Flash fiction international : very short stories from around the world / edited by James Thomas, Robert Shapard, Christopher Merrill.

The story, victorious / Etgar Keret -- Please hold me the forgotten way / H. J. Shepard -- Prisoner of war / Muna Fadhil -- Waterfall / Alberto Chimal -- Eating bone / Shabnam Nadiya -- Esse / Czetaw Mitosz -- Gospel of Guy No-Horse / Natalie Diaz -- Man carrying books / Linh Dinh -- Attraction of asphalt / Stefani Nellen -- Barnes / Edmundo Paz Soldan -- Sailor / Randa Jarrar -- Voice of the enemy / Juan Villoro -- Imperial message / Franz Kafka -- Trilogy / Antonio Lopez Ortega -- Shattered / Shirani Rajapakse -- Bruise / Stuart Dybek -- Love / Edgar Omar Aviles -- First impressions / Ricardo Sumalavia -- Fire. Water / Avital Gad-Cykman -- Snake / Eric Rugara -- Ugly man / Marcela Fuentes -- Lord of the flies / Marco Denevi -- Honor killing / Kim Young-ha -- Signs / Bess Winter -- Idolatry / Sherman Alexie -- Lost / Alberto Fuguet -- Extravagant behavior of the naked woman / Josefina Estrada -- Sleeping habit / Yasunari Kawabata -- Night drive / Ruben Fonseca -- Truthful lies / Frankie McMillan -- Tiger / Mohibullah Zegham -- Everyone out of the pool / Robert Lopez -- The baby / Maria Negroni -- Aglaglagl / Bruce Holland Rogers -- Five new sons / Zakaria Tamer -- Vending machine at the end of the world / Josephine Rowe -- The past / Juan Carlos Botero -- Everyone does intergral calculus / Kuzhali Manickavel -- Little girls / Tara Laskowski -- Ronggeng / Yin Ee Kiong -- Butterfly forever / Chen Qiyou -- Labyrinth / Juan Jose Barrientos -- Light eater / Kirsty Logan -- Late for dinner / Jim Crace -- Volcanic fireflies / Monica Lavin -- Insomnia / Vigilio Pinera -- Four hands / Margarita Meklina -- Engkanto / Peter Zaragoza Mayshle -- Without a net / Ana Maria Shua -- Appointment in Samarra / W. Somerset Maugham -- The hawk / Brian Doyle -- Egg pyramid / Nuala Ni Chonchuir -- Ouroboric novel / Giorgio Manganelli -- The color / Jon McGregor -- Like a family / Meg Pokrass -- The madonna round Evelina's / Pierre J. Mejlak -- My brother at the Canadian border / Sholeh Wolpe -- Skull of a sheep / James Claffey -- Arm, clean off / Cate McGowan -- Finished symphony / Augusto Monterroso -- When a dollar was a big deal / Ari Behn -- Amerika Street / Lili Potpara -- Joke / Giannis Palavos -- Heavy bones / Tania Hershman -- Dream #6 / Naguib Mahfouz -- Daniela / Roberto Bolano -- Sovetskoye Shampanskoye / Berit Ellingsen -- Consuming the view / Luigi Malerba -- Reunion / Edward Mullany -- Interpreter for the tribunal / Tony Eprile -- The gutter / Ethel Rohan -- Three-second angels / Judd Hampton -- Lament of Hester Muponda / Petina Gappah -- Farewell, I love you, and goodbye / James Tate -- The most beautiful girl / Peter Stamm -- The ache / Elena Bossi -- Young widow / Petronius -- Fun house / Robert Scotellaro -- Squeegee / James Norcliffe -- From the roaches' perspective / Qiu Xiaolong -- Not far from the tree / Karina M. Szczurek -- Family / Jensen Beach -- Honey / Antonio Ungar -- Hotel room / Juan Jose Saer -- The nihilist / Ron Carlson -- Stories / Natasza Goerke.

Includes bibliographical references.
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