The Imagination of Lewis Carroll

Written in a series of quick, curious moments, The Imagination of Lewis Carroll is a fabulist biography that eschews sense for nonsense and accuracy for truth. A logic instructor at Christ Church College, Lewis Carroll was a man who tied knots in words and stared at chessboards, a man who stammered before adults and soared in front of children, a man who lived in a world that was not our own. But Carroll didn't live in Wonderland or the Looking Glass--he lived in a world far more bizarre and far more lonely. This novella-in-flash straddles Carroll's double life, where he teetered precariously between fantasy and reality. William Todd Seabrook's spare but vivid stories invite readers to experience the world as Carroll did--down the rabbit hole of imagination.

The Imagination of Lewis Carroll is the winner of the Eighth Annual Rose Metal Press Short Short Contest, judged by Michael Martone. It is a limited edition book that features 2-color letterpress covers and specialty end sheets.