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• xiii • Introduction (The Big Book of Modern Fantasy) • essay by Ann VanderMeer and Jeff VanderMeer
• 3 • Ten Rounds with Grandfather Clock • (1946) • short story by Maurice Richardson
• 7 • The Circular Valley • (1950) • short story by Paul Bowles
• 13 • Signs and Symbols • (1948) • short story by Vladimir Nabokov
• 17 • The Zahir • (1998) • short story by Jorge Luis Borges (trans. of El Zahir 1947)
• 23 • Liane the Wayfarer • [Dying Earth] • (1950) • short story by Jack Vance
• 30 • Poolwana's Orchid • (2018) • short story by Edgar Mittelholzer
• 43 • The Man Who Sold Rope to the Gnoles • (1951) • short story by Margaret St. Clair
• 46 • O Ugly Bird! • [John the Balladeer] • (1951) • short story by Manly Wade Wellman
• 57 • My Life in the Bush of Ghosts (excerpt) • short fiction by Amos Tutuola
• 66 • A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings • (1972) • short story by
  Gabriel García Márquez^?Gabriel Garcia Marquez
  (trans. of Un señor muy viejo con unas alas enormes 1955)
• 71 • The Anything Box • (1956) • short story by Zenna Henderson
• 80 • Lean Times in Lankhmar • [Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser] • (1959) • novelette by Fritz Leiber
• 102 • The Dreaming City • [The Elric Saga] • (1961) • novelette by Michael Moorcock
• 120 • Travel • [Historias de cronopios y de famas] • (1969) • short story by
  Julio Cortázar^?Julio Cortazar
  (trans. of Viajes 1962)
• 121 • On the Preservation of Memories • [Historias de cronopios y de famas] • (1969) • short story by
  Julio Cortázar^?Julio Cortazar
  (trans. of Conservación de los recuerdos 1962)
• 121 • Clocks • [Historias de cronopios y de famas] • (1969) • short story by
  Julio Cortázar^?Julio Cortazar
  (trans. of Relojes 1962)
• 121 • The Lunch • [Historias de cronopios y de famas] • (1969) • short story by
  Julio Cortázar^?Julio Cortazar
  (trans. of El almuerzo 1962)
• 122 • Handkerchiefs • [Historias de cronopios y de famas] • (1969) • short story by
  Julio Cortázar^?Julio Cortazar
  (trans. of Pañuelos 1962)
• 122 • Business • [Historias de cronopios y de famas] • (1969) • short story by
  Julio Cortázar^?Julio Cortazar
  (trans. of Comercio 1962)
• 122 • Philanthropy • [Historias de cronopios y de famas] • (1969) • short story by
  Julio Cortázar^?Julio Cortazar
  (trans. of Filantropía 1962)
• 123 • The Public Highways • [Historias de cronopios y de famas] • (1969) • short story by
  Julio Cortázar^?Julio Cortazar
  (trans. of The Public Highways 1962)
• 123 • Song of the Cronopios • [Historias de cronopios y de famas] • (1969) • short story by
  Julio Cortázar^?Julio Cortazar
  (trans. of El canto de los cronopios 1962)
• 123 • Story • [Historias de cronopios y de famas] • (1969) • short story by
  Julio Cortázar^?Julio Cortazar
  (trans. of Historia 1962)
• 124 • The Narrow Spoonful • [Historias de cronopios y de famas] • (1969) • short story by
  Julio Cortázar^?Julio Cortazar
  (trans. of La cucharada estrecha 1962)
• 124 • The Photo Came Out Blurred • [Historias de cronopios y de famas] • (1969) • short story by
  Julio Cortázar^?Julio Cortazar
  (trans. of La foto salió movida 1962)
• 124 • Eugenics • [Historias de cronopios y de famas] • (1969) • short story by
