email from freak: the transcripts as compiled by Halberd James Poel is the story of mistaken identity, murder, and mysterious disappearance that spans the internet. The book follows the tale of a strange e-relationship and is told by including actual email text and the personal diary entries of the individuals involved. It begins with a woman receiving a mysterious email detailing violence and murder. At first, she knows nothing of this ''freak''; nothing of his life or the crimes he claims to have committed. As she attempts to discover the truth, she becomes both disgusted and captivated by the inner workings of his torment. Her own life is in shambles and as her world becomes sadly intertwined with his, she bizarrely gains a measure of strength that has always eluded her. Despite the impressive turn her life takes, she is continually haunted by the source of her inspiration until finally, she acts to stop his heinous crimes. Halberd James Poel investigates to find the real truth in this sordid affair by presenting her notes, his email, and the investigation that followed. Read the notes she took during over a year of correspondence with the man she dubbed ‘freak’. Read his side of the story through the terrible email he intermittently sent her describing his criminal deeds. And follow the investigation as conducted by crime writer Halberd James Poel through unprecedented access to his investigation notes and transcribed recordings. email from freak: the transcripts as compiled by Halberd James Poel by Jeffrey James Davidson is the debut work by this Canadian writer. Inspired by works such as Notes From Underground by Fyodor Dostoyevsky and American Psycho by Brett Easton Ellis, this novella also examines the societal conditions that allow and even promote violent behavior. But in this work Davidson poses difficult questions about morality and personal identity in the new age of internet culture. email from freak: the transcripts as compiled by Halberd James Poel is a complex and intriguing mixture of traditional crime drama and contemporary web-influenced social commentary.
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