Tales with a twist: Tiger in the house / Ruskin Bond—Rolls for the Czar / Robin Kinkead—Panther: Bedtime story / Pinckney Benedict—Astrologer's day / R.K. Narayan—Colomber / Dino Buzzati—Turning points: Three wise guys: Un Cuento De Navidad-Christmas story / Sandra Cisneros—Trout / Sean O'Faolain—No-guitar blues / Gary Soto—I confess / Wei Wenjuan—War / Luigi Pirandello—Heart of the matter: Home / Gwendolyn Brooks—Success story / James Gould Cozzens—Man to send rainclouds / Leslie Marmon Silko—Dead men's path / Chinua Achebe—Bracelet / Yoshido Uchida—Plot: Revolt of the evil fairies / Ted Poston—Dinner party / Mona Gardner—Stolen day / Sherwood Anderson—Who's there? / Arthur C. Clarke—Interlopers / Saki (H.H. Munro) — Character: Gentleman of Rio En Medio / Juan A.A. Sedillo—Thank you, M'am / Langston Hughes—All the years of her life / Morley Callaghan—Rifles of the regiment / Eric Knight—Charles / Shirley Jackson—Setting: All summer in a day / Ray Bradbury—Sniper / Liam O'Flaherty—Too soon a woman / Dorothy M. Johnson—Wild duck's nest / Michael McLaverty—La Puerta / Jose Antonio Buciaga—Point of view: Day's wait / Ernest Hemingway—Zlateh the goat / Isaac Bashevis Singer—What happened during the ice storm / Jim Heynen—Piece of yarn / Guy de Maupassant—Lady, or the tiger? / Frank R. Stockton—Tone: Circuit / Francisco Jimenez—Secret for two / Quentin Reynolds—Princess and the tin box / James Thurber—Top of the food chain / T. Coraghessan Boyle—Just lather, that's all / Hernando Tellez—Theme: Emperor's new clothes / Hans Christian Anderson—Nincompoop / Anton Chekhov—Ambush / Tim O'Brien—Game of catch / Richard Wilbur—Return / Ngugi wa Thiong'o—Total effect: Tell-tale heart / Edgar Allan Poe—August heat / William Fryer Harvey—Luck / Mark Twain—Gift of the magi / O. Henry—Half a day / Naguib Mahfouz.