Praise for Prison Stories
"Minus the Hollywood cast, Prison Stories gives us an Oz-like feel with a more in depth understanding of what actually goes on in the warped world of a prison."
UrbanBookSource.com
"Seth's story telling is both enjoyable and insightful. He takes readers to the belly of the beast with his raw, uncut narration of Prison Stories."
OOSA Online Book Club
"Prison Stories is what 'Oz' and 'Prison Break' weren't real enough to be."
Kwame Teague, author of "Ghetto Sam" and the "Dutch" Series
"Prison Stories gets my thug rating of about an 8, which is hard to get."
Lamont "Big Fridge" Needum, Short North Posse
"Prison Stories are an excellent piece of draftsmanship. Seth's style fills a great demand and the plot educates its readers to the game of life. Seth gives the readers excitement, street wisdom, prison adventures and lots of information that makes underdogs desire power. Seth takes the combination of good and evil and transforms them into a well balanced dish of delightfully dangerous episodes."
Walter "King Tut" Johnson, New York City Original Gangster
"Seth has earned the right to the title of Soul Man. He's been chosen from a higher authority to canopy the game in a digestible manner. Now those that seek understanding of the game will come to better understand the consequences of their choices."
Walter "King Tut" Johnson, New York City Original Gangster
"Seth's stories are strong and they resonate with a sense of truth that needs to be expressed, especially dealing with the delicate topic of snitching. There is a profound difference between a witness who has no vested interest in criminal activity and a snitch who benefits greatly."
Kenneth "Supreme" McGriff, New York City Street Legend
"Plenty of blood is shed in this intense record of the harsh realities of the penal system."
Blain Martin, Smooth Magazine
"An episode of Oz couldn't capture prison drama the way Seth Ferranti does in Prison Stories."
Sue Hampstead, Don Diva Magazine
"Reading Prison Stories is like living in a zoo in hell."
Jesse Pearson, Vice Magazine
"Raw, honest, and gripping. A dope read, gritty, and real."
Ben Osborne, King Magazine
"Prison Stories is a book about life in the joint."
Jerry Capeci, GanglandNews.com
"HBO can only dream of Oz being as good as Prison Stories."
Roger Newkirk, Washington Post
"Prison Stories is good. A combination of yard gossip, speculation, and myth dressed up in story format."
Paul Wright, Prison Legal News
"Prison Stories, sobre la vida en las carcelas estadounidenses."
Enrique Peinando, Gigantes del basket
"Prison Stories is a play by play of life in the belly of the beast."
Bonta, author of Small World
"Prison Stories reveals a world of fearless convicts, inconspicuous snitches and deadly gang rivalry."
Nyanza Gregg, The Ave Magazine
"Gripping and terrifying."
Dr. John Beresford, LSD Guru
"Written by a true convict, Prison Stories is a bold composition of prison life given to you raw."
Jihad, author of Safe
"Prison Stories outlaw rawness mixes well with hip-hop's street essence. Fans of Iceberg Slim's pimp tales or HBO's 'Oz' series will really dig this."
Bret Duchen, Elemental Magazine
"Seth Ferranti's Prison Stories is a full course meal for a gangsta novel reader's appetite!"
Joe Black, Author of Street Team
"Seth Ferranti knows the darkness of prison. Prison Stories grabs the reader in a chokehold and shows how American prisons make bad people worse. To know Seth Ferranti's work is to know prison."
Michael G. Santos, Author of About Prison
"Prison Stories is vicious. Everybody should read it it will give you an inside look at the Feds. Prison is no joke!!!"
Robert Booker, Sr., Author of Push
"The language in Prison Stories is a dense pastiche of slangs that is very effective, beautiful and intense."
Richard Eoin Nash, Soft Skull Press
"Prison Stories is engaging, readable and thought provoking."
Dr. Stephen Richards, Author of Convict Criminology
"Prison Stories brings 'the netherworld' to life and creates a distinct portrait."
Helen Breitwieser, Cornerstone Library
"Seth Ferranti's a talented writer and one with a unique perspective."
Karen Rothmyer, The Nation
"Seth Ferranti's style is light, involved and at times lyrical."
Robert Gannon, Author/Journalist
"Don't expect a heartwarming story of redemption; expect an unbelievable addictive tale of how things really operate in prison."
Ben Goldstein, Giant Magazine
"Seth Ferranti brings to life the world of murders, dopers, sex fiends and all types of miscreants who live an insane life in the feds."
Hayth Brewbaker, Behind the Wire
"Prison Stories takes the reader into the netherworld of prison life."
Famm Gram
"Prison Stories was great. Very gripping and suspenseful all the way to the end."
Professor Mary Bosworth, Oxford University
"Seth Ferranti releta en esta obra las historias en prison en las que 'el perro come perro' dentro de los internados federales."
Ricardo Thomas, El Excelsior
"Prison Stories is not a pleasant read. It's raw, honest and shows the ever present chaos and danger of the penitentiary."
Suzy Prince, Nude Magazine
"Prison Stories keeps it real. Read about prison drug dealers, dudes getting turned out, power tripping guards, gangbanging, psychopaths, jailhouse snitches and hustling by any means necessary."
prisonerlife.com
"Seth Ferranti has a real knack for sussing out a great story and he brings an investigative reporter's zeal to his research. I'm a big fan of his work and I'm looking forward to even more great things from him in the future. Seth writes with the bluntness and slangy-ness of street lit but with a much more penetrating gaze into the world of prison."
Ethan Brown, author of Queens Reigns Supreme: Fat Cat, 50 Cent and the Rise of the Hip Hop Hustler
"Prison Stories is a very real, on point and accurate account of everyday prison scenarios. I love Seth Ferranti's writing voice and style and am anxiously awaiting his next book."
Wahida Clark, best selling author of Payback is a Mutha
"Prison Stories is really excellent. Seth has a great ear for dialog and a knack for narrative rhythm. I truly could not put Prison Stories down. It just might be a classic."
Serena Kim, Vibe
"With Prison Stories, Seth Ferranti now finds himself among Urban Fiction's top writers."
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