H

Dear H:

"Stickup" returned herewith. Your opening is good, but the ending is unsatisfying. If he isn't planning to murder the girl, why does he go to all that trouble to jimmy her phone?

Here at VIOLENT we aren't too interested in women, anyway. Maybe he should stick up a bank, instead. Only not with a gun, of course—that's passé.

Dick Violent, Editor

Dear Mr. Violent,

Here is the story revised to apply to a bank, no gun, as you recommended.

H