marcelo Medone · vi

· Inspiration · Julieta García González · ss

· The Diligent Woodcutter · Kevin P. Keating · ss

· Driving Holes · Ken Poyner · ss

· Three Stories · Salvatore Difalco · gp

_ · The Smokers · Salvatore Difalco · ss

_ · Arrival and Departure of a Black Continental · Salvatore Difalco · ss

_ · Gusano Rojo · Salvatore Difalco · ss

The Cafe Irreal [Issue 79, August 2021] ed. G. S. Evans & Alice Whittenburg (online) [] (Full Text)
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· Three Stories · S. J. Han · gp

_ · Acquainted · S. J. Han · vi

_ · Purgatory · S. J. Han · vi

_ · Paris Pills · S. J. Han · vi

· Two Stories · Valerie Fox · gp

_ · A Little Help from St. Francis · Valerie Fox · vi

· Wide-Eyed, Curtained by Arms and Legs · Valerie Fox · vi

· A Sea Voyage · Brian Biswas · vi Dreams and Nightmares #40, 1993

· The Man in the Building · Michael Canfield · vi

· The S-Man · Daniel Schulz · vi

· Forgotten Cities · Jacqueline Doyle · ar

The Cafe Irreal [Issue 80, November 2021] ed. G. S. Evans & Alice Whittenburg (online) [] (Full Text)
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· Exam Questions for the Story That Killed Its Readers · Matthew F. Amati · vi

· A Borges Dream · Marcelo Medone · vi

· Accessory · Ken Poyner · vi

· Sibling Rivalry · Tim Goldstone · vi

· All the Women in My Family Were Mad · Deborah Happ · vi

· Entropy Bandits · Bradford Gyori · vi

The Cafe Irreal [Issue 81, February 2022] ed. G. S. Evans & Alice Whittenburg (online) [] (Full Text)
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· The Wise Emperor · Zhu Yue · vi
translated from the Chinese.

· Three Flash Plays · D. Harlan Wilson · gp

- · Belief Is the End of Reason and the Beginning of Evil · D. Harlan Wilson · pl

- · Nota Bene · D. Harlan Wilson · pl

- · Low-Level Malevolence · D. Harlan Wilson · pl

· Meetings at Museums · Katy Wimhurst · vi

· Three Stories · Jeff Friedman & Meg Pokrass · gp

- · The Salesman Gets Stoned · Jeff Friedman & Meg Pokrass · vi

- · Quaking · Jeff Friedman & Meg Pokrass · vi

- · Dead Bugs and Lovers · Jeff Friedman & Meg Pokrass · vi

· The New Guest · Peter Cherches · vi

· Closed Indefinitely · Peter Cherches · vi

· That Which Does Not Kill Us · Peter Grandbois · vi

· Foraging · Simon Collings · vi

· Father-in-Law · Simon Collings · vi

· Deleted · Simon Collings · vi

The Cafe Irreal [Issue 82, May 2022] ed. G. S. Evans & Alice Whittenburg (online) [] (Full Text)
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· The Work · Bob Thurber · vi

· Book · Nikolaj Volgushev · vi

· Some Stray Woods · Nikolaj Volgushev · vi

· Appetite · Nikolaj Volgushev · vi

· A Recipe for the Last of Days · Laila Amado · vi

· Swimming Through Shadowlands · Keith Hoerner · vi

· Hungry House · Keith Hoerner · vi

· The Dutiful Son · Dafydd McKimm · vi

· Tick-Tock Man Syndrome · Perry Ruhland · vi

· An Autopsy of Creation · Perry Ruhland · vi

· Spin · Cheryl Snell · vi

· Box Office · Cheryl Snell · vi

· Makeover · Cheryl Snell · vi

· Interlude of the Angels · George Everet Thompson · vi

The Cafe Irreal [Issue 83, August 2022] ed. G. S. Evans & Alice Whittenburg (online) [] (Full Text)
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· The Encyclopedic Flaying Game · Lance Olsen · vi

· Shadow Alignment and Balancing · Gabriel Martinez Bucio; translated by Sam Simon · vi
translated from the Spanish.

