the ironic fantastic #3 at the spoons that are my ears!
I’m so proud! Rhys Hughes talks about my work at The Spoons That Are My Ears!
Amazing words by Rhys Hughes about The Ironic Fantastic #3.
the ironic fantastic #3 no cadernos de daath
É com imenso orgulho que vejo referido no blog do meu escritor português de eleição, David Soares, algumas palavras sobre a revista editada por mim, The Ironic Fantastic #3.
São demonstrações como estas que compensam o pesadelo que foi editar este número. Obrigado.
sepulturas dos pais
Aproveito para publicitar a capa de «Sepulturas dos Pais», escrito por David Soares e desenhado por André Coelho. Uma edição da Kingpin Books, com lançamento previsto para 25 de Outubro, no Amadora BD.
the ironic fantastic #3
Although the release date of The Fantastic Ironic #3 is scheduled to 07/09/2014 I put today a preview link. The objective is to correct potential errors that may still exist despite the reading and rereading. On the scheduled day will be posted the download link.
The download link at Lulu.
The contents:
02 / Sayings and Paintings
:: by Rhys Hughes
05 / Balloom
:: cartoon by Pedro Lopes
06 / Of Those Immortal Dead
:: story by Anatoly Belilovsky
08 / The Mellon Seller
:: story by Rhys Hughes
10 / Obsessa et Capta and the Treasure of Mossu
:: poem by João Matos
11 / Pagliacci
The Manchurian Can’t-i-date
:: stories by Garret Cook
12 / The Orchid Forest
:: story by Michael Bishop
20 / Quote by William Gerhardie
:: illustration by Pedro Lopes (suggested by Ian Towey)
21 / One and Two
:: books revelead
22 / Palms for the Squirrel
:: review by Larry Nolen
23 / Synthetic Saints
:: review by Joe Iconic (Editor’s Choice)
24 / Deconstructing Religion Through Magical Realism
:: essay by Robert Peake
28 / The Artist
:: by Chris Harrendence
29 / Portable Spill
:: invention by Rhys Hughes
30 / Domestica
:: story by Tantra Bensko
31 / A Poem To Tickle
Chris Harrendence
:: poems by Paulo Brito
32 / IC the Static Iron Fan
:: story by Andrew Coulthard
34 / Magic Realism
:: essay by Rhys Hughes
36 / Books and Style
:: with Kseniya Gomzjakova
37 / Am I Stuck Indoors?
:: poem by Fiona Duffin
38 / Networking Rhymes
:: poem by L.t. O’Rourke
40 / Sisters
:: story by Marie Lecrivain
42 / To My Father
:: poem by Fiona Duffin | photo by César Figueiredo
43 / Tube
:: illustration by Win Leerasanthanah
44 / Magical Realism in a Nutshell
:: essay by Dr. Lois Parkinson Zamora
46 / The Gospel of the Hanged
:: review by Larry Nolen (Editor’s Choice)
48 / Into the Spotlight
:: Tartarus Press
50 / Mr. Esgar Acelerado
:: the cover visual artist
52 / Books That You Must Read
:: books that will change your life and books that will make you smarter
54 / Rhys Hughes answers the Usual Questions
:: interview to Rhys Hughes
56 / Quote by Charlotte Brontë
:: photo by Marie Lecrivain
58 / Tree of Wishes
:: photo by Gisela Monteiro
59 / Illustrations
:: by Pedro Carvalho
60 / Illustrations
:: by Carla Rodrigues
61 / Three and Four
:: books revelead
62 / Feather by David Rix
:: Editor’s Choice
63 / Captains Stupendous!
