Dear Paul, Paul, Sonia, and Tony,

I would like to congratulate you on your publication in Overland’s special fiction edition, ‘False Documents’.

Your documents were chosen after a blind-reading of more than 300 entries, narrowed down to a not-so-shortlist of 30-odd works, before the final selection

There were meta-critical and existential post-it notes; numerous Wikipedia entries so studiously facsimiled that I’d find myself searching the website, certain they had been copy and pasted; more meticulously and inventively documented crimes than Dick Wolf could ever hope to produce; intra- and inter-office email threads that were unstitched; love letters; threats; liner notes for non-existent albums; and so much more I could not have imagined when putting the callout for false documents.

The best (and there were some great submissions that could not be included) were those in which the narrative potential of the story was inextricably linked to the shape and form it took.

Thank you again for the opportunity to read your work, and to share it as part of this series of false documents.

Firm regards,
Dave

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