Born into poverty in Southern Italy, Salvatore Rosselli stumbles upon success in America after giving up the search for the... More > cousin who murdered his father in their native town of Apulia. Having pursued his father’s killer to Naples and then New York City, Salvatore meets Renata, a beautiful young woman from Rome, while hunting for Gatto Rosselli on Manhattan’s Lower East Side in 1925. He falls in love, and Renata agrees to marry him if he gives up his quest for revenge. He capitulates, marries Renata, starts a business, and raises a large family. Blessed with good fortune in the new world, Salvatore is nevertheless tormented by his vow to avenge his father’s death. His opportunity finally comes thirty-eight years later, when Salvatore, an ailing middle-aged man, is resting in a deserted public park. But a strange, final twist of fate convinces Salvatore to forsake vengeance and when his end comes a short time later, he has at last found the peace that has eluded him for so long. < Less

Based on A. S. Maulucci's 20 years’ experience teaching fiction writing to adults in both universities and private... More > workshops, The Fiction Writer’s Handbook is brimming with advice and examples of the timeless techniques for telling a compelling story and bringing characters to life. < Less

When the parents of Milkweed, Connecticut allow their holiday spending to get out of hand, Regina the Brave leads a... More > children's rebellion against the commercialization of Christmas. A Christmas poem for 12-year-olds and up with illustrations by the author. < Less

A collection of essays on the real Italian American experience.

A tale of vengeance forsaken inspired by a true story that made headlines in 1925. Born into poverty in Southern Italy,... More > Salvatore Rosselli stumbles upon success in America after giving up the search for Gatto, the man who murdered his father in their native land of Apulia. Salvatore pursues him to Naples and then New York City. While hunting for Gatto on Manhattan’s Lower East Side in 1925, Salvatore meets Renata, a beautiful young woman from Rome, and falls in love. Renata agrees to marry him but only if he gives up his quest for revenge. He capitulates, marries Renata, starts a business, and raises a large family. Blessed with good fortune in the new world, Salvatore is nevertheless tormented by his vow to avenge his father’s death. His opportunity finally comes thirty-eight years later, but Salvatore, now an ailing middle-aged man, forsakes vengeance because of a strange twist of fate. < Less

When the parents of Milkweed, Connecticut allow their holiday spending to get out of hand, Regina the Brave leads a... More > children's rebellion against the commercialization of Christmas. A Christmas poem for 12-year-olds and up with illustrations by the author. < Less

Based on A. S. Maulucci's 20 years’ experience teaching fiction writing to adults in both universities and private... More > workshops, The Fiction Writer’s Handbook is brimming with advice and examples of the timeless techniques for telling a compelling story and bringing characters to life. < Less

Born into poverty in Southern Italy, Salvatore Rosselli stumbles upon success in America after giving up the search for the... More > cousin who murdered his father in their native town of Apulia. Having pursued his father’s killer to Naples and then New York City, Salvatore meets Renata, a beautiful young woman from Rome, while hunting for Gatto Rosselli on Manhattan’s Lower East Side in 1925. He falls in love, and Renata agrees to marry him if he gives up his quest for revenge. He capitulates, marries Renata, starts a business, and raises a large family. Blessed with good fortune in the new world, Salvatore is nevertheless tormented by his vow to avenge his father’s death. His opportunity finally comes thirty-eight years later, when Salvatore, an ailing middle-aged man, is resting in a deserted public park. But a strange, final twist of fate convinces Salvatore to forsake vengeance and when his end comes a short time later, he has at last found the peace that has eluded him for so long. < Less

A tale of vengeance forsaken inspired by a true story that made headlines in 1925. Born into poverty in Southern Italy,... More > Salvatore Rosselli stumbles upon success in America after giving up the search for Gatto, the man who murdered his father in their native land of Apulia. Salvatore pursues him to Naples and then New York City. While hunting for Gatto on Manhattan’s Lower East Side in 1925, Salvatore meets Renata, a beautiful young woman from Rome, and falls in love. Renata agrees to marry him but only if he gives up his quest for revenge. He capitulates, marries Renata, starts a business, and raises a large family. Blessed with good fortune in the new world, Salvatore is nevertheless tormented by his vow to avenge his father’s death. His opportunity finally comes thirty-eight years later, but Salvatore, now an ailing middle-aged man, forsakes vengeance because of a strange twist of fate. < Less

A collection of essays on the real Italian American experience.