April 23, 2009

  • criminal.behavior

    Every so often we get a letter from a prisoner. Years ago, we would get story submissions from a guy in a Texas correctional facility. We'd run them quite often -- they were short and sweet -- before  we realized he was cribbing them word for word from other publications.

    My boss handed me this letter and said, "Send him a copy of the magazine, and return the check to him."

    I always try to be as courteous as possible -- and i leave out my name. It just makes me nervous. I've always wanted a prison pen pal. But i just don't want to piss off anyone behind bars.

    Nice signature, huh? And i love his sign-off.