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• 9 • Introduction (Invisible Fictions: Contemporary Stories from Quebec) • essay by Geoff Hancock
• 17 • Miror • short fiction by Roland Giguère
• 35 • The Weaker Sex • short fiction by Madeleine Ferron
• 45 • The Thirty-First Bird • short fiction by
  Marie-José Thériault^?Marie-Jose Theriault
• 63 • Birdy's Flight • short fiction by
  André Carpentier^?Andre Carpentier
• 83 • Nuliak • short fiction by
  Yves Thériault^?Yves Theriault
• 89 • The Thirteenth • short fiction by Alain Grandbois
• 107 • The Persian Mirror • short fiction by Thomas Pavel
• 121 • The Metamorfalsis • short fiction by Jacques Brossard
• 149 • The Bird • short story by Roch Carrier
• 151 • Steps • short story by Roch Carrier
• 153 • The Wedding • short story by Roch Carrier
• 157 • The Ink • short story by Roch Carrier
• 159 • The Room • short story by Roch Carrier
• 165 • The Hotel • short story by Louis-Philippe Hebert
• 169 • A Text Concerning Strawberries • short story by Louis-Philippe Hebert
• 173 • The Hanged Man • short story by Michel Tremblay (trans. of Le pendu 1966)
• 177 • The Eye of the Idol • short story by Michel Tremblay (trans. of
  L'œil de l'idole^?L'oeil de l'idole
  1966)
• 183 • The Ghost of Don Carlos • short story by Michel Tremblay (trans. of Le Fantôme de Don Carlos unknown)
• 193 • The Octagonal Room • short story by Michel Tremblay (trans. of La chambre octogonale 1966)
• 199 • Recurrence • short fiction by Michel de Celles
• 207 • Five Fables • short fiction by Paul Paré
• 217 • Prowling Around Little Red Riding Hood • short fiction by
  François Hébert^?Francois Hebert
• 229 • Ker, the God Killer • short fiction by Jean Ferguson (trans. of Ker, le tueur de dieu 1974)
• 241 • The Dream of the Bridge • short story by Claude Gauvreau
• 247 • The Prophet in the Sea • short story by Claude Gauvreau
• 257 • A Slice of Nothingness • short story by Claude Boisvert
• 261 • The Prophet • short story by Claude Boisvert
• 267 • Cold Bridge • short fiction by
  Élisabeth Vonarburg^?Elisabeth Vonarburg
  (trans. of Le pont du froid 1980)
• 299 • Ghost Island • short fiction by
  Pierre Châtillon^?Pierre Chatillon
• 315 • Compulsion • short fiction by Claudette Charbonneau-Tissot
• 329 • In Front of the Temple of Luxor, 31 July 1980 • short fiction by Yolande Villemaire
• 359 • The Dead Cow in the Canyon • short fiction by Jacques Ferron (trans. of La vache morte du canyon 1962)
• 389 • ABC • short fiction by Monique Proulx
• 397 • Metamorphosis • short story by Anne Dandurand and
  Claire Dé^?Claire De
• 403 • Case Still Open • short story by Anne Dandurand and
  Claire Dé^?Claire De
• 407 • From Monsieur Melville • short fiction by
  Victor-Lévy Beaulieu^?Victor-Levy Beaulieu
  (trans. of Monsieur Melville (extract) 1978)