Short StoriesPaolo Venturas Short Stories are whimsical narratives told through picturestales of love, war, and familywhere things magically appear or disappear, set in an imaginary past of World War II Italy. Much like in silent films, the drama unfolds with no words or captions. For these works, Ventura constructed life sized sets, in which he situated himself and members of his family (casting his son, wife, and twin brother as actors), in stories that are at