Roberto Scarlato

It is said that there is a universe close by adjacent to our own. A place where anything is possible. Where illusions become reality and the delicate fabric of time becomes torn to reveal the weird, strange or unexplainable. This is The Phantasmagoria....

A diary of a prominent scientist has been found, and it harnesses dark revelations to our future....

Cal Cronin wanted more. Writing for more than 20 years, he’s ready to hit it big. But when a new writer comes to the market in 2011, during the biggest ebook boom, Cal is not one to be eclipsed so easily. He wants to know who this mysterious writer is....

While taking a class trip to South America, sixteen friends are ambushed, captured and taken to a nearby village run by a mad man....

There is a vicious madman with a plan that threatens everything we know on Earth. Can our reluctant hero weather the storm and find it within himself to conquer his demons? Or will his supernatural nights land him in a hell of his own making?

Frankie had it good. A place of his own. A girlfriend with a penchant for puzzles. And a pretty good nest egg from grifting wallets....

It was supposed to be an uneventful trip. A three-day visit to Chicago to attend a funeral. But Eugene Pharrell has just stumbled into a maddeningly treacherous journey back home. One that has pitfalls, phantoms, lost worlds and, possibly, no way out....

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....

Found inside the hidden compartment of a Studebaker, Henry Ward has just stumbled across a very interesting manuscript. What he finds will lead him into pure madness....

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 the Adonis Hotel and Casino on the Sunset Strip, but then he crosses paths with shady characters and a Casino Boss with a nose for sniffing out hustlers.

In an alternate 1948, Preston Tucker, idyllic dreamer, and Howard Hughes, billionaire eccentric, begin a venture of epic proportions. Little is known of their work as they gather familiar faces to make the true car of tomorrow....

Strange things are happening when the lights go down in the shady setting of the Roseville Hospital. There are unexplained sightings of a man resembling a doctor walking the hallways in search of patients he has yet to help....

On a cold night in 1999, the notorious Donnie Torr went down in a hail of gunfire. The threat to the town was supposedly eliminated. Now, in 2002, local writer James Dorrell has just purchased a leather jacket....

It was supposed to be just another quiet evening. But some things just cannot be laid to rest....

There is a place just beyond the dream world where writers come to play. It is a mythical place located next to the Field of Gathered Imaginations....

One night, Benjamin Lomond found a painting hidden behind a wall. At first glance, it seems odd. But looks can be deceiving, and the painting has a power waiting for the right time to be unleashed....

In a small town called Burrow Creek Falls, something feels off. The townsfolk are friendly, the streets are clean and the land is plentiful. All thanks to the town's founder. But when a man named Gerald Forger takes the wrong bus into town, odd things begin to happen....

Scott Meachum is having a rough night full of bad luck. But nothing could prepare him for the life-altering decision he has to make....

In 2009, people were introduced to stories of hit men, specters, crooks, playful spirits, and empowered heroes. Now, a new batch of stories have come alive....

This is a collection of six humorous essays of true events that happened to writer/blogger Roberto Scarlato. It tackles subjects like apartment hunting, traveling, acting, Halloween contests, and scammers....