WHAT IF WE HAD A REAL LEADER IN THE WHITE HOUSE? Somewhere in a parallel universe, the President of those United States caught the coronavirus, gave it to his cabinet and the opposition party's leaders, and they all died. What happened next was considered a miracle.
Always wanted to work in the movies. College got me an internship at MGM, and I worked on TV specials with Dr. Seuss and Chuck Jones (creator of the Road Runner). Became good friends with both of them. Later wrote for the Wonderful World of Disney. Went to Paramount Pictures where I designed internet entertainment and built Hollywood-style training simulations for the military. But the movie business made it hard to express my own personal creativity. (Too many decision makers). So, I started writing novels so that I could control everything. My first sci-fi novel was about a high tech simulation that was invaded by vampires. Wrote others inspired by Stephen King's deep, creepy characters. Now I work with a writing partner, John Pesqueira, and things are much simpler, only one person to argue with. I love developing characters and letting them tell me where the story is supposed to go. These days, my one of my favorite people is Babcia, the five-hundred-year-old witch who is the power behind all the goings on in 1960's Hollywood animation storytelling and in Zakopane Poland... gateway to Rapunzel's Tower where Adolph Hitler once spent a horrific night. Check it out along with my latest blog posts at www.nickiuppa.com
How strange that today of all days, this author pops up in my feed. This is a clever short story, written with political insight and a wicked sense of humor, although there was nothing funny about our country's response to the COVID-19 pandemic. (Like many people who lost loved ones, I lost my sister in 2020. She shouldn't have died.) This quick read is a big dose of "if only." I loved Nick Iuppa's writing style and was happy to discover he has many published books. Oh yeah, this was definitely serendipity.
Nick should be president! Or a similar thinking leader. I thoroughly enjoyed this well conceived fantasy. All Americans need to read it. It is ray of light in these dark times.