His short stories have appeared since 1996 in many publications, including Maltese Narrazioni, Campus, Linus and D La Repubblica delle donne.

In "Pavel" for example, a young couple travel on the eve of a total sun eclipse to reach two friends who have just adopted a Russian child from Chernobyl and left the city to choose a harsh, premodern way of life.

The four stories of the collection, moving from the ‘50s to the ruinous financial frauds at the turn of the century draw a vivid portrayal of Italian history since the immediate postwar period.

Aloia's stories are populated by both the mediocre and the truly vile - those ready to do anything in order to satisfy their "sacred hunger for gold".

The disenchanted mood of some descriptions and the widespread sense of disillusion could evoke the name of the French Michel Houellebecq, as well as Jonathan Franzen’s and Don DeLillo’s works.