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Tag: Batman

  • Essay

Spider-Man and the Man I am

  • by Y. Balloo
  • Posted on September 17, 2018September 17, 2018

Peter Parker has personal challenges, struggles, and problems we all know too well, but he never relents in doing what he knows is right to a degree we all want to believe we are ourselves capable.

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How Societal Pressures and a Great Christian Bale Impression Turned me into a Mob Enforcer – A Cautionary Tale

  • by Y. Balloo
  • Posted on August 6, 2018August 6, 2018

This may just be another cliche story about a young man pressured by conceived notions of masculinity who ends up becoming an enforcer for a crime family, but I think there’s value in my telling it even if just one person can learn from it.

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My Kind of Playlist

  • by Y. Balloo
  • Posted on February 20, 2018February 20, 2018

A preview of my next novel, The Book of Resurrection, by way of 5 songs that embody scenes from it.

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