Copyright Jennifer Pendergast
Dear Suzanne,
I can’t stop thinking about that night before I left for school. I keep your picture under my pillow…
Dear Martha,
I miss you like crazy. I can’t stop thinking about that morning I left for school. I still haven’t caught my breath…
Dear Betty,
I know we just met, but you’re on my mind constantly…
Dear Mother,
I won’t be home for Christmas. I’m sorry to break it to you like this, but I’m leaving school. I’ve been invited to accompany my Poly Sci professor while he lectures across the country. He says I have great potential…
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Honie Briggs 
Oh, I haven’t been here in a while. (I haven’t touched Friday Ficitoneers in about as long too. I should get cracking!) Loved this!! Ain’t no one worse than a compulsive liar…except for a compulsive liar that can’t keep it in his pants.
I couldn’t agree with you more, Hala J.
Good story! And I’m sure it’s happened many times. In fact, I know of one such case….
Me too.
There once was a gullible girl
Who knew nothing about the world…
There’s a limerick waiting for a punch line! Thanks for commenting.
This is such a wonderful take on the photo prompt. Very cleverly put, indeed!
Great way to tell your story, I think it worked very well.
Dee
Thanks Dee. Letters can tell us a lot if we know how to read between the lines.
I guess it’s better to bet on more than one horse if you want to score.. revolting type that professor….I guess in today’s world of SMS you can fit an epistolary in 100 words..
Sometimes 100 words is all it takes, sometimes it takes closer to 50,000. I wrote about those revolting types, including one professor in my first book- it took around 49,600 words.
Very intriguing. I love to read letters, though these only turned me off this guy. I’m curious to see where he ends up.
I love to send and receive letters by mail. A handwritten letter is a treasure. Also, where this guy ends up is not anywhere good, I’m afraid.
I also enjoy books including correspondence. Lately, it’s emails. Very popular in erotic romances too! A lighter take and a great format! Well done!
Greetings from Greece!
Maria (MM Jaye)
I liked the first three letters, but the last one threw me a little, as I’m not sure what the truth is any more. Great format – writing letters is slipping away and they have so much more value than texts and emails
That’s what happens with compulsive liars, they make us unsure. I agree letter writing is becoming a lost art, and I do believe there is an art to well written ones.
Shame on him..never lie to your Mother. I enjoyed this very different take on the prompt. Well done!
Thank you for the high five.
Dear Honie, you are a humorist and a very good one at that. I wonder, will her father be hunting down that bad prof?
Thanks, Val. I would love to think that I could write humor, but sarcasm seems to be my stock in trade.
It is a form of humor some of us relate easily too.
We are the lucky ones, aren’t we? Ha!
Honie, That was a very creative way to write a story and it worked. It was also very funny. 😀 Perhaps he will make a good politician,until the truth comes out. We may see it on YouTube. Well done. 🙂 —Susan
Thanks! Yeah, what better training for a politician, right? When you can lie to your mom…
Dear Honie,
I can’t stop thinking about this story. I keep it under my pillow….
Dear Doug,
Sweet dreams.
Honie
Dear Stephanie,
Methinks the letter writer doth have issue with truth. You tell us a lot of about his personality disorder in four letters. I enjoyed the form. I think the guy’s a jerk and you’re a talented writer.
Shalom,
Rochelle
You are correct. He absolutely has truth issues, among others. Methinks I dated the jerk. Just call me Betty.
Dear Betty…
What can I say, I was once a sucker for love letters. HA! Good morning, Rochelle. I am visiting with my niece that I mentioned to you in my comment on your post. The apartment search continues today. As do the cautionary jerk stories.
Tell her congratulations. May her graduation be safe and her life be filled with happiness and discoveries. (And no jerks).
Enjoyed the format as well as the story. The correspondent is a story-teller of a different sort 😉
Have you read “The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society”? It has that format and it is an excellent story.
Well, everyone else has said it! Great way to get the message across in letters. Poor Mom, is he fibbing or not . . .
I always wonder when we read correspondence that are published after someone’s death if we read into them from our own experiences, possibly missing the authors intent. I can’t imagine someone writing a personal letter thinking it would ever be made public.
Good lawd, is there any truth in any of them?
No, no one bit of truth. Except…
Lol…you rascal! 😉
Witty and very clever way to structure a story. Nice!
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Suzanne, Martha, Betty … at first i thought this guy probably went to college to get some REST!
Wonderful story, Honie! Worked GREAT!
HA! There’s no rest for this guy’s one track mind.
A different way to tell a story that worked really well. Good job.
Thanks Sandra.
I loved how this was done as a series of letters. Great way to convey your story.
Books that have correspondence as part of the dialogue are interesting to me. I like to read the snail mail from days gone by. There’s something about it, maybe more depth or thoughtfulness that goes into that kind of writing as opposed to the text messages of today. Thanks for your comment.