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Joshua Skurtu

Joshua Skurtu

Love by the Gaslight

A Message to White People About Abusive Tactics

Jun 10, 2020

Love by the Gaslight

Jun 10, 2020

Joshua Skurtu
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Invisible Illness

How to Turn Negative Life Experiences Into Something Beautiful

On Embracing Pain, Losing a Television Remote, Eminem, and Bullying a Four-Year-Old Girl

Nov 11, 2019

How to Turn Negative Life Experiences Into Something Beautiful

Nov 11, 2019

Joshua Skurtu

Trump Reverses Climate Policy after Altercation with Protester

“I felt moved by that young man in the beanie and tie-dyed shirt. As he spat into my face and chanted, I saw his passion. So I listened.”

Nov 11, 2019

Trump Reverses Climate Policy after Altercation with Protester

Nov 11, 2019

Joshua Skurtu

Man Living in Mother’s Basement Claims to be Self-Partnered

“The relationship has it’s up and downs, but the makeup sex is amazing.”

Nov 9, 2019

Man Living in Mother’s Basement Claims to be Self-Partnered

Nov 9, 2019

Joshua Skurtu
in
Invisible Illness

Television Remote Vanishes: No Leads

A chilling personal essay on dealing with loss

Nov 1, 2019

Television Remote Vanishes: No Leads

Nov 1, 2019

Joshua Skurtu
in
The Startup

How to be Totally Unprepared for NaNoWriMo

How to Start NaNoWriMo Unprepared and Still Create Something Amazing

Oct 31, 2019

How to be Totally Unprepared for NaNoWriMo

Oct 31, 2019

Joshua Skurtu

One Man Sentenced

An Experimental Short Story in One Sentence

Oct 30, 2019

One Man Sentenced

Oct 30, 2019

Joshua Skurtu

Empathy for the Joker and Jennifer Lopez

The movies Joker and Hustlers have a lot more in common than you think.

Oct 29, 2019

Empathy for the Joker and Jennifer Lopez

Oct 29, 2019

Joshua Skurtu

Why the New Joker Movie Should Actually Terrify You

You should be afraid of the new Joker movie, but not because it might inspire violence. The real reasons are much more chilling.

Oct 7, 2019

Why the New Joker Movie Should Actually Terrify You

Oct 7, 2019

Joshua Skurtu
in
Helheim

What surprised me the most about the Capuchin Crypt, Italy’s Bone Church

Inside rests a crypt filled with human bones arranged in artistic patterns. I expected the bizarre, but I didn’t expect this.

Aug 19, 2019

What surprised me the most about the Capuchin Crypt, Italy’s Bone Church

Aug 19, 2019

Joshua Skurtu

Joshua Skurtu

Joshua is a writer and software developer living in St. Louis, Missouri with his daughter Olivia. He is also host of the Helheim Podcast. www.joshuaskurtu.com

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