:: by Rhys Hughes
64 / Sun Dancing In Winter
:: story by Fiona Duffin
65 / Alice Reloaded
:: comic by Carla Rodrigues
66 / Family Sunset
:: comic by Win Leerasanthanah
68 / Voyager Portal
:: illustration by Diogo Carvalho
69 / Five and Six
:: books revelead by David Soares
70 / Tallest Stories by Rhys Hughes
:: review by Paulo Brito (Editor’s Choice)
Adjective and Other Stories
:: by Doug Skinner (Editor’s Choice)
76 / D. Pedro and D. Inês de Castro
:: photo by Gisela Monteiro
78 / In Search of Mammoths
:: story by Allen Ashley
80 / Songs for the Lost
:: by Alexander Zelenyj (Editor’s Choice)
82 / Drawing out doors: Crow laughs
:: comic by Pedro Lopes
83 / Best of All
:: poem by A. Paul Estabrook
84 / And the Golem Played Jazz
:: story by Mat Joiner
87 / The Girl in Red
:: story by Sissy Pantelis
89 / She Stood as Someone From the Dark
:: poem by A. Paul Estabrook
90 / The Pianist
:: illustration by Hugo Teixeira
91 / Air Coral
:: story by Caleb Wilson
93 / world small
:: poem by Michael H. Hutchins
93 / Geneologic Tree
:: illustration by Hugo Teixeira
94 / Quote by Daniil Kharms
:: photo by César Figueiredo
96 / therapy
:: story by Ian Towey
98 / Being a Zombie is No Picnic (it’s a Smorgasbord)
:: story by Mark Terence Chapman
100 / Aquarium
:: story by Anne E. Johnson
102 / 1978
:: story by Ian Towey
103 / The mePhone
:: story by Boris Glikman
105 / Quote by David Soares
:: illustration by Sebastião Peixoto
106 / Revelata Subterranea
:: poem by Boris Glikman
108 / The Garden or Hayfever!
:: poem by Victor Davidson | illustration by Hugo Teixeira
109 / Old Desires
:: poem by Victor Davidson
110 / Selfillumination
:: image AK3D | André kutscherauer
111 / Being a Vampire Sucks!
:: story by Mark Terence Chapman
113 / Amerika In The Sky (In Memoriam)
:: story by Boris Glikman
116 / The Sub-Basement
:: story by Lou Antonelli
120 / And You Told me Again, You Prefer Handsome Men
:: story by Garrett Cook
122 / Being a Werewolf Bites the Big One
:: story by Mark Terence Chapman
123 / Quote by Gabriel García Márquez
:: photo by David Rix
124 / The Young Generation
:: poem by Victor Davidson | illustration by Win Leerasanthanah
125 / Quote by Stanis?aw Lem
126 / What Is Magical Realism, Really?
:: essay by Bruce Holland Rogers
129 / My Grandad
:: poem by Phil Newman
130 / Quote by Rhys Hughes
:: illustration by Chris Harrendence for Rhys Hughes Gibbon
Moon imprint
131 / Quote by Oscar Wilde
:: illustration by Zeeksie (http://zeeksie.deviantart.com)
132 / Willing to Pass Through
:: poem by A. Paul Estabrook
133 / Cold Teddy
:: a tale by Rhys Hughes
133 / Editor Notes
134 / About You and I
151 / Some books by Rhys Hughes
beau présent: elizabeth hollingworth
The sixteenth (03.09.2014) is a Beau Présent that I made for Elizabeth Hollingworth.
A girl,
a tango – latino night!
I gaze to a gaol!
I belong to her – an oblation.
I allow all:
to be beaten
to be eaten
to be a bait
to wait…
And waiting I hear
the hell.
I breathe the boiling air.
Breathing the lethal eternal
I hibernate.
In a rainbow lagoon
I battle an orange whale
to negotiate a birth.
We both agree:
the hell and I.
Hanging to the blowing
I grow…
higher
and
higher
‘Hello, again,
belle Elizabeth!’
An angel
with a brilliant bronze hair.
A heroine
in an elegant green bolero.
I not hate her when
I reborn
again
and
again… and again…
to bathing in her blaze halo.
To be together… a lethal reboot,
a genial waltz.
um dos melhores momentos do ano
Coloco o link para o programa de rádio Giggle & Gossip no qual Fiona Duffin falou do projecto The Ironic Fantastic e de moi. Um momento muito gratificante. Adorei. Um dos pontos altos deste ano.
O programa pode ser ouvido no MixCloud, aqui.
Aproveito para fornecer o link para duas antologias que têm textos meus.
oulipo pornobongo 3: anthology of erotic wordplay
Ambas publicadas pela excelente editora Black Scat Books
oulipo pornobongo 3 anthology of erotic wordplay
The collection includes works by Maria Schurr, Paulo Brito, Tom La Farge, Lucy Selleck, Doug Skinner, Ellen Nations, Paul Forristal, and others.
Black Scat Books
I have a story in this anthology.
Below is a direct link to the order page for the issue.
facts about me
o que vai dentro da minha cabeça (versão 1.0)
- I’m very calm, except when I get mad.