· The Innovators · Matthew F. Amati · vi

· Tableau Vivant · Tom Whalen · vi

· The Arrival · Tom Whalen · vi

· Lisbon · Tom Whalen · vi

· Scrap of Truth · Mary Rodriguez · ss

· Collected Stories · Peter Cherches · vi

· The Most Beautiful Beach in Brazil · Peter Cherches · vi

· The Commandments · Paul Blaney · vi

The Cafe Irreal [Issue 84, November 2022] ed. G. S. Evans & Alice Whittenburg (online) [] (Full Text)
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· The Imposter · Dafydd McKimm · vi

· Midnight at the Sunrise Hotel · Mark S. Bailen · vi

· Guests · Ian Seed · vi

· Dr. Feelgood · Ian Seed · vi

· Career · Ian Seed · vi

· Owl Eyes · Myrth Killingsworth · vi

· Eight Drabbles · Ken Poyner · gp

_ · Migration · Ken Poyner · vi

_ · The Challenge · Ken Poyner · vi

_ · The Cost of Infidelity · Ken Poyner · vi

_ · Deception · Ken Poyner · vi

_ · Dissolution · Ken Poyner · vi

_ · Industry · Ken Poyner · vi

_ · Science · Ken Poyner · vi

_ · Not Participating · Ken Poyner · vi

· Not All There · Ken Hueler · vi

· (Mary)’s Testimony · David M. Rubin · vi

The Cafe Irreal [Issue 85, February 2023] ed. G. S. Evans & Alice Whittenburg (online) [] (Full Text)
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· Three Stories from The Neighbor · Peter Cherches · gp

_ · Paris Review · Peter Cherches · vi

_ · Halloween · Peter Cherches · vi

_ · Billing Dispute · Peter Cherches · vi

· New Adam and King of the Crows · Salvatore Difalco · ss

· Nixon Returns · Elizabeth Broadbent · ss

· Angst, My Death, and Inside My Head It’s Snowing · Tom Whalen · ss

· My Last Remote Work Day · Lorraine Schein · ss

· Hoarse, Pink Foam, and Strangers · Simon Collings · ss

· A Memorandum · Dylan Ogden · ss

· Shallow Roots · P. G. Streeter · ss

The Cafe Irreal [Issue 86, May 2023] ed. G. S. Evans & Alice Whittenburg (online) [] (Full Text)
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· Detective Inspector Ujlaky-Férfinský · Ewald Murrer · ss
translated from the Czech.

· Dead Enough · Jeff Friedman · vi

· House of Smoke · Jeff Friedman · vi

· The Salesman’s Last Day · Jeff Friedman · vi

· Frontdoor: Enter · Skyler Melnick · ss

· Six Drabbles · Ken Poyner · gp

_ · Criminality · Ken Poyner · vi

_ · Consequences · Ken Poyner · vi

_ · Difference Engine · Ken Poyner · vi

_ · Evenhanded · Ken Poyner · vi

_ · Expectations · Ken Poyner · vi

_ · Faced with Need · Ken Poyner · vi

· Floating Cows · Guido Eekhaut · ss

The Cafe Irreal [Issue 87, August 2023] ed. G. S. Evans & Alice Whittenburg (online) [] (Full Text)
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· I Keep Trying to Name the City I Often Dream of · Valerie Fox · vi

· Four Stories · Ali Hildyard · gp

_ · Nebo · Ali Hildyard · vi

_ · The Commissar · Ali Hildyard · vi

_ · The Changing of the Light at Cafe Corrientes · Ali Hildyard · vi

_ · The Silence of the People · Ali Hildyard · vi

· With the Virion · N. M. Whitley · vi

· Notes on the Disappearance of the Headless Child · Matthew F. Amati · vi

· Distance from Loved Ones · Paul Blaney · vi

· Sea World · Thomas J. Misuraca · vi

· Snow on Snow · Katy Wimhurst · vi

· Five Stories from “The Neighbor” · Peter Cherches · gp

_ · Civility · Peter Cherches · vi

_ · Your Virtual Neighbor · Peter Cherches · vi

_ · Key Food · Peter Cherches · vi

_ · Double Jeopardy · Peter Cherches · vi

_ · The Dance · Peter Cherches · vi

The Cafe Irreal [Issue 88, Fall (November) 2023] ed. G. S. Evans & Alice Whittenburg (online) [] (Full Text)
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· Theories of Oz · Rachel Rodman · vi

· Step-by-Step · Nicola Lombardi; translated by J. Weintraub · vi
translated from the Italian.

· The Train Station That Knows What You Need · Dawn Vogel · vi

· Line · Nicole Brogdon · vi

· Three Stories · Viki Shock · gp

_ · The Curious Case of Mr. Hart · Viki Shock; translated by G. S. Evans · vi
translated from the Czech.

