Source   That night, I sat at the bar, searching for the liquid courage to help me get closer to her. As I drank, watching my friends triumph on the dance floor, Domenico Modugno's "Dio, come ti amo" was

Source   -Are you really not a werewolf? -she purred sensuously. He smiled, thinking he had her in his net. -It was just a game, honey. I'm not a lycanthrope, I hope I didn't disappoint you.... He never

Source   A shiver ran down my spine as I reached the gloomy village of Hvaler. The empty houses and the sepulchral silence made me uneasy. The villagers whispered in an unfamiliar language, eyeing us warily.

Digital Art made by me   She stared, horrified, at the homeless man in the street. He was identical to her husband, down to the smallest detail. She blinked several times, trying to understand what she

Source   Her obsession with collecting peculiar creatures knew no bounds. She would slyly capture them at public events using a sleep dart. Back at her Victorian mansion, she would lock them in a huge

Source   For decades, the fallen soldier had been waiting for a letter to arrive, a note telling him that someone remembered him. But no one came to visit his anonymous grave, lost among thousands of

Source   He returns home in a daze, her laughter and smile replaying in his mind. But seeing her picture in the obituary of the dead chills him to the core. It can't be true, they just met! Confused and

Source   A cold sweat ran down his back. The knocking echoed in the darkness, getting closer. He woke up alone, terrified. It wasn't the neighbour's footsteps, but the frantic beating of his heart. He

Source   She undressed slowly, offering her body to me in a last desperate attempt. I looked at her pale skin and her voluptuous forms that used to drive me crazy. I remembered our moments of passion,

Digital Art made by me   -Run! -My mother's piercing scream made me obey without hesitation. I ran through the chaos of explosions, gunfire and desperate screams echoing in all directions. Alien ships

Digital Art made by me   The scarecrow had disappeared from the cornfield. In its place, my eldest son wore his robes, wielding a bloody sickle and the torn shirts of his father and brother. A dark, misshapen

Source   I started it as a harmless pawn on the chessboard of my life. A simple puff on a cigarette that soon became an addictive habit. With each puff, the smoke slowly infiltrated my lungs, advancing

Digital Art made by me   The blizzard rages with savage fury as he returns home from work. Autumn has unleashed its wrath with an icy storm that mercilessly strips the leaves from the trees. -I don't care,

Digital Art made by me   I met her at a charity event, and hours later, as we spoke confidentially, she said to me: -I am a witch. I smiled, incredulous. On Saturday I invited her to dinner and she responded

Source   Every night, before going to sleep, she would repeat the magic words with devotion. She fervently believed they would protect her from the nightmares that haunted her. One night, something changed.

Source   Frustration gnawed at the teacher. Try as he might to explain, his student did not understand the difference between an aphorism and a micro-story. In desperation, he opened the second desk drawer

Source   I investigated the severed hand, found a week ago. I found nothing, just a pristine spring day. The case was filed, the hand disappeared. I stole it and buried it in the cemetery. Since then,

Digital Art made by me   As he gets out of the taxi she invites him, "Come on, let's go. -Or are you afraid of a woman like me," she provoked him in a sensual voice. Refusing, he follows her to a small

Source   Morning after morning, the same routine. Locking himself in his office, he opens the top desk drawer and picks up the old revolver. With trembling hands, he loads a bullet into the revolving barrel.

Source   Holding hands, the young men arrive at the house to formalise their engagement with her parents. He was surprised to hear his mother-in-law's heart-rending cries. They rush in. -What's wrong?