rejection rejection of the day

An editor friend got a letter in the mail. It was a rejection letter she had sent to an author, and was annotated thusly:~~~[Note, typed, from my friend to the author:]Dear [REDACTED], We have already* considered and turned down your submission. Unfortunately, I just don't think that your writing is a good fit for us. I wish you the best of luck.Sincerely,[MY FRIEND][Note, handwritten beneath it, from the author to my friend:]Why didn't you guys tell me that you're a red bunch of communists! Who needs you here in the USA? I certainly don't! Go to Hell, the Red Hell!Sincerely,[REDACTED]~~~*The same manuscript was already considered and rejected three months earlierAww. So sweet.

"If you tell the truth you don't have to remember anything. "

Mark Twain

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