Alfred C Martino

"The Boy And Girl" is a whimsical parable about a boy and girl, playing on a beach and building sand castles, learning about love, life and growing old together.

Set in the mythical Wild West, an aging cowboy contemplates the passage of time, while vividly recalling a life's defining moment with Fiona Dresden, an older woman of his youth, and making his across the endless plains.

Kyle Saint-Claire is everything Jonny Fehey wishes to be: a star on and off the soccer field, a brain, and one of Millburn High's most popular students. Jonny unhappily accepts his lesser social status-but then he scores the winning goal in the county soccer championship and everything changes. Jonny is invited to a victory party with the in-crowd, and alcohol flows freely as toasts are raised in his honor. But in his moment of glory, a classmate...

You are closer to the end of your life than the beginning. Each passing day has you questioning what, if anything, your life has meant. Then, unexpectedly, your best friend, who died tragically when you were both kids in high school, shows up. What would you talk about? How would the conversation go?

At a upscale bar, a man notices from across the crowded room the woman of his dreams sitting alone. He can't let her get away. Smoothing his suit jacket, pulling his tie knot tight, he walks over to the woman and starts a conversation. Where does it go from there?

Rio de Janeiro, 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. A forty-something year-old woman and her mother experience this and more during their visit to Brazil's most famous city.

Ivan Korske and Bobby Zane couldn't be more different-they come from different backgrounds, different lifestyles, and they have very different values and ways of looking at the world and dealing with people. Yet they both have the drive, determination, and commitment to self-sacrifice necessary to become a champion. In the end, though, only one will stand in the center of the mat with his arms raised in victory. Has each boy prepared enough? Sacrificed...

The reader will learn the basics about what corporate espionage is, and the best practices for reducing the possibility of theft of your company's proprietary products, services, contracts, and algorithms.

"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.

"A Day At The Beach," is a 1730-word short story written by novelist Alfred C. Martino. It is 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.