Sem Olhos

In a tavern, a group of drunk young men take turns telling stories of crime, cursed love and death. The masterpiece of Brazilian romantic horror by Álvares de Azevedo, in the edition of Brazil's National Library.

Álvares de Azevedo

Fortunato tends to the sick with a devotion everyone admires, until a friend discovers the pleasure he takes in other people's pain. One of Machado de Assis's most disturbing stories, short and perfect for reading in Portuguese.

Machado de Assis

Stories set on the rivers and in the jungle of the Amazon, where legends, witchcraft and the supernatural mix with the violence of daily life. It includes classics like A feiticeira and O baile do judeu, in a clean, easy-to-read edition.

Inglês de Sousa

A student traveling by night to São Paulo meets Satan at an inn, and the devil guides him through a world of vice and disillusion. Álvares de Azevedo's fantastic drama, the inseparable companion to Noite na Taverna.

Álvares de Azevedo

One night on the banks of the Parnaíba River, an old boatman tells how he saw a pile of bones come together and dance in the middle of the forest. A tale of rural horror and Brazilian folklore by Bernardo Guimarães, told with humor and chills.

Bernardo Guimarães