Tales of Love, Fantasy and Horror: A Taste of Poe in the Spanish-American Short Story

Contents 7 • Introduction (Tales of Love, Fantasy and Horror: A Taste of Poe in the Spanish-American Short Story) • essay by Russell C. Peterson 13 • Maestro Pérez, Organist • short story by Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer (trans. of Maese Pérez, el organista (Leyenda sevillana) 1866) 28 • Moonbeam • short fiction by Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer (trans. of El rayo de luna 1862) 40 • The Kiss • short story by Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer (trans. of El beso 1863) 53 • In the Ring • short story by Baldomero Lillo (trans. of En la rueda 1907) 60 • The Well • short story by Baldomero Lillo (trans. of El pozo unknown) 77 • St. John's Day • short fiction by Manuel Gutiérrez Nájera (trans. of La mañana de San Juan 1883) 81 • Adrift • short fiction by Horacio Quiroga (trans. of A la deriva 1912) 85 • The Decapitated Chicken • short story by Horacio Quiroga (trans. of La gallina degollada 1909) 93 • A Hope • short fiction by Amado Nervo (trans. of Una esperanza unknown) 98 • The Counterfeit Coin • short fiction by Pedro Henríquez Ureña? (trans. of El peso falso 1935) 102 • The Unexpected Witness • short story by Adel López Gómez? (trans. of El testigo inesperado unknown) 106 • The Indian's Revenge • short fiction by Demetrio Aguilera Malta (trans. of El cholo que se vengó 1930)