"The titles of each of these linked stories, named for Greek mythic figures, where characters reappear and disappear, give the reader a clue to the subject matter, providing a kind of archetypal key and structure. And though plot is not in the forefront, each story is an adventure in the sense that each challenges its characters in often profound subconscious or primitive ways." – Trebor Healy, author of Faun and Through It Came Bright Colors, from his introduction to the anniversary editi...

"Hovering World is surrealist in its every nerve. At the heart of the book is the idea of a city with limitless physical and metaphysical terrain."– Daniel Allen Cox, author of several novels and I Felt the End Before It Came: Memoirs of a Queer Ex-Jehovah's Witness, from his introduction to the anniversary edition"Peter Dubé's debut novel follows the life of an intensely lonely man named Julian, who watches the flashing TV and wonders if "somebody else is looking at these ...

Jean Genet stated: ''Anyone who knows a strange fact shares in its singularity.'' A few strange facts within this book, the latest collection by Shirley Jackson award finalist, Peter Dubé, are: the heat within a boy or a man can be muscular, be with purpose, be all consuming; mobs become consuming entities, shifting and hungry and with no humane intention despite being once composed of humanity; poets and actresses and students are words and words have power and resonance and walk on two l...

Evoking hidden worlds, summoning visions and making magic happen, Conjure: A Book Of Spells is filled with vivid images and tantalizing narrative fragments that stir the heart, mind and eye. Echoing the tone and structure of Medieval and Renaissance grimoires, Dubé's unique collection joins surrealist automatism with rigorous formal discipline and offers readers a profound and complex work.

What lurks in the shadow of the 99%?Montreal is gearing up for the World Economic Forum. On one side are those preparing to welcome the policymakers and moneylenders alike; on the other are groups ready to protest the evils of capitalism and globalization.Caught in the middle is Lee Atwater, who is tasked with investigating a string of bizarre incidents connected to the Economic Forum. His journey introduces him to "the disaffected but affectionate": groups like CARP (Coali...

Edited and introduced by Stephen Edred Flowers, Ph.D. This book opens the gate to the use of the authentic Hermetic formulas concealed in the magical papyri of Egypt. Students can use this information as a basis for developing and enacting their own magical systems. Organized in four parts - History, Theory, Practice, and Operation (in the form of the Magical Papyrus of Abaris). Illustrated. Glossary. Index.

Before there was formal religion there was magic, and to this day there are people who purport to perform 'miracles' with the aid of magical powers derived from nature or the spirit realm. These powers are still out there to be tapped into by us. All you need is the knowledge and know-how contained in Natural Magic.The book reveals:How to become a natural magician, using knowledge gathered over thousands of years by magicians and mystic alike.Techniques employing pl...

Exciting music, delicious ironies, radiant self-awareness. With imagination, wit and scrupulous candour, Chris Hutchinson’s poems negotiate and renegotiate the shifting no-man’s-land between self and others, introspection and public life. Here are poems carrying unflinching perceptions on their own innovative, edgy music, refusing inflations of rhetoric and complacent notions of the inner life, bringing skeptical intelligence and radical imagination-those supposedly incompatible room-mates...

The House of Incest, Anais Nin's famous prose poem, was first published in Paris in 1936 and immediately drew attention from the era's prominent writers, including Henry Miller and Lawrence Durrell. While written in English, it is considered a landmark work in the French surrealist tradition and one of the most unique books in 20th century literature.

The New York Times has said that "Jorie Graham's poetry is among the most sensuously embodied and imaginative writing we have," and this new collection is a reminder of how startling, original, and deeply relevant her poetry is. In Sea Change, Graham brings us to the once-unimaginable threshold at which civilization as we know it becomes unsustainable. How might the human spirit persist, caught between its abiding love of beauty, its acknowledgment of continuing injury an...

Paranoia is a profound exploration of the human psyche, delving into themes of existential dread, societal alienation, and the struggle for self-identity. Through a blend of philosophical musings, dark introspection, and sharp social critique, Plamen Chetelyazov crafts a narrative that is as haunting as it is thought-provoking.Set against the backdrop of everyday life, the protagonist's journey is a constant battle with internal and external realities—realities that are fragmented,...

Silence is never silent, so long as there is a listening ear. In her newest collection of poetry, Pooja Mittal listens to the silences that populate our world—silences of discord and reverence, of consciousness and death. These vast and impenetrable silences fill the spaces within us and without; they give meaning to the substance of our lives, to the voices we hear and the words we speak. Here, in Subliminal Dust, Mittal transcribes those silences and gives them speech.