_ · With Vlastík Pšenička in the Malostranská Beseda · Viki Shock; translated by G. S. Evans · vi
translated from the Czech.

_ · The Bear in Kamenická Street · Viki Shock; translated by G. S. Evans · vi
translated from the Czech.

· At the Midnight Museum · Nikolaj Volgushev · vi

· Self-Improvement · Scott Pomfret · vi

The Cafe Irreal [Issue 89, Winter (February) 2024] ed. G. S. Evans & Alice Whittenburg (online) [] (Full Text)
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· Three Stories · Salvatore Difalco · gp

_ · The Hippopotamus · Salvatore Difalco · vi

_ · Bit Parts · Salvatore Difalco · vi

_ · A Dispute · Salvatore Difalco · vi

· Disappearance of the Iznikk Motifs: Theft or Flight? · Patricia Newbery · vi

· Following · R. W. Spryszak · vi

· Five Prose Poems · Vicki Kaye · gp

_ · Hatched/Matched/Despatched · Vicki Kaye · pp

_ · Venus Recycled · Vicki Kaye · pp

_ · Burn the Witch #1 · Vicki Kaye · pp

_ · Burn the Witch #2 · Vicki Kaye · pp

_ · Final Call Please · Vicki Kaye · pp

· Three Short Stories · Ali Hildyard · gp

_ · My Father Moves On to Other Things · Ali Hildyard · vi

_ · The Lecturer · Ali Hildyard · vi

_ · Before the Concert · Ali Hildyard · vi

· Five Micros · Ken Poyner · gp

_ · Destroying a Town · Ken Poyner · vi

_ · Election Night · Ken Poyner · vi

_ · Fixed Earth · Ken Poyner · vi

_ · Stability’s Value · Ken Poyner · vi

_ · Social Progress · Ken Poyner · vi

· Head · Ian Seed · vi

· Blonde on Blonde · Ian Seed · vi

· Mechanical · Ian Seed · vi

· Suspicion · Robert Garner McBrearty · vi

· Big Eddie Is Dancing · Robert Garner McBrearty · vi

The Cafe Irreal [Issue 90, Spring (May) 2024] ed. G. S. Evans & Alice Whittenburg (online) [] (Full Text)
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· Hobbesian Hideaway · Peter Cherches · vi

· Accused · Peter Cherches · vi

· Human Kindness · Peter Cherches · vi

· & · Tadhg Wallace · vi

· The Futility of Ideas · Cassie Margalit · vi

· Camping on the River of Blood · Kurt Newton · vi

· The Chaos Builders · Kurt Newton · vi

· Four Stories · Seth Wade · gp

_ · Socrates Mocks My Midlife Crisis at Waffle House · Seth Wade · vi

_ · Seasons of Regret · Seth Wade · vi

_ · Spiraling · Seth Wade · vi

_ · Homebody · Seth Wade · vi

· Cminqe · Tim Boiteau · vi

· The Apartment Above · Ryan Scott · vi

· The Mushroom Lovers · Katy Wimhurst · vi

The Cafe Irreal [Issue 91, Winter (February) 2025] ed. G. S. Evans & Alice Whittenburg (online) [] (Full Text)
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· The Cows of Guernsey County · Jefferson Navicky · vi

· Thursday on Mars · Matthew F. Amati · vi

· I Am Word · Ginevra House · vi

· Directions to the Opera House · Salvatore Difalco · vi

· Everyone’s a Scientist · Salvatore Difalco · vi

· Look Here · Salvatore Difalco · vi

· City as Microcosm · Paul Blaney · vi

· Four Drabbles · Ken Poyner · gp

_ · All That Is Required · Ken Poyner · vi

_ · Alternative Consequences · Ken Poyner · vi

_ · Belonging · Ken Poyner · vi

_ · Course and Effort · Ken Poyner · vi

· Mausoleum · Simon Collings · vi

· Sculpture · Simon Collings · vi

· Hasu finds the Way · Ali Hildyard · vi

· acity with my Father/The Grand Tour of Op · Ali Hildyard · vi

· Marinezza · Ali Hildyard · vi

· The Yellow House · Valerie Fox · vi

· It’s a Wednesday · Valerie Fox · vi

· Ponderous Detective Opera · Valerie Fox · vi

· Kafka, Kafka Everywhere, and Not a Thought to Think! A Report · G. S. Evans · ar

The Cafe Irreal [Issue 92, Spring (May) 2025] ed. G. S. Evans & Alice Whittenburg (online) [] (Full Text)
Details taken from magazine website.

