The Stories
The twelve stories are:
- Bon Voyage, Mr President (Buen Viaje, Señor Presidente)
- The Saint (La Santa)
- Sleeping Beauty and the Airplane (El Avión de la Bella Durmiente)
- I Sell My Dreams (Me Alquilo para Soñar)
- "I Only Came to Use the Phone" (Solo Vine a Hablar por Teléfono)
- The Ghosts of August (Espantos de Agosto)
- María dos Prazeres
- Seventeen Poisoned Englishmen (Diecisiete Ingleses Envenenados)
- Tramontana
- Miss Forbes's Summer of Happiness (El Verano Feliz de la Señora Forbes)
- Light is Like Water (La Luz es como el Agua)
- The Trail of Your Blood in the Snow (El Rastro de tu Sangre en la Nieve)
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