TABLE OF CONTENTS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- INTRODUCTION -- ONCE UPON A TIME -- THE INVOKER OF THE BEAST -- GAMBRINUS -- FOUR PEOPLE -- SCENES FROM THE LIFE OF THE WORKER PANTELEI GRYMZIN -- BLACK IRIS -- THE RED CROWN -- BLACK MAGIC -- THE FEMALE FISH -- Three Stories from RED CAVALRY -- GEDALI -- THE RABBI -- THE RABBI'S SON -- FAMILY MAN -- OUTGOING PAPER NUMBER 27 -- THE GARDENER OF THE EMIR OF BUKHARA -- THE VIPER -- THE FLOOD -- DOUBTING MAKAR -- INCIDENTS -- BLUE NOTEBOOK NO. 10 -- OLD WOMEN TUMBLING OUT -- KUSHAKOV THE CARPENTER -- A DREAM -- THE START OF A VERY NICE SUMMER DAY -- THE LYNCHING -- CLOUD, CASTLE, LAKE -- THE SMOKY GLASS GOBLET -- TANYA -- THE TENANTS -- EULOGY -- THE HOUSE WITH A TURRET -- "VICTORY" -- HANDS -- A GERMAN IN FELT BOOTS -- MY UNCLE OF THE HIGHEST PRINCIPLES1 -- CHUDIKi -- I BELIEVE! -- BREAD FOR A DOG -- YOU CRIED BITTERLY IN YOUR SLEEP -- LITTLE ARM, LEG, CUCUMBER . . . -- MY OLDER COUSIN -- GIRL OF MY DREAMS -- THE FAKIR -- GALOSHES -- SURREALISM IN A PROLETARIAN DISTRICT -- PASSING THROUGH -- THE YOUNG -- BUTTERFLY. 1987 -- THE LAST WAR STORY -- A BRIEF HISTORY OF PAINTBALL IN MOSCOW -- THE QUEEN OF SPADES -- MORE AND MORE ANGELS -- THE SAMURAI'S DREAM -- CURRENCY1 -- SNOW FALLS EVER SO QUIETLY -- TEACHERS WITHOUT PUPILS, or FROM UNDER THE RUBBLE -- INTO THE MAUSOLEUM OF THINE -- THE LORD OF THE STEPPES -- NEVER -- EXPERIENCE IN DEMONSTRATING MOURNING -- THE DUMP.