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File includes drafts of several short stories, notes and lists of sources and notations. Some of the short stories may have been adapted for inclusion in "The Jade Peony". Short stories include: "Bones", "Chop Stew", "Crazy Words", "Dancing Warriors", "Soldiers All", "Forever", "The Ghost Table", "Gold Rush", "Neighbours", "Library Blues", "Luck", "I=Me", "Mo No" (this is a new version of "Judges' Choice" which was submitted for a 1992 short story contest),"Cookies", "Old Lem", "Sacrifice" (other versions of this story are titled, "Them"), "Secrets", "The Singer, Not the Song", "Sister! Sister!" "Monkey Man", "Washing" and "The Girl Who Bled to Death". File also includes excerpts from "Dubliners" by James Joyce and "Translations", a poem by Wing Tek Lum.

File consists of excerpts from a novel in progress. Some character names appear in "The Jade Peony". File also includes a letter written by Wayson to his literary agent, Denise Bukowski regarding an offer received from Douglas & McIntyre.

File consists of various drafts of "A Christmas Story", published in the 21 December 1996 issue of the Globe and Mail. Third draft includes a note from Wayson to the Arts Editor of the Globe and Mail. Story is dedicated, "In memory of Nancy Cole, Thomas Cottwell".

File consists of revisions to parts 1-3 of "The Jade Peony" and information for inclusion on the cover and title pages.

File consists of revisions to "Jade Peony" including additions to Part 4 and appendices for pages 5 and 17.

File consists of a single copy of the short story "Turtle" published in 1994

Revisions to "Jade Peony", primarily focusing on Chapter 15.

File consists of drafts and appendices of a short story entitled "Nanking" published in "Descant"

File consists of drafts of three short stories by Wayson Choy, "Lessons", "Evermore: A Story of a Small Town Romance" and "Ghost Lover". File also contains earlier drafts of "Lessons" entitled "Enchantment" and "The Watchers".