Nine strange stories

The rocking-horse winner, D. H. Lawrence -- Heartburn, H. Calisher -- The snail-watcher, P. Highsmith -- Manuscript found in a police state, B. Aldiss -- The man who sold rope to the Gnoles, I. Seabright -- The mark of the beast, R. Ki pling -- The summer people, S. Jackson -- The leopard man's story, J. London -- The garden of forking paths, J.L. Borges.