Alfred C. Martino

Un homme d'affaires en voyage s'installe dans une autre chambre de motel. Celle-ci est exactement comme toutes les autres. Les mêmes rideaux fades. Le même papier peint décoloré. La même odeur de renfermé.

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.

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.

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 ?

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.

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....

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....

You may have been the toughest kid on your block growing up, but working in some of the following occupations will take your status to the next level. This audio program highlights some of the most physically and mentally challenging, as well as dangerous jobs in the US....

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....

You may not be interested in office politics, but office politics is interested in you. This audio program will help you to navigate office politics - one of the most intimidating, yet important parts of any successful career....

As effects of the COVID virus dissipate and workers return to their offices, one of the more important developments in the business and labor market is how employees might negotiate with their supervisors to continue working remotely....

Pinned follows Ivan and Bobby's season-long efforts toward overcoming forces within and beyond their control toward a title that only one of them can capture! In Perfected by Girls, navigating high school isn't easy for Melinda Radford....

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".

Rio, a place of beauty, excitement, and wonder. A place where you are free to dance until your feet ache and sing until you can no more.

In this short story, a traveling businessman settles into yet another motel room. This one just like every other one. Same dull curtains. Same faded wallpaper. Same stale stink....

Waiting for a Friend is the story of a 50-year-old man who has an unexpected meeting with a best friend from his teenage years, and they catch up on each other's lives....

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

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....

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

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....