The paper is an interpretation of the poetics of chosen short stories of both collections of short stories by Zivko Cingo, which are continuously published under the names: Пасквелија and Нова Пасквелија. The study deals with this collection, putting it under the name Пасквелија. The interpretation is an attempt to re-examine the canon of values set in the period after the revolution and World War II, and the consequences, which the accepted norms have in relation with the individual and her inner world and morale.