Alfred C. Martino

Tirée de l'esprit de l'auteur Alfred C. Martino, cette nouvelle jaillit des rues sombres et violentes du Los Angeles des années 1990. Comme l'explique le protagoniste, la sueur de la chaleur du sud de la Californie dégoulinant sur son Glock.

Ambientada en el mítico Salvaje Oeste Americano, un vaquero envejecido monta su caballo de confianza tratando de huir del paso del tiempo, mientras recuerda el singular momento que definió su vida con una mujer de su juventud.

Pinned follows Ivan Korske and Bobby Zane, two high school seniors, as they embark on the most important winter of their lives in a quest for the state high school wrestling championship....

"Mother, Interrupter" is a humorous short story about a mother who interrupts her son as he is in the most delicate and intimate of situations....

Aus der Feder von Autor Alfred C. Martino: Eine Kurzgeschichte, die aus den düsteren und gewalttätigen Straßen des Los Angeles der 1990er Jahre stammt. Der Protagonist erklärt, während ihm der Schweiß der südkalifornischen Hitze auf die Glock tropft.

I have never murdered, and I have never been murdered, but I have dreamed of both....

Un homme, accablé par le stress de son travail, prend à contrecœur un jour de congé pour se détendre à la plage. Il y rencontre un petit garçon qui change sa vision des moments simples de la vie.

Dans un bar chic, un homme aperçoit, de l'autre côté de la salle bondée, la femme de ses rêves, assise seule. Il ne peut la laisser filer. Lissant sa veste, serrant son nœud de cravate, il s'approche d'elle et engage la conversation. Que faire ensuite ?

"The Boy and Girl" is a whimsical parable about a boy and girl playing on the beach, growing old together....

Navigating high school isn't easy for Melinda Radford....

Kyle Saint-Claire is everything Jonny Fehey wishes to be: A star on the soccer field, a straight-A student, and king of Millburn High's social ladder....

"A Day at the Beach" is a story written by novelist Alfred C. Martino about a man overwhelmed by the stress of his job who reluctantly takes a day off to sit at the beach. There he meets a little boy who changes the man's perspective about enjoying the simpler moments of life....

La toccante storia di un uomo sulla cinquantina che incontra inaspettatamente (o forse no) il suo migliore amico del liceo, mentre si raccontano le rispettive vite, rinnovano la loro amicizia e rimpiangono il passare di così tanti decenni.

Two Tales from Alfred C. Martino includes two short stories from opposite ends of the emotional spectrum: "Requiem for an Athlete" and "Grad School Daydreams".

Set in the mythical Wild West, an aging cowboy deals with the passage of time while recalling a life-defining moment with a woman of his youth....

En un bar de lujo, un hombre observa desde el otro lado de la sala abarrotada a la mujer de sus sueños sentada sola. No puede dejarla escapar. Se alisa la chaqueta, se aprieta la corbata, se acerca a ella y entabla conversación. ¿Qué sigue?

Rio, un luogo di bellezza, eccitazione e meraviglia. Un luogo dove sei libero di ballare finché i tuoi piedi non fanno più male e di cantare fino a quando non puoi più. Una donna e sua madre vivono questo e altro durante la loro visita alla città più famosa del Brasile.

Requiem For An Athlete is a somber tale of the unfulfilled expectations of a once-great athlete, seeing through tear-clouded eyes the trophies and medals of a life long-gone....

Grad School Daydreams is a whimsical story, set in a California university, about a grad school student who daydreams and pines for a beautifully exotic woman sitting next to him in class....

Is your child a gifted student? Most experts in the field of gifted research believe that approximately 3,000,000 children in the US qualify as “gifted,” a number that represents roughly 6% of the school-aged population....