· A Strange, Strange Waking Up · Vít Erban; translated by G. S. Evans · gp

_ · Trap · Vít Erban; translated by G. S. Evans · vi
translated from the Czech.

_ · Waiting · Vít Erban; translated by G. S. Evans · vi
translated from the Czech.

_ · Cemetery · Vít Erban; translated by G. S. Evans · vi
translated from the Czech.

_ · A Message · Vít Erban; translated by G. S. Evans · vi
translated from the Czech.

_ · Illness · Vít Erban; translated by G. S. Evans · vi
translated from the Czech.

_ · A Crowd · Vít Erban; translated by G. S. Evans · vi
translated from the Czech.

· Ten Very Short Stories · Rachel Rodman · gp

_ · Charles de Gaulle and JFK · Rachel Rodman · vi

_ · Dear Lord · Rachel Rodman · vi

_ · Lice Are My Spirit Animals · Rachel Rodman · vi

_ · Remedial Toilet Training for the Legally Dead · Rachel Rodman · vi

_ · I Only Ever See One Side of Them · Rachel Rodman · vi

_ · Some Are Born Dead, Some Achieve Death, and Some Are Struck Dead by the Lord · Rachel Rodman · vi

_ · “I Have Never,” She Said, “Been So Aggressively Assigned Thoughts and Emotions I Simply Wasn’t Experiencing.” · Rachel Rodman · vi

_ · Death Is the Best Nursemaid · Rachel Rodman · vi

_ · Notes on the Antiquity of Testicles · Rachel Rodman · vi

_ · On One Bank, Everyone Is Dead. On the Other Bank, Everyone Is Alive. In the Middle Are Hippopotamuses. · Rachel Rodman · vi

· Time and Time · Guido Eekhaut · vi

· The Roaches at Trafalgar · Jackson Herring · vi

· Treachery · Jackson Herring · vi

· What’s a Code for Revolution? · Justin Goodman · vi

· Pigs on Parade · Justin Goodman · vi

· Jason Derulo · Justin Goodman · vi

The Cafe Irreal [Issue 93, Summer (August) 2025] ed. G. S. Evans & Alice Whittenburg (online) [] (Full Text)
Details taken from magazine website.

· Talking Horses · Paul Blaney · vi

· Doe in Specs · Paul Blaney · vi

· Back Yard Albatross · Paul Blaney · vi

· Foxed · B. B. Fitton · vi

· Pucci’s Puppetworks · Salvatore Difalco · vi

· The Elbow of the Sky Doesn’t Bend · Fendy Satria Tulodo · vi

· Our Man Passes Through · Ron Pullins · vi

· Eight Fragments · Sarp Sozdinler · vi

The Cafe Irreal [Issue 94, Fall (November) 2025] ed. G. S. Evans & Alice Whittenburg (online) [] (Full Text)
Details taken from magazine website.

· Corporation Is Sad! · Ron Burch · vi

· “Out, Brief Candle,” Said Tom Brightly · Rachel Rodman · vi

· The Crabapple Incident (Another Misadventure of the Broken Boys) · Bob Thurber · vi

· Excising Our Holes · Ken Poyner · vi

· Give Us a Hand · Christine H. Chen · vi

· Candied Girl · Christine H. Chen · vi

· An Alphabet of Inversion · Roberto Ontiveros · vi

· Moreso, Series One · Peter Cherches · vi

The Cafe Irreal [Issue 95, Winter (February) 2026] ed. G. S. Evans & Alice Whittenburg (online) [] (Full Text)
Details taken from magazine website.

· The City Without Names · Ismael S. Rodriguez, Jr. · vi

· The Silent Father · Victoria C. Roskams · vi

· House of Brightness · Jeff Friedman · vi

· Sleeping in the Tub · Jeff Friedman · vi

· Story with a Limp · Jeff Friedman · vi

· Human Sparks · Jeff Friedman · vi

· The Hooded Executioner · B. C. G. Jones · vi

· Prison · Vít Erban; translated by G. S. Evans · vi
translated from the Czech.

· Convent · Vít Erban; translated by G. S. Evans · vi
translated from the Czech.

· Stairs · Vít Erban; translated by G. S. Evans · vi
translated from the Czech.

