Italian Short Stories

A short mystery story: a man is on the couch on a normal evening. He receives an anonymous message: “Don’t leave home. It’s dangerous.” He thinks it’s a joke. But soon he realizes it is not a joke at all.

A horror reading: it moves silently in the shadows. It senses the presence of the monster, but it must reach that sweet scent that draws it in. At any cost, even its life.

An ironic folk tale: a man goes to the market to sell his cow. Along the way he makes a trade every time he meets someone. In the end he returns home very happy, convinced he has made great deals.

A short folk tale: a merchant crosses the desert with his camel. At night it gets cold. The camel asks to enter the tent “just with its head.” Then more and more. In the end the merchant ends up outside. The next night he does something different.

A dystopian story: a man is very zealous in his work and accepts no compromises. One day he receives an urgent summons.

A short sad and mysterious story: on a foggy night, a man gives a ride to a woman without a coat. She tells of a daughter and an argument. Then she gets off at a spot with no houses. The next morning the man returns and something awaits him.

An Indian folk tale: a young man buys a house with a well in the courtyard. The former owner keeps entering to draw water. He says he sold the house, but not the well. Before the judge, the solution is cleverer than it seems.

An ancient medieval tale: in Alexandria, Egypt, a hungry man holds his bread above a pot of boiled meat to capture its scent. The vendor gets angry and wants to be paid. The matter ends up before the judge.

Short mystery story: a retired accountant buys an abandoned railway house. Every night he hears a train passing, but he cannot see it.

An ancient medieval tale: in Alexandria, Egypt, a hungry man holds his bread above a pot of boiled meat to capture its scent. The vendor gets angry and wants to be paid. The matter ends up before the judge.

A story of deceptions: a con artist looks for a victim in a railway station. He spots a gentle, trusting-looking man. He approaches and tells him he has been robbed. The man tries to help him. But nothing is as it seems.

Short horror story: a girl draws an invisible friend with no face. Soon other children draw the exact same figure. What is hiding?

A short folk tale: Karim lives in a village and has a white little goat that follows him everywhere. One morning the goat disappears. The whole village starts searching. They find her at the bottom of a well. Karim doesn’t know how to get her out.

A psychological thriller episode: a woman wakes up in a room. She is confused. She doesn’t understand where she is and can’t remember who she is. She slowly opens the door and notices a man in the kitchen.

A horror narrative fragment: a boy is forced to cross a park at night. He has always heard strange stories about a mysterious presence. But he doesn’t believe. Then he sees a still shadow under a streetlamp.

A suspense story: Sofia takes the last subway after her night shift. There are few people in the car. At some point the train stops in the middle of the tunnel. There is something in the dark.

A short folk tale: an old woman sells her chicken to a troll. Happy with the money, she keeps selling one animal at a time. But in the end she discovers something she did not expect.

A comic reading: a somewhat foolish man leaves on a trip with no money and cannot speak any language. He arrives in Budapest but is convinced he is in Paris. Everything he sees he interprets in his own way.

A surreal tale: in Paris there is a green door. Inside you can trade your problems with someone else’s. Just pay twenty francs. The author trades his fear of the sea. Then he tries to go back, but finds an unexpected surprise.