Three Messages and a Warning: Contemporary Mexican Short Stories of the Fantastic

anthology

edited by Eduardo Jiménez Mayo & Chris N. Brown

translated by various

Published: Small Beer Press - trade paperback - 2011
ISBN: 1931520313 / 9781931520317

Small Beer Press - kindle - 2012
ISBN / ASIN: 9781931520379 / B0073J3U2Q


Contents
Introduction: Better Than A Mirror ( Three Messages and a Warning ) - essay by Bruce Sterling
When Fixed Ideas Take Flight - essay by Eduardo Jiménez Mayo
Introduction ( Code and Recode ) - essay by Chris N. Brown
Today, You Walk Along A Narrow Path - short story by Maria Isabel Aguirre
The Guest - short story by Amparo Davila ( El huésped 1959 ) ( trans. by Anna Guercio )
Murillo Park - short story by Agustin Cadena ( aka Parque Murillo ) ( trans. by C.M. Mayo )
The Hour of the Fireflies - short story by Karen Chacek ( aka La hora de las luciérnagas 2010 ) ( trans. by Michael J. Deluca )
Waiting - short story by Iliana Estanol ( trans. by Joanna Tilley )
Hunting Iguanas - short story by Hernan Lara Zavala ( aka A la caza de iguanas 1987 ) ( trans. by Eduardo Jimenez Mayo )
1965 - short story by Pardo, Edmee ( aka 1965 ( ? ) ) ( trans. by Lesly Betancourt-Gonzalez )
Variation on a Theme of Coleridge - short story by Alberto Chimal ( aka Variación sobre un tema de Coleridge 2009 ) ( trans. by Chris N. Brown )
Photophobia - short story by Mauricio Montiel Figueiras ( trans. by Jen Hofer )
The Last Witness to Creation - short story by Jesus Ramirez Bermudez ( aka El último testigo de la creación 2009 ) ( trans. by Eduardo Jimenez Mayo )
Rebellion - short story by Queta Navagomez ( trans. by Rebecca Huerta )
Future Perfect - short story by Gerardo Sifuentes ( aka Radiotechnika Cantina 1999 ) ( trans. by Chris N. Brown )
Luck Has Its Limits - short story by Beatriz Escalante ( aka La suerte tiene un límite 2001 ) ( trans. by Stephen Jackson )
The Stone - short story by Donaji Olmedo ( aka La Piedra ) ( trans. by Emily Eaton )
Trompe-l'œil - short by Monica Lavin ( akaTrompe-l'œil ( or Los trampantojos? not sure ) ( trans. by Andrea Rosenberg )
Lions - short story by Bernardo Fernandez ( aka Leones 2003 ) ( trans. by Chris N. Brown )
A Pile of Bland Desserts - short story by Yussel Dardon ( trans. by Osvaldo de la Torre )
Amalgam - shortf story by Amelie Olaiz ( trans. by Armando Garcia )
The Nahual Offering - short story by Rioja, Carmen ( trans. by Emily Eaton )
Pachuca Second Street - short story by Lucía Abdó ( trans. by Emily Eaton )
Wittgenstein's Umbrella - short story by Oscar de la Borbolla ( aka El paraguas de Wittgenstein 2009 ) ( trans. by Sara Gilmore )
Mannequin - short story by Esther M Garcia ( trans. by Chris N. Brown )
Mr. Strogoff - short story by Guillermo Samperio ( trans. by Steve Vasquez Dolph )
The Mediator - short story by Ana Gloria Alvarez Pedrajo ( trans. by Anisia Rodruguez )
The Pin - short story by Leo Mendoza ( trans by Armando Garcia )
Future Nereid - short story by Gabriela Damian Miravete ( aka Futura Nereida 2010 ) ( trans. by Michael J. Deluca )
Pink Lemonade - short story by Liliana V Blum ( aka Limonada rosa 2010 ) ( trans. by Toshiya Kamei )
The Return of Night - short by Rene Roquet ( aka Cuando recuerdas la noche anterior 2005 ) ( trans. by Armando Garcia )
Three Messages and a Warning in the Same Email - short story by Ana Clavel ( aka Una advertencia y tres mensajes en el mismo correo 2008 ) ( trans. by Elsy Jackson )
The President Without Organs - short story by Pepe Rojo ( aka Un presidente sin órganos ) ( trans. by Chris N. Brown )
The Transformist - short story by Horacio Senties Madrid ( aka La Transformista 2010 ) ( trans. by Eduardo Jimenez Mayo & Jose Alejandro Flores )
The Drop - short story by Claudia Guillen ( aka La gota 2006 ) ( trans. by Leah Leone )
Wolves - short story by Jose Luis Zarate ( aka Lobos 1999 ) ( trans. by Bernardo Fernandez and Chris N. Brown )
The Infamous Juan Manuel - short story by Bruno Estanol ( trans. by Anisia Rodriguez )
About the Authors ( Three Messages and a Warning ) - essay by uncredited


The list of translators was lifted from Charles Tan....