· Wave · Vít Erban; translated by G. S. Evans · vi
translated from the Czech.

The Cafe Irreal [Issue 96, Spring (May) 2026] ed. G. S. Evans & Alice Whittenburg (online) [] (Full Text)
Details taken from magazine website.

· The Bureau · Avril Shakira Villar · vi

· Empires Rise and Fall · Salvatore Difalco · vi

· An Evening in der Legion Hall · Salvatore Difalco · vi

· A Short Trip to Nowhere · Salvatore Difalco · vi

· The Ceiling Above Me Will Disappear One Day · Katerina Bolechová; translated by Natalie Nera · ex
translated from the Czech (Strop nade mnou jednou zmizí, Měsíc ve dne, 2016).

· Castle · Ian Seed · vi

· Charity · Ian Seed · vi

· Faith and Humility · Ian Seed · vi

· The Color in the Shadows · Ryan Scott · vi

· The Duel · Martin Čech · vi

· Geography of the Niche · Martin Čech · vi

· Immobility of Thought · Martin Čech · vi

· Above It All · Luci Kelemen · vi

· We Were Hungry Enough to Eat a Horse · Nicole Brogdon · vi

California Girl (about)

California Girl [No. 8, January/February 1973] (Phenix Publishers, Ltd., $2.50, 64pp) []

4 · Marie Harlow · Larry Caye · pi

13 · Colossal in Rhodes · Dante Staphanos · pi; illustrated by Larry Sparks

18 · The Chinese Cat · J. R. Cannon · ss

20 · Debbie Thompson · Larry Caye · pi

26 · Brook Benton · Ron Vogel · pi

37 · Vickie Blaine: Sweet Songbird · Larry Caye · pi

44 · California Girl of Yesteryear · Ron Vogel · pi

45 · An Apple a Day · Nisan · il

48 · This Month’s California Co-Ed: Pam Kirk · Alfred Keen · pi

62 · West Coast Cut Ups · [uncredited] · ct

63 · California Night and Day · [uncredited] · ms

63 · We Get Letters · The Readers · lc

The California Quarterly (about)

The California Quarterly [Volume I Number 1, Autumn 1951] []
Issue partially indexed.

· Where My Dark Lover Lies · Gwyn Thomas · ss

The California Quarterly [Volume I Number 2, Winter 1952] ed. Lawrence P. Spingarn, Sanora Babb, Thomas McGrath, Dolph Sharp, Wilma Shore & Philip Stevenson (The California Quarterly, Inc., 75¢, 64pp+, octavo) []
Details supplied by Richard Newsome from Table of Contents.

2 · Notes on Contributors · [uncredited] · bg

3 · The Vine by Root Embraced · Sanora Babb · ss

15 · Three French Colonial Poets · gp

_15 · Barbarian · Aimé Césaire · pm

_16 · Borders · Léon Damas · pm

_17 · Rebel · Léon Damas · pm

_18 · The Drunkards · Jean Joseph Rabéarivélo · pm

19 · A Flight of Ravens · Ray Bradbury · ss

27 · Birthday · Sylvan Karchmer · ss

31 · Dedications · Henri Coulette · pm

33 · Aftermath · Edwin Honig · pm

34 · Autumnal · C. E. Eaton · pm

35 · The Change · Howard Griffin · pm Review Fifty Summer/Autumn 1951

36 · In a Season of War · Thomas McGrath · pm

38 · The Fire at Cat Creek Bend · Millen Brand · ss

46 · A Place Called Choice [Part 2 of 2] · E. P. Thompson · pm 1950

56 · A Legend of Huehuetonoc · B. Traven · ss
first published in German (“Der Grossindustrielle”, Der Busch, 1930).

The California Quarterly [Volume 1 Number 3, Spring 1952] (The California Quarterly, Inc., 75¢) []
Details supplied by Richard Newsome from Table of Contents.

2 · Notes on Contributors · [uncredited] · bg

3 · Lamp in the Earth · Pablo Neruda · pm

10 · The Crisis in Books · Angus Cameron · ar

20 · Three Poems · Stanley Kiesel · pm

22 · To a Friend · John Williams · pm

23 · The Identity of an Hour · Lawrence Fixel · pm

24 · Still Life · Eve Merriam · pm

25 · Monkey Wrench · Israel Newman · pm

26 · The Single Man · Joan LaBombard · pm

27 · A Nocturnal Discourse · Waldeen · pm

29 · The Siege of Change · Lawrence P. Spingarn · ss

37 · God Bless America · John O. Killens · ss

41 · Dolores · Lars Lawrence · ex
from Morning Noon and Night forthcoming from Putnam (1954).

