The Leopard and Other Stories

About the Book

In this collection of short stories the author explores a variety of topics pondering over the essence of love as in “The Lovebirds” and “The Experiment”, or describing reflections of an old man at the end of life in “The Visit”, or empathetically dissecting the making of a sociopath sentenced to death by comparing him to the instinctual life of a solitary predator of the Savannah in “The Leopard”. Humorous insights over a dysfunctional family united in spite of untold love is presented in “A Rebellious Story” while other stories such as “Wife” and “Scrooge 2011” portray the disorganized and confusing conduct of two self absorbed men, who cannot appreciate the nurturing love that surrounds them. There are in addition two short stories contributed by guest writers. In “The Rider” (contributed by Catterina Coha) Clara creates her own reality show by glancing out of the big screen of the train window while in the apocalyptic “The Eve” (contributed by Jamie Marincola) husband and wife deal in different ways with extreme circumstances creating a humorous portrait of family life.

About the Author

Francesco M Marincola is the Chief Medical Officer of Sidra Medical and Research Centre in Doha, Qatar. He was previously a tenured Senior Investigator at the U.S. National Institutes of Health. He is the immediate past president of the Society for the Immunotherapy of Cancer and the Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Translational Medicine. He received is MD summa cum laude at the University of Milan and surgery training at Stanford University. His scientific work deepened the understanding of the mechanisms leading to rejection of tumors or transplanted organs by the immune system and development of autoimmunity. He published is first novel in 2013: The Wise Men of Pizzo and his site can be visited at https://authorfrancomarincola.wordpress.com Jamie Marincola is an engineer at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency in San Francisco. He graduated from Stanford University and lives with his wife and dog in Redwood City, California. This is his first print publication, however he is the author of the ongoing webcomic The Duller Image http://www.thedullerimage.com . Catterina Coha is a physician and scientist living and working in New York City