This is not my story - but after some deliberation, I saw no alternative but to write it just as it was told to me. The main character and I were in extremely close proximity (aka cellmates) during a time period of [DATES OMITTED] in an [LOCATION OMITTED] county jail. During that time I read more books than in my entire life prior. A good book became a temporary key to the gate, passed from tier to tier and block to block faster than an excellent fifi (if you don't know what that is - consider yourself lucky.)

    My chance encounter with the main character, combined with a newfound love of novels, convinced me I could write one of my own. The first draft was written in totality while incarcerated, line by line with tiny golf pencils scratched on scraps of paper and the backs of legal forms. Whatever its flaws, I made a promise to write this story and did just the fuck that.. I cannot attest to any of its validity beyond that it is a truly genuine jailhouse tale.

- The Author