Extracts from an Open Letter to Erbacce

Mr Guthrie would like to point out in his open letter that Erbacce Press are the only publishing company to have supported his work throughout "a) my deep depression b) my alcohol, marijuana, mushroom, tobacco, LSD and sex addiction, and c) my chronic paranoia and uncontrollable fits of hysteria related to multiple personality syndrome."
"If," he says, "in the following pages, a certain derisory or sarcastic tone is adopted in reference to the company, I would like it to be known, that this is only in line with the confusion deliberately set forth in the work, which it is hoped would force the reader into a decision-making process which filters dramatic fiction, from the actual beliefs and day-to-day reality of the author."
In the original manuscript it is said that Mr Guthrie "would like to thank Erbacce Press and those affiliated with such - particularly Alan Corkish, a local street-fighter, both for the selfless, unending work they do to make writers' lives marginally bearable, and also for putting up with egotistical arseholes such as myself."
In "terms of fact and fiction" Mr Guthrie states in his letter, "...the simple and unarguable fact is, that Erbacce deserve a great deal of money to come their way - the fiction is, that it is actually going to come..."

   -   from the handbook preface to "The Lonely Road - Additional Notes on the Open Letter to Erbacce" by Prof E.E. Esposito.