 She also wrote a number of short stories, published in periodicals and anthologies.Taking an interest in both the fantastic and realist genres, Doina Rusti succeeds in writing as persuasively about the atrocities of the contemporary world and high ideals.Her novels often feature rapists, murderers, people who are starving, become corrupt or consumed by trivial commitments, reminding us of Faulkner's typologies – writer who has always inspired her.