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• i •  Illustrations (The Decameron Project: 29 New Stories from the Pandemic) • interior artwork by Sophy Hollington
• vii • Preface (The Decameron Project: 29 New Stories from the Pandemic) • essay by Calvin Roper
• xi • Introduction (The Decameron Project: 29 New Stories from the Pandemic) • essay by Rivka Galchen
• 1 • Recognition • (2020) • short story by Victor LaValle
• 11 • A Blue Sky Like This • short fiction by Mona Awad
• 23 • The Walk • short fiction by Kamila Shamsie
• 29 • Tales from the L.A. River • short fiction by Colm Tóibín
• 41 • Clinical Notes • short fiction by Liz Moore
• 51 • The Team • short fiction by Tommy Orange
• 59 • The Rock • short fiction by Leila Slimani
• 67 • Impatient Griselda • (2020) • short story by Margaret Atwood
• 77 • Under the Magnolia • short fiction by Yiyun Li
• 83 • Outside • short fiction by
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  Etgar Keret
  (trans. of
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  ) [as by Etgar Keret]
• 89 • Keepsakes • short fiction by Andrew O'Hagan
• 99 • The Girl with the Big Red Suitcase • short fiction by Rachel Kushner
• 113 • The Morningside • short fiction by Téa Obreht
• 123 • Screen Time • short fiction by Alejandro Zambra
• 135 • How We Used to Play • short fiction by Dinaw Mengestu
• 143 • Line 19 Woodstock / Glisan • (2020) • short story by Karen Russell
• 159 • If Wishes Was Horses • (2020) • short story by David Mitchell
• 171 • Systems • short fiction by Charles Yu
• 183 • The Perfect Travel Buddy • short fiction by Paolo Giordano
• 195 • An Obliging Robber • short fiction by Mia Couto
• 201 • Sleep • short fiction by Uzodinma Iweala
• 213 • The Cellar • short fiction by Dina Nayeri
• 225 • That Time at My Brother's Wedding • short fiction by Laila Lalami
• 231 • A Time of Death, the Death of Time • short fiction by Julián Fuks
• 239 • Prudent Girls • short fiction by Rivers Solomon
• 251 • Origin Story • short fiction by Matthew Baker
• 261 • To the Wall • short fiction by Esi Edugyan
• 269 • Barcelona: Open City • short fiction by John Wray
• 281 • One Thing • short fiction by Edwidge Danticat
• 291 • Acknowledgments (The Decameron Project: 29 New Stories from the Pandemic) • essay by uncredited
• 293 • Contributors (The Decameron Project: 29 New Stories from the Pandemic) • essay by uncredited