  Julio Cortázar^?Julio Cortazar
  (trans. of Eugenesia 1962)
• 124 • His Faith in the Sciences • [Historias de cronopios y de famas] • (1969) • short story by
  Julio Cortázar^?Julio Cortazar
  (trans. of Su fe en las ciencias 1962)
• 125 • Never Stop the Presses • [Historias de cronopios y de famas] • (1969) • short story by
  Julio Cortázar^?Julio Cortazar
  (trans. of Never Stop the Presses 1962)
• 125 • Improprieties in Public Space • [Historias de cronopios y de famas] • (1969) • short story by
  Julio Cortázar^?Julio Cortazar
  (trans. of Inconvenientes en los servicios públicos 1962)
• 126 • Make Yourself at Home • [Historias de cronopios y de famas] • (1969) • short story by
  Julio Cortázar^?Julio Cortazar
  (trans. of Haga como si estuviera en casa 1962)
• 126 • Therapies • [Historias de cronopios y de famas] • (1969) • short story by
  Julio Cortázar^?Julio Cortazar
  (trans. of Terapias 1962)
• 127 • The Particular and the Universal • [Historias de cronopios y de famas] • (1969) • short story by
  Julio Cortázar^?Julio Cortazar
  (trans. of Lo particular y lo universal 1962)
• 127 • The Explorers • [Historias de cronopios y de famas] • (1969) • short story by
  Julio Cortázar^?Julio Cortazar
  (trans. of Los exploradores 1962)
• 127 • Education of the Prince • [Historias de cronopios y de famas] • (1969) • short story by
  Julio Cortázar^?Julio Cortazar
  (trans. of Educación de príncipe 1962)
• 128 • Place the Stamp in the Upper Right-Hand Corner of the Envelope • [Historias de cronopios y de famas] • (1969) • short story by
  Julio Cortázar^?Julio Cortazar
  (trans. of Pegue la estampilla en el ángulosuperior derecho del sobre 1962)
• 128 • Telegrams • [Historias de cronopios y de famas] • (1969) • short story by
  Julio Cortázar^?Julio Cortazar
  (trans. of Telegramas 1962)
• 129 • Lion and Cronopio • [Sus historias naturales] • (1969) • short story by
  Julio Cortázar^?Julio Cortazar
  (trans. of León y cronopio 1962)
• 129 • Condor and Cronopio • [Sus historias naturales] • (1969) • short story by
  Julio Cortázar^?Julio Cortazar
  (trans. of Cóndor y cronopio 1962)
• 129 • Flower and Cronopio • [Sus historias naturales] • (1969) • short story by
  Julio Cortázar^?Julio Cortazar
  (trans. of Flor y cronopio 1962)
• 129 • Fama and Eucalyptus • [Sus historias naturales] • (1969) • short story by
  Julio Cortázar^?Julio Cortazar
  (trans. of Fama y eucalipto 1962)
• 129 • Turtles and Cronopio • [Sus historias naturales] • (1969) • short story by
  Julio Cortázar^?Julio Cortazar
  (trans. of Tortugas y cronopios 1962)
• 130 • Kaya-Kalp (Metamorphosis) • short story by
  انتظار حسین^?Intizar Hussain
  (trans. of Kaya-Kalp (Metamorphosis) 1962) [as by Intizar Husain]
• 135 • The Last Dragon in the World • [Moomins] • (1963) • short story by Tove Jansson (trans. of Historien om den sista draken i världen 1962)
• 135 •  The Last Dragon in the World • interior artwork by Tove Jansson
• 142 • The Drowned Giant • (1964) • short story by J. G. Ballard
• 149 • The Monster • (2005) • short fiction by Satu Waltari (trans. of Hirviö 1964)
• 161 • Narrow Valley • (1966) • short story by R. A. Lafferty
• 169 • The Sinister Apartment (Excerpt from The Master and Margarita) • short fiction by
  Михаил Булгаков^?Mikhail Bulgakov