- Yes, I earn my living making fun of nuns and I have already bought a cottage in Sawsea – praise the LORD.
- I do not personally know Rhys Hughes and I’m frightened to meet him in person; I’m sure he’s going to give me the tango. And I think I haven’t enough space at home to keep the tango alive.
- I love the PETA moto (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals) and the PETA moto (People Eating Tasty Animals) – yes, I feed myself of sophists dialectic.
- I don’t like football, but if some salad have balls of cheddar cheese I will lick the balls.
for 5 days 3 positive things of my life
I’ve been nominated by Rhys Hughes to post for 5 days 3 positive things of my life
My 3 positives for day 1 are:
- I’m a human fan, not a electric one, of Rhys Hughes: the one writer who truly made a difference in my life.
- I finished reading a new story: “Trolls de Troy -18- Pröfy Blues”
- The barber shave me. I did not recognize myself in the mirror. I shouted. He yelled. The cat ran away. No mirror broke.
My 3 positives for day 2 are:
- I hired a goblin to clean my glasses. I now see a more colorful world. I go, however, constantly against the poles – a painful side effect.
- When I was 15 years I went for the last time to a witch she told me and to my mother that I had an open body. However I don’t find nothing abnormal with my body, except a huge appetite for knowledge.
- I had a vasectomy in 2010. The good thing about this is that I can sin without fertilize. The negative: have been surrounded by so many nurses I could not have since that date more sexual fetishes with nurses.
My 3 positives for day 3 are:
a true nerd!
- I had an enormous lucky to have outstanding grandmothers and grandfathers. My grandmother, by my father side, was a devout Christian. Every holy Sunday I went with her to the church, but I disliked going to the church and I pass the time counting how many bald heads where in the church. Now I have also a bald head but I am not part of any statistics.
- One day I told to my daughter that I don’t have a zero in the head but a airfield. She, then, glued on my head a plane toy. I was the proud owner of a portable airfield.
- Today I lost weight. I’m so happy. Now I can tell that I walk and not roll. Wait, what I see so far away but getting closer? Oh! Is my weight, I didn’t know that my weigh was equipped with GPS.
My 3 positives for day 4 are:
- I love beer. So I drink beer, like right now
- My son is at home. We are now all together, the four. A gestalt family.
- Tomorrow is the day before holidays!
My 3 positives for day 5 are:
- I love my wife Carla Carvalho Faria and my daughter and my son, and my mother and my father and all you that know that I love you.
- Like Jason E. Rolfe I have a sister. Is only one but she is equal to seven sisters. Thanks Glória Brito. Without you I am not me.
- I’m so luck to have virtual meet so amazing people like Rhys Hughes, Jason E. Rolfe, David Rix, Fiona Duffin, Adele Whittle, Ricardo Acevedo Esplugas, Ian Towey, Mercie Pedro E Silva, Sissy Pantelis, Carlos Rocha, Garrett Cook, Brendan Connell, Gisela Monteiro and many others (I only use the left side). I’ve meet equal nice and good people like César Figueiredo, Diogo Carvalho, Hugo Teixeira, Susana Leite and many, many others – all of you can turn my gloomy days into sunny days. Because all of you are so fascinating and true people.
- A special thanks to my dear friend Hugo Cardoso
- A special hug to my like sons Jorge Dias and Patrícia Marques and a big kiss to the mother of this two Lurdes Marques. And I miss you so much my forever friend Jorge Dias, the father.
- I know I miss someone but you know I love you, and you and you…
be cute and maybe you’ll get lucky!
My picture for the contest “Be cute and maybe you’ll get lucky!” sponsored by the Gloomy Seahorse Press. Rhys Hughes will be the judge and the jury, ‘cause he’s the rainbow raider. The prize? a ticket to the concert “Darbuka Smashed the Nuns”.
And maybe I should send this one.
eu nos anos da filha
I’ll sleep tonight and dream with female teddy bears with hearts tattooed on the chest.
yesterday i lay down on the couch
Yesterday I lay down on the sofa – lights off – and an idea jumped to the paper because I don’t want to forget the idea: lights on.
Lights off. A few seconds later, I went to draw some more lines. Lights on. I ended up for half an hour jumping off the sofa to the notebook and from the notebook to the sofa. Lights on/off – what obsession.
