This exciting new collection celebrates the Spanish short story, from its modern origins in the nineteenth century to the remarkable works being written today. Featuring over fifty stories selected by the esteemed translator Margaret Jull Costa, it brings together hidden gems and old favorites, surprising new voices and giants of the Spanish literary scene, from Emilia Pardo Bazán and Leopoldo Alas to Mercè Rodoreda and Manuel Rivas, and up to Javier Marías. Full of romance, horror, history, farce, strangeness, and beauty, with alluring hairdressers, war deserters, vampiric mothers, and talismanic mandrakes, this bold and entertaining selection of stories in the Penguin Book of Spanish Short Stories will be a treasure for readers.