by Seth Ferranti (Author)
Guero, a young suburban white kid, is thrust into the feds on a marijuana rap. Facing a lengthy sentence he sets out to make his mark in the penitentiary and get his respect. While growing into his manhood amidst the everpresent chaos and twisted realities of the penitentiary, Guero falls in with a Latino drug smuggling gang and struggles with his evolving identity as a convict and "vato loco."Prison Stories is a real-life look into the life of prisoners confined in the Bureau of Prisons. Short story vignettes interwoven throughout the pages offer readers a vicarious, personal experience of everything prison is...the power-tripping of guards, gangs, prisoners getting turned out, killings and more.
Author Biography
Seth Ferranti exists, writes, and resides in the Federal Bureau of Prisons. He has been in the belly of the beast almost nineteen years with his current release date in 2015. The people and subjects he writes about are those that he knows extremely well, being in close confinement with them. He just is not only interested in what he writes about, he lives it, as he is serving a 304 month sentence for a drug conspiracy charge. He is the real deal- the Gorilla Convict Writer- penning articles since 1999. His work has appeared in Don Diva, Out of the Gutter, King, F.E.D.S., Vice, FHM, Street Elements, Elemental, 4Front, Get Money, Urban Celebrity and many other magazines and websites. Check out his archived published articles on www.gorillaconvict.com on the publications section along with all the interviews, profiles, and reviews of him and his work on the media section. His published books include Prison Stories, Street Legends Vol. 1 and 2, and The Supreme Team: The Birth of Crack and Hip-Hop, Prince's Reign of Terror and the Supreme/50 Cent Beef Exposed. He also wrote a short story for Nikki Turner's Christmas in the Hood, his writing appears in The Baddest of the Bad from Gutter Books, and Money, Power, and Respect from Badland Publishing. To order his books and read his blog go to www.gorillaconvict.com. A new true crime story appears every month. Seth has earned his AA degree from Penn State, his BA from University of Iowa, and just recently his MA from California State University while incarcerated. There is, it appears, no stopping him...