Frankie is recovering, taking a rest from his last escapade. Claudia suggests a vacation. And all signs point to Las Vegas. Frankie is dazzled at...

Roberto Scarlato
Roberto Scarlato

Roberto Scarlato grew up in a small suburb of Chicago, where his love of a good story was cultivated by shows like “Alfred Hitchcock Presents” and “The Twilight Zone.” As early as fourth grade, he began writing stories.

He married his high school sweetheart in 2010 and they have a daughter.


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High Stakes Frankie (The Pickpocket Frankie Series Book 2)

Frankie is recovering, taking a rest from his last escapade. Claudia suggests a vacation. And all signs point to Las Vegas. Frankie is dazzled at first at the Adonis Hotel and Casino on the Sunset Strip, but then he crosses paths with shady characters and a two-faced Casino Boss with a nose for sniffing out hustlers and cheaters. Before long,...

The Sandmen Cometh

Welcome to the new and improved Joliet Prison. It has cleaner restrooms, better food and a better way of life for all it’s inmates. Of course, Lyle Seigel is not impressed. He’s doing a stretch for grand larceny. All he has now is time with the other degenerates that inhabit the prison. But when he gets roped into a cleanup crew, the prison...

The Christmas Crooner

Hope can be found in the strangest places...


For Eddie DeMarco, singing just doesn’t have the same joy that it had before. Struggling with alcohol and a recent loss, he’s perfectly content to drown his woes and destroy his throat. But when a stranger, that’s me, Charlie, sits down next to him...that’s when magic happens.

Blog

Allow Me To Introduce Myself...    So, what can I tell you

So, what can I tell you about myself and my writing journey? Well, for one thing, it definitely wasn’t a straight line. Let’s jump back 25 or so years ago.

I was a teenager, an avid reader, movie buff, comic book enthusiast and videogamer. But one day I got the sudden urge to write after having a vivid nightmare about a doctor operating on me with strange supernatural eyes. When I awoke, I scribbled down some notes and put them away. But then I started scribbling more and found that I...

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