Charlie Monte
Novels & Short Stories
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Life is full of exciting moments. Some spark our curiosity. Others keep us on the edge of our seats. And some change everything.
These are the moments when the line between good and evil begins to blur, when corruption lies closer than a new dawn, and hatred grows stronger than love has ever been.
They are the moments when the devil's wings stir the air, fear becomes our closest companion, and one person's courage turns them into a hero.
Not all of these stories end happily. But every one of them is about the precious time we are given in life - filled with greed for money and power, violence and passion, guilt and redemption, yet also forgiveness and love.
These are the stories Charlie Monte tells.
Untold Stories
2024
2026
“Man is nothing else but what he makes of himself.”
- Jean-Paul Sartre, Existentialism Is a Humanism, Paris: Nagel (1946)
“What matters most is how well you walk through the fire.”
- Charles Bukowski, How Is Your Heart? In: You Get So Alone at Times That It Just Makes Sense, Black Sparrow Press (1986)
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Charlie Monte is the pseudonym of an author fascinated by the stories behind history. What happens when great events intrude upon individual lives, when certainties begin to crumble, chance becomes a turning point, and people are forced to make decisions whose consequences they cannot foresee?
In his novellas and novels, Charlie Monte walks the fine line between fact and fiction. Real events provide the point of departure, but at the heart of his stories are the personal fates that history books rarely tell.
What truly happened and what might have happened is not always easy to distinguish.