Unraveling the real: the fantastic in Spanish-American ficciones

Introduction. The fantastic as a literary genre

Modernist short stories and the fantastic

The fantastic as an interrogation of literary practices

Reclaiming history: fantastic journeys in time and space

Psychoanalytic readings of the fantastic

The fantastic and the conventions of gothic romance

Women writers of the fantastic

Cinematic encounters with the fantastic

Conclusion. Fantastic literature in Spanish America in the twenty-first century.