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• ix • Introduction (A Hammock Beneath the Mangoes: Stories from Latin America) • (1991) • essay by Thomas Colchie
• 3 • The Dead Man • (1976) • short story by Horacio Quiroga (trans. of El hombre muerto 1920)
• 9 • Axolotl • (1967) • short story by
  Julio Cortázar^?Julio Cortazar
  (trans. of Axolotl 1956)
• 16 • Waiting for Polidoro • (1991) • short story by
  Armonía Somers^?Armonia Somers
  (trans. of Esperando a Polidoro 1979)
• 22 • The Circular Ruins • (1962) • short story by Jorge Luis Borges (trans. of Las ruinas circulares 1940)
• 30 • The Dog Will Have Its Day • (1991) • short story by Juan Carlos Onetti (trans. of El perro tendrá su día 1976)
• 42 • The Idol • (1964) • novelette by Adolfo Bioy Casares (trans. of El ídolo 1948)
• 66 • Relative Humidity 95% • (1991) • short story by Manuel Puig (trans. of Humedad relativa 95% (excerpt) unpublished)
• 81 • Toad's Mouth • (1991) • short story by Isabel Allende (trans. of Boca de sapo 1989)
• 91 • The Miracle of the Birds • (1979) • short story by Jorge Amado (trans. of Do recente milagre dos pássaros)
• 101 • The Ex-Magician from the Minhota Tavern • (1979) • short story by Murilo Rubião (trans. of O ex-mágico da Taberna Minhota 1947)
• 108 • Love • (1972) • short story by Clarice Lispector (trans. of Amor 1952)
• 119 • The Psychiatrist • (1963) • novelette by Machado de Assis (trans. of O alienista 1881) [as by Joaquim Maria Machado de Assis]
• 163 • The Plagues • (1991) • short story by Moacyr Scliar (trans. of As pragas 1989)
• 177 • The Third Bank of the River • (1967) • short story by João Guimarães Rosa (trans. of A terceira margem do rio 1962)
• 184 • It Was a Different Day When They Killed the Pig • (1991) • short story by João Ubaldo Ribeiro (trans. of Era um dia diferente quando se matava porco 1981)
• 192 • The Corset • (1991) • novelette by Lygia Fagundes Telles (trans. of O espartilho 1978)
• 222 • Lonelyhearts • (1991) • short story by Rubem Fonseca (trans. of Corações solitários 1975)
• 237 • Twice with Helena • (1991) • novelette by Paulo Emílio Salles Gomes (trans. of Duas vezes com Helena 1977)
• 265 • The Doll Queen • (1980) • short story by Carlos Fuentes (trans. of La muñeca reina 1964)
• 282 • Luvina • (1967) • short story by Juan Rulfo (trans. of Luvina 1953)
• 293 • The Gift • (1991) • novelette by Rosario Ferré (trans. of El regalo 1986)
• 319 • Bestial Among the Flowers • (1981) • novelette by Reinaldo Arenas (trans. of Bestial entre las flores 1966)
• 348 • Story-Bound • (1991) • novelette by Ana Lydia Vega (trans. of Pasión de historia 1987)
• 373 • The Last Voyage of the Ghost Ship • (1972) • short story by
  Gabriel García Márquez^?Gabriel Garcia Marquez
  (trans. of El último viaje del Buque Fantasma)
• 380 • The Phantom of the Essoldo • (1983) • novelette by Guillermo Cabrera Infante
• 416 • Journey Back to the Source • (1970) • short story by Alejo Carpentier (trans. of Viaje a la semilla 1944)