The purpose of this study is to describe the cultural values and beliefs of the people in the short story "Pulung" by Angga Trio Sanjaya. The method used is descriptive qualitative. Data is obtained through actions, speech between characters, and the behavior of characters found in short stories. The results of the study show that the socio-cultural influences surrounding the short story writer are so intense in the creation of short stories. Belief in the supernatural pulung hangings is very strong in the Gunung Kidul area. The phenomenon of many people hanging themselves is actually not because of pulung hanging, but because of poverty and infertile land in that area.