Winning the Game and Other Stories

acknowledgments

“The Art of Walking in the Streets of Rio de Janeiro” originally appeared in Cristina Ferreira-Pinto, ed., Urban Voices: Contemporary Short Stories from Brazil; “Belle” originally appeared in Words Without Borders; “Be My Valentine” originally appeared in The Literary Review; “The Blotter” originally appeared in Maria Angélica Lopes, ed., The Brazilian Short Story in the Late Twentieth Century; “The Game of Dead Men” originally appeared in Review; “Guardian Angel” originally appeared in World Literature Today; “The Hunchback and Botticelli’s Venus” originally appeared in Words Without Borders; “Kisses on the Cheek” originally appeared in Ezra; “Lonelyhearts” originally appeared in Brasil/Brazil; “Mandrake” originally appeared in Words Without Borders; “Marta” originally appeared in Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine; “Xania” originally appeared in BOMB; “The Ship Catrineta” originally appeared in Latin American Literary Review; “Winning the Game” originally appeared in Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine.