confessions for cash, mine and theirs

 

In June I attended a research institute in Ohio. It was a scholarly thing, populated by grad students and independent researchers all studying some aspect of pop culture. My research project was on Betty and Veronica from the Archie Comics prior to and after the Comics Code Authority approval process. While I was passing through the stacks, I spotted a shelf filled with issues of True Story, a confession genre magazine I published with in the very beginning of my writing career. Naturally, I had to make a video - see above. The confession magazines printed stories they claimed to be the darkest confessions from all around the world. Looking back now, I think they are much like the reality shows of today. The stories fill the same niche. At the time, I was all about the money and learning to be a writer.