Making a Difference, One Story at a Time
Just over two weeks ago, I lost one of my grandfathers. Papa was a man who loved many, many things. Opera music, salmon, game shows, Hogan’s Heroes. But there are two constants in his life that stand out in particular, two never-ending threads that I feel confident in saying he valued above all else. Those…
My grandma is one of the strongest people I have ever known. A Holocaust survivor, she had lived many lifetimes of fear and tragedy before even stepping foot on United States soil as still but a child. Bookending her life were two incredibly fearsome struggles that I wouldn’t wish upon even my worst enemy. But…
An excerpt from one of my upcoming books was published on North Jupiter Inlet, one of my favorite writing blogs out there. This piece covers the ongoing protests against police racism and brutality.
Day 12 “You seen Parasite?” “No, why?” “That movie haunts me to this day.” “Damn, it’s really that scary?” “In a way, yes, but not in the way you’d expect.” “We’ll have to watch it once this is all said and done.” “Yeah, for sure.” The waves relentlessly pounded against the edge of the creaky,…
Everyone talks about the sensation of the hairs standing up on the back of the neck. I never quite understood it; hairs don’t literally stand up, do they? How could you feel them anyway; they’re hairs! Never before had I understood this sensation until I watched Petscop. In bed alone at 2:00AM with no one…
This story was first debuted on author Jordi Burton’s website on January 29, 2019. It takes place in the same universe as my in-progress novel series. Team: The Protectors of the People Team ID: 6264545 Team Leader: Sensori Mission Log # 257 RECORDING STARTED: Every team has that one mission, the unforeseen disaster waiting…
As personally eventful of a year as 2018 was for me, I found it surprisingly slow for the medium of film. Sure, by having MoviePass at the dawn of the year, and AMC Stubs A-List at its close, I was seeing movies more prolifically than ever before. However, films that truly stood out were few…
Somehow Sony managed to craft another studio-spliced Amazing Spider-Man movie without the titular character. An incredible premise suffered from the violent studio interference that plagued the two Amazing Spider-Man films that this movie somehow shares the same “multiverse” with. Multiple comic book movies released in recent years have suffered from what I would call “studio-splice…
Before I dive in here, I feel it’s important to note that I am only about 150 pages into this massive book. In turn, my opinions do not reflect the whole work, but simply my early observations and predictions. Who knows, now that I’m already writing an analysis, maybe I’ll never finish reading this damn…
As someone who traveled to Poland this past December with the sole intent of furthering my Holocaust education, the news about the nation’s government criminalizing any claims of their complicity enrages and disgusts me. Before diving further into the specific issue at hand, I want to note that I am currently deep into a large-scale…