Playing with fiction

Big news out today, in case you hadn't heard... it was learned today that a best-seller author's book may not have been COMPLETELY fiction. Yes, folks, someone's fiction was deceptively based on pure, cold truth!! The publishing world, needless to say, is in a dither. Intellectuals the world over are calling for a re-examination of what these labels really mean... fiction, non-fiction, self-help, memoirs... says one insider:

We might have to scrap this whole labeling system, clearly it is causing us some serious media attention. Usually, we don't like to make a stir. The plus side is that all this attention is getting people interested in learning what books are used for... I overheard one kid on the train say that he only used to use books for propping up his monitor, but some of them kind of have interesting things inside of them.

When speaking with another fiction author on the condition of anonymity, he doth say, "It is a shame when someone claiming to write fiction uses the truth... it speaks poorly for all of us. People depend on us to take them away from reality--not shove it in their faces."

Touche.

**Please note that the above story is completely false. It seems ludicrous, because it is--but that is what we have come to, isn't it?**