51 · Textbook of a Return to My Native Land · Aimé Césaire · pm

55 · The Jack of Hearts · Jean Burden · ss

59 · Border Raid · Seymour Rich · ss

The California Quarterly [Volume 1 Number 4, Summer 1952] ed. Sanora Babb, Thomas McGrath, Wilma Shore, Lawrence P. Spingarn & Philip Stevenson (The California Quarterly, Inc., 75¢) []
Details supplied by Richard Newsome from Table of Contents.

2 · Notes on Contributors · [uncredited] · bg

3 · To Readers and Writers · The Editors · ed

12 · Combat Fatigue · William Norton · ss

23 · Poem for Pastora Pavon · Leslie Woolf Hedley · pm

24 · Three Songs · Richard Nickson · pm

26 · The Swimmer · August Kadow · pm

27 · Green Fires Flying · Lee Jenson · pm

28 · The White Crane · Carl Selph · pm

29 · Two Poems · Naomi Replansky · pm

31 · Early Morning Bus · George Abbe · pm

32 · Pedanta for the Whole Family · Ira Wallach · hu

35 · Chin Up, Cosmos! · Ira Wallach · hu

38 · Saturday Night with Hamlet · Herbert J. Biberman · ar

44 · Satirical Poems · gp

_44 · The African Affair · Bruce McM. Wright · pm

_45 · Three Poems · Jack Beeching · pm

_47 · Song for the Make-Up Man · Norman Rosten · pm

_48 · County Courthouse, Summer · LeGarde S. Doughty · pm

_49 · Elegy for Edna Millay · Harold V. Witt · pm

_50 · Seniority · David Cornel De Jong · pm

_51 · Two Poems · Curtis Zahn · pm

_53 · Two Mysteries · Edwin Rolfe · pm

55 · The Politician · Tiba G. Willner · ss

59 · The Little Iron Soldier · John Greenleaf Whittier · ss (r)

The California Quarterly [Volume 2 Number 2, Winter 1953] ed. Sanora Babb, Leslie Edgley, Thomas McGrath, Wilma Shore, Lawrence P. Spingarn & Philip Stevenson (The California Quarterly, Inc., 75¢) []
Details supplied by Richard Newsome from Table of Contents.

2 · Notes on Contributors · [uncredited] · bg

3 · No Art Is Neutral · Charles Humboldt · ar

14 · People Like Us · William Norton · ss

23 · Paul · Louis Aragon · ??

25 · French Is the Language of Logic · gp

_25 · Two Poems · Paul Eluard · gp

_28 · Two Poems · Jacques Prevert · gp

_30 · Five Poems · Guillevic · gp

33 · A Dog in a Tree: The Rain on the Glass · Lloyd Zimpel · ss

43 · An American Sampler · gp

_43 · One Nine Five Three · Don Gordon · pm

_44 · An Imperial Fragment · Lawrence P. Spingarn · pm

_46 · Resistez L’infame! · John Emery Mitchell · pm

_48 · Bullet · Ray Fabrizio · pm

_49 · Two Poems · Ernest Kroll · gp

_50 · The Phantom Sea · Ettore Rella · pm

52 · The Visa · Sylvan Karchmer · ss

58 · The Terrible People · Jacques Barbicane · ss

The California Quarterly [Volume II Number 4, Summer 1953] ed. Sanora Babb, Leslie Edgley, Thomas McGrath, Wilma Shore, Lawrence P. Spingarn & Philip Stevenson (The California Quarterly, Inc., 75¢, 72pp+, 6″ x 9″ s/s) []
Details supplied by Richard Newsome from Table of Contents.

2 · Common Cause, Common Right · The Editors · ed

3 · Salt of the Earth · Michael Wilson · pl; screenplay.

60 · Breaking Ground · Paul Jarrico & Herbert J. Biberman · ar

64 · Reflections on a Journey · Rosaura Revueltas · ar

66 · Notes on Contributors · [uncredited] · ms

67 · On Location · “A Member of the Crew” · ar

70 · Union Made · Juan Chacon · ar

The California Quarterly [Volume III No. 2, 1954] ed. Leslie Edgley, Bernard Gordon, Thomas McGrath & Wilma Shore (The California Quarterly, Inc., 75¢, 64pp+, cover by Morton Dimondstein) []
The cover lists Naomi Replansky as a contributor, but she isn’t listed in the Table of Contents.
Details supplied by Richard Newsome from Table of Contents.

