The Revenge Of The Scammed Clarification: James Reed Is Not James Reed

I’d like to make a little clarification about The Revenge of the Scammed anthology (which I’m hoping I get a story into) and the fundraiser that goes along with it (which you should check out if you haven’t contributed already). As I mentioned previously, Edward J Rathke was defrauded by a guy using the alias “James Xavier Reed” as part of Eddy’s freelance work to the tune of about two grand. However, James Reed is not James Reed.

You see, in addition to this guy going under the alias “James Xavier Reed” cheating Eddy, he has also sullied the name James Reed. There is a guy who is actually named James Reed who is a hell of a writer and a hell of a writing mentor. I took a class from him myself once and learned a ton. James Reed is not the guy who scammed Eddy.

You have to imagine how confusing this was for me, to write a story about revenge against “James Xavier Reed” when James Reed was one of my undergrad writing mentors. This makes me despise the scammer going under the name “James Xavier Reed” because it’s even worse to dirty the name  James Reed.

Regardless, don’t confuse  the scammer going under the name “James Xavier Reed” with James Reed.  James Reed is a hell of a guy and a hell of a writer.  I have nothing but love and admiration for  James Reed. The scammer going under the name “James Xavier Reed” is a terrible person and I hate him. There is a world of difference.