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Surrealist writer and painter Leonora Carrington (1917-2011) was a master of the macabre, of gorgeous tableaus, biting satire, roguish comedy, and brilliant, effortless flights of the imagination. Nowhere are these qualities more ingeniously brought together than in the works of short fiction she wrote throughout her life.

Published to coincide with the centennial of her birth, The Complete Stories of Leonora Carrington collects for the first time all of her stories, including several never before seen in print. With a startling range of styles, subjects, and even languages (several of the stories are translated from French or Spanish), The Complete Stories captures the genius and irrepressible spirit of an amazing artist's life.

Table of Contents:

• Introduction (The Complete Stories of Leonora Carrington) - essay by Kathryn Davis
• The Debutante - (1988) - short story (trans. of La débutante 1939)
• The Oval Lady - (1988) - short story (trans. of La dame ovale 1939)
• The Royal Summons - (1988) - short story (trans. of L'ordre royal 1939)
• A Man in Love - (1988) - short story
• Uncle Sam Carrington - (1988) - short story (trans. of L'oncle Sam Carrington 1939)
• The House of Fear - (1988) - short story
• As They Rode Along the Edge - (1988) - short story (trans. of Quand ils passaient 1986)
• Pigeon, Fly! - (1988) - short story (trans. of Pigeon, vole 1986)
• The Three Hunters - (1988) - short story (trans. of Les trois chasseurs unpublished)
• Monsieur Cyril de Guindre - (1988) - short story (trans. of Monsieur Cyril de Guindre 1986)
• The Sisters - (1942) - short story (trans. of Les sœurs?
• 1978)
• Cast Down by Sadness - (1988) - short story (trans. of Abattue par la tristesse ... ou Arabelle 1979)
• White Rabbits - (1941) - short story
• Waiting - (1942) - short story
• The Seventh Horse - (1943) - short story
• The Neutral Man - (1988) - short story (trans. of L'homme neutre 1957)
• A Mexican Fairy Tale - (1988) - short story
• Et in Bellicus Lunarum Medicalis - (1988) - short story (trans. of Et in bellicus lunarum medicalis unknown)
• My Flannel Knickers - (1988) - short story
• The Happy Corpse Story - (1988) - short story
• How to Start a Pharmaceuticals Business - (1988) - short story (trans. of De cómo funde una industria o el sarcófago de hule 1961)
• My Mother Is a Cow - (1988) - short story
• The Sand Camel - (1994) - short story
• Mr. Gregory's Fly - short story
• Jemima and the Wolf - short story

Leonora Carrington (1917-2011), the distinguished British-born Surrealist painter who made her home in Mexico City, was also a writer of extraordinary imagination and charm, and The Hearing Trumpet is perhaps her best loved book. It tells the story of 92-year-old Marian Leatherby, who is given the gift of a hearing trumpet only to discover that her family has been plotting to have her committed to an institution. But this is an institution where the buildings are shaped like birthday cakes and igloos, where the Winking Abbess and the Queen Bee reign, and where the gateway to the underworld is wide open. It is also the scene of a mysterious murder. Occult twin to Alice in Wonderland, The Hearing Trumpet is a classic of fantastic literature that has been translated and celebrated throughout the world.