  [as by Mikhail Bulgakov]
• 176 • The Origin of the Birds • (1969) • short story by Italo Calvino (trans. of L'origine degli Uccelli 1967)
• 183 • The Prey • (2003) • short story by Bilge Karasu (trans. of
  Avından el alan^?Avindan el alan
  1980)
• 191 • The Topless Tower • (2010) • novella by Silvina Ocampo (trans. of La torre sin fin 1968)
• 212 • The Barbarian • [Alyx] • (1968) • novelette by Joanna Russ
• 224 • The Youngest Doll • (1989) • short story by Rosario Ferré (trans. of La muñenca menor 1972)
• 228 • The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas • (1973) • short story by Ursula K. Le Guin
• 233 • Ark of Bones • (1974) • short story by Henry Dumas
• 241 • Winged Creatures • (1977) • novelette by Sylvia Townsend Warner
• 253 • Linnaeus Forgets • (1977) • short story by Fred Chappell
• 262 • The Erl-King • (1987) • short story by Angela Carter (variant of The Erlking 1977)
• 267 • The Great Night of the Trains • (2018) • short story by Sara Gallardo (trans. of La gran noche de los trenes 1977)
• 271 • The Tale of Dragons and Dreamers • [Neveryon] • (1979) • novelette by Samuel R. Delany
• 288 • The White Horse Child • (1979) • short story by Greg Bear
• 299 • The Dreamstone • [Dreamstone (early versions)] • (1979) • short story by C. J. Cherryh
• 307 • Five Letters from an Eastern Empire • (1979) • novella by Alasdair Gray
• 327 • The Ice Dragon • [A Song of Ice and Fire Universe] • (1980) • novelette by George R. R. Martin
• 338 • One Time • (1981) • poem by Leslie Marmon Silko
• 343 • Sister Light, Sister Dark • (1983) • short story by Jane Yolen
• 352 • The Luck in the Head • [Viriconium] • (1984) • novelette by M. John Harrison
• 366 • Warlock at the Wheel • juvenile • [Chrestomanci] • (1984) • short story by Diana Wynne Jones
• 374 • Mrs. Todd's Shortcut • [Castle Rock] • (1984) • novelette by Stephen King
• 389 • On the Dark Side of the Station Where the Train Never Stops • (1984) • short story by Pat Murphy
• 396 • After the Hurricane • (1985) • short story by Edgardo Sanabria Santaliz (trans. of Después del huracán 1984)
• 403 • The Girl Who Went to the Rich Neighborhood • (1990) • short story by Rachel Pollack (variant of The Girl Who Went to the Rich Neighbourhood 1984)
• 409 • The Bystander • short fiction by Leena Krohn
• 413 • Wild Boys: Variations on a Theme • (1986) • short story by Karen Joy Fowler (variant of Wild Boys)
• 422 • The Mole King • short story by Marie Hermanson (trans. of Mullvadskungen 1986)
• 432 • What the Tapster Saw • (1998) • short story by Ben Okri
• 437 • The Fool • (1987) • novelette by David Drake
• 458 • The Flying Creatures of Fra Angelico • (2012) • short story by Antonio Tabucchi (trans. of I volatili del Beato Angelico 1987)
• 463 • A Mexican Fairy Tale • (1988) • short story by Leonora Carrington
• 468 • The Boy in the Tree • (1989) • novelette by Elizabeth Hand
• 486 • TV People • (1990) • short story by
  村上春樹^?Haruki Murakami
  (trans. of
  TVピープル^?TV Pīpuru
  1989) [as by Haruki Murakami]
• 497 • Alice in Prague or The Curious Room • (1990) • short story by Angela Carter
• 506 • Moon Songs • (1990) • short story by Carol Emshwiller
• 513 • The Life and Adventures of Shed Number XII • (1996) • short story by
  Виктор Пелевин^?Viktor Pelevin
