This diploma paper „Hispano-American fantasy fiction od Gabriel García Márquez in Stalin's Picture and Other Short Stories by Stjepan Čuić“ examines a type of fantasy which is characteristic of the fantasy fiction of Stjepan Čuić. Hispano-American fantasy fiction has influenced the political fantasy fiction to which Stjepan Čuić is prone in his collection of short stories Stalin's Picture and Other Stories. Compositionwise, elements of magical realism, 56 which can be found in the literary expression of Gabriel García Márquez, are systematically used within the three parts of the collection. The motif of prophecy, obsession with time, the visionary search for a higher ideal, the motif of solitude, criticism and the talk on modernity are the characteristic components of the fantasy discourse of both authors. Fantasy fiction of Stjepan Čuić comprises a tendency towards more concentration on reality. Čuić begins his short stories and brings the reader into the centre of the story line by describing the real event which, towards the end, is clad in the attire of fantasy. Features of political fantasy of this author are: the omniscient distant narrator, predescriptions of the plot, mixing of the weird and miraculous elements, grotesque and irony which serve as the criticism of the society and as a component of an engaged writer. The influence of the Hispano-American fantasy fiction of G. G. Márquez has created a fantastic and sharp critical speech on the actualities of a regime system in Stalin's Picture.