"I have been an internationalist most of my life, from my first experience outside the United States as a Peace Corps Volunteer in South Korea, to my international law career and work for the World Bank. My travels have had a lasting impact on my writing and also on my reading. Like many people who travel, I’m drawn to stories set in exotic locations, both to places I’ve seen firsthand and countries with which I’m unfamiliar. That’s one way I learn about the world and discover new sites to visit. I hope you feel the same way, although there’s a certain village in Panama you might want to avoid."

—from the Introduction, Clifford Garstang, Editor

Table of Contents:

Africa

Egypt:

     The Hôtel Paradis, by Pamela Hartmann

Kenya

     Too Old for War, by Frank Scozzari

Mali

     The Wellmaster’s Daughter, by James Dorr

Morocco

     The Stop, by Alison Grifa Ismaili

Sierra Leone

     Jonkshon, by Brandon Patterson

The Americas

Brazil

     Let us go forth into the wide world, by Gabriela Maya

Guatemala

     The Eye Man, by Mark Brazaitis

Mexico

     Today, Quite Early, by Christopher Woods

Panama

     Mí encanta Panamá, by Robert Kostuck

United States (Illinois)

     Epistolize the Abandoned, by Candace M. Robertson

Asia

India

     Almost Enlightened, by Lucinda Nelson Dhavan

Lebanon

     Jackal Weather, by William Kelley Woolfitt

Pakistan

     No Covenant, by Hira Cheema

South Korea

     The Monk in the Window, by Frances Park

Turkey

     Memis the Conqueror, by Joel Hodson

Europe

Belgium

     Street of the Candlesticks, by Rijn Collins

Ireland

     All That Water, by Brooks Rexroat 

Norway

     An Idea of the Journey, by Chris Cleary

Poland

     The Guardian, by Barbara Krasner

Oceania

Samoa

     Fatu Ma Futi, by John Matthew Fox