  (trans. of
  Жизнь и приключения сарая Номер XII^?Zhizn' i priklyucheniya saraya Nomer XII
  1992) [as by Victor Pelevin]
• 520 • The Fellowship of the Dragon • novelette by Patricia A. McKillip [as by Patricia McKillip]
• 533 • Troll Bridge • [Discworld] • (1992) • short story by Terry Pratchett
• 539 • Longing for Blood • novelette by
  Vilma Kadlečková^?Vilma Kadleckova
  Vilma Kadlechkova
  (trans. of Mé rty budou toužit po krvi 1995)
• 560 • A Brief Visit to Bonnyville • (1995) • short story by D. F. Lewis
• 566 • Travels with the Snow Queen • (1996) • novelette by Kelly Link
• 577 • The Neurosis of Containment • (1996) • short story by Rikki Ducornet
• 586 • The Darktree Wheel • [Robin Darktree] • (1998) • novella by Rhys Hughes
• 608 •
  Fœtus^?Foetus
  • short story by Shelley Jackson (variant of Foetus 2002)
• 612 • Tan-Tan and Dry Bone • (1999) • short story by Nalo Hopkinson
• 620 • Where Does the Town Go at Night? • (1999) • novelette by Tanith Lee
• 635 • Pop Art • (2001) • novelette by Joe Hill
• 648 • State Secrets of Aphasia • (2002) • novelette by Stepan Chapman
• 669 • The Window • (2019) • short story by
  Татьяна Толстая^?Tat'yana Tolstaya
  Tat'jana Tolstaja
  (trans. of
  Окошко^?Okoshko
  2003) [as by Tatyana Tolstaya]
• 677 • The Weight of Words • (2002) • novelette by Jeffrey Ford
• 694 • All the Water in the World • (2011) • short story by
  韩松^?Han Song
  (trans. of
  天下之水^?Tiānxià zhī shuǐ
  2002) [as by Han Song]
• 700 • The Kite of Stars • (2015) • short story by Dean Francis Alfar (variant of L'Aquilone du Estrellas (The Kite of Stars) 2003)
• 706 • Mogo • short story by Alberto Chimal (trans. of Mogo 2003)
• 715 • The Malady of Ghostly Cities • (2003) • short story by Nathan Ballingrud
• 718 • End of the Line • (2005) • short story by Aimee Bender
• 723 • I Left My Heart in Skaftafell • (2004) • short story by Victor LaValle
• 732 • The Grassdreaming Tree • (2004) • short story by
  Sheree Renée Thomas^?Sheree Renee Thomas
• 740 • La Peau Verte • (2005) • novelette by
  Caitlín R. Kiernan^?Caitlin R. Kiernan
• 756 • A Hard Truth About Waste Management • (2006) • short story by Sumanth Prabhaker
• 759 • Bufo Rex • (2007) • short story by Erik Amundsen
• 763 • The Arrest of the Great Mimille • novelette by Antoine Volodine (trans. of L'arrestation de la grande Mimille 2007) [as by Manuela Draeger]
• 781 • Aunts • (2011) • short story by Karin Tidbeck (trans. of Tanterna 2007)
• 785 • For Life • novelette by Marta Kisiel (trans. of
  Dożywocie^?Dozywocie
  2007)
• 809 • The Spring of Dongke Temple • short story by
  骑桶人^?Qí tǒng rén
  Qitongren
  (trans. of 东柯僧院的春天 2007) [as by Qitongren]
• 814 • The Wordeaters • (2008) • short story by Rochita Loenen-Ruiz
• 819 • Creature • (2008) • short story by Ramsey Shehadeh
• 827 • Beyond the Sea Gate of the Scholar-Pirates of Sarsköe • [Sir Hereward and Mister Fitz] • (2008) • novelette by Garth Nix
• 846 • The Bear Dresser's Secret • (2009) • short story by Richard Bowes
• 850 • Table with Ocean • short story by Alberto Chimal (trans. of Mesa con mar 2009)
• 853 • The Jinn Darazgosh: A Fable Relating How the Curiosity of a Jinn Led to Unhappy Results and Brought About the Closure of the Heavens Upon His Race • (2010) • short story by Musharraf Ali Farooqi