Quiet Desperation

Name: Quiet Desperation
Brand: Findaway
Availability: InStock
Author: Alfred C. Martino
ISBN: 9781593166458

Author: Alfred C. Martino

Narrator: Patrick Lawlor

Unabridged: 50 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Listen & Live Audio

Published: 03/19/2025

Categories: Fiction, Short Stories

Synopsis

Imagine for a moment, you’re Marcus Cooper. A slick stranger meets you in a bar. You're drunk. You talk a lot. Without you realizing it, he’s learning about you. Your desire for money and women. By night’s end, he makes you a million-dollar proposition to cause a drunk-driving accident. Sounds crazy to you? Maybe, maybe not. You’re out of work. Bills are piling up. You owe your bookie six grand. But mostly, you're twenty years removed from being the high school football hero you once were, doubting how much longer life is worth living. Do you take the chance?

Reviews

Goodreads review by Zoey

This is actually entertaining. It ended abruptly though, but it’s a very short story (maybe 45 minutes). It kind of reminded me of The Twilight Zone in the way it’s mysterious, (not scary) and you know things aren’t going to go as planned, but you don’t know what’s going to happen. It kept my attent......more

Goodreads review by Lisa

I stumbled across this little oddity on Hoopla. Not bad but I think I missed the punchline?......more

Goodreads review by Hanna

I really enjoyed this audiobook but it felt unfinished. It's a little under an hour long so it's a great choice if you don't drive a lot. The stranger is really enticing and I love the intuitive nature he is given. Mark is a loser and at the end of risking his life he gets the loser prize of Stone m......more