· Managing Editor · Philip Stevenson · el

2 · Notes on Contributors · [uncredited] · bg

3 · A Legend of Wilderness Road · Meridel Le Sueur · ss

10 · The Man at Mid-Century · Winfield Townley Scott · pm

11 · On Not Going to New Bedford · Winfield Townley Scott · pm

11 · Death in Mexico · Ray Bradbury · pm

13 · A Reminder · George Hitchcock · pm

14 · Roughing It · Bert Meyers · pm

14 · The Cougar Has Been Shot · Bert Meyers · pm

15 · Spring Offensive · Don Geiger · pm

16 · Mr. Meretinus in Quest of the Absolute · Lawrence Lipton · pm

17 · Poem · Sanford Edelstein · pm

18 · At Bushkill Falls · Walter Lowenfels · pm

19 · “Poetry Must Have as Its Aim…” · Paul Eluard · pm

20 · A Man’s First Duty · Hannah Johnston · ??

31 · Four Engravings · Morton Dimondstein · il

34 · As Befits Your Estate · Henry L. Wojtyla · ??

40 · A Quaker History · August Kadow · pm

41 · The Neo-Romanticist’s Complaint · August Kadow · pm

42 · Solitudes · Babette Deutsch · pm

42 · Tomorrow Song · Mary Fuller · pm

43 · To Certain Men of Learning · Charles Humboldt · pm

45 · Confusion at Sunrise · Oscar De Zuñiga · pm

45 · Intelligence Report · Howard Phillips · pm

46 · The Dream-Powers · Nikolaus Lenau · pm

47 · Adam and Eve · Harold Witt · pm

48 · To a Salesman · Harold Witt · pm

49 · Shine on Us, Moses · Ben Field · ??

The California Quarterly [Volume III No. 3, 1954] ed. Leslie Edgley, Bernard Gordon & Thomas McGrath (The California Quarterly, Inc., 75¢, 64pp+, 10.5″ x 7″, cover by Morton Dimondstein) []
Details supplied by Richard Newsome from Table of Contents.

· Managing Editor · Philip Stevenson · el

ifc. · Ignobelesse Oblige: or The Importance of Being Hemingway · The Editor · ed; vitriolic commentary on the Nobel Prize.

2 · Notes on Contributors · [uncredited] · bg

3 · Edwin Rolfe: 1909-1954 · [uncredited] · ob

3 · Elegy for a Soldier of the Spanish Civil War · Eugene Frumkin · pm

6 · Seven Poems · Edwin Rolfe · pm

12 · Proclaim, Proclaim · Edith Witt · ss

16 · At the Slow Equator of Twenty-Five · Eugene Frumkin · pm

16 · The Waiting Room at the County Hospital · Eugene Frumkin · pm

17 · Elegy for a Tailor · Eugene Frumkin · pm

18 · Pity the Child · Bert Meyers · pm

19 · The Love Romantics Have · Bert Meyers · pm

19 · My Father · Melvin Weisburd · pm

20 · The Elephant · Melvin Weisburd · pm

21 · Peacock: Orange County Park · Ray Fabrizio · pm

21 · Golden Gate Bridge · Ray Fabrizio · pm

23 · Count Nine · Les Thompson · ss

29 · Pages from a Sketch Book · David Lemon · il

32 · The Year of the Tree · Teresa Mann · ss

38 · The Old Furnaces · Millen Brand · ss

41 · Consider the Meaning of Love · Don Gordon · pm

42 · The Dissenter · Don Gordon · pm

42 · The Travelers · Don Gordon · pm

43 · Riddle · Waldeen · pm

44 · The Quartz Heart · Waldeen · pm

44 · Jury Duty · Joanne de Longchamps · pm

45 · Snowmountain · Joanne de Longchamps · pm

46 · Pacific Ocean, the Present · Jeannette Maino · pm

47 · Doppler’s Effect · Melissa Blake · pm

48 · Song of the White Ant · Melissa Blake · pm

48 · The Several Advantages of Living Under a Tin Roof · Melissa Blake · pm

49 · The Pondo War · Bernard Raymund · ss

56 · The Conquistadores · Pablo Neruda · pm; excerpts from Canto General.

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