Uncle Screwtape,
I must protest the egregious way in which I have been treated.
A soul has escaped me, I grudgingly admit, yet you must take
into consideration the adverse circumstance under which I labor.
The correspondence we exchanged during the patient’s period
of temptation was more to be endured than cherished. Perhaps,
had all gone well, the effort would have paid off. The more fool
I—on the verge of producing spectacular wickedness, I just had to
listen to your directions on temptation! No offence, really—when
one spends that much time at a desk job, somewhere deep in the
devils, the House of Correction for
Incompetent Tempters is located on
a byway of deep Hell. The following
pages were taken unedited from a
manuscript, torn but legible, found
kicked under a desk in the lobby. We
have no intention of explaining how
the papers fell into our hands.
—The Editors.
1ST PLACE WINNER FOR GRADE 12 IN THE 2016 SUMMER STORY CONTEST
Charles Foyle
is in twelfth grade with Seton Home Study School, his favorite subjects
being English, religion, and history. He serves Latin and English Masses and helps his
brother with his yard business. In his spare time, he reads G.K. Chesterton and his
contemporaries, collects ‘78s, hunts, shoots, and fishes, and listens to classical music.
One day he would like to join the FSSP.
CHARLES FOYLE
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