Frequently Asked Questions

Fiction Mail gift boxes are a colorful, fun, and unique gift to receive!

The gift box measures 10" x 7" x 3". Each letter is enclosed in its own colorful envelope. All of the envelopes are then tied together with twine and set atop festive crinkle paper.

We have Fiction Mail gift boxes with 4-letter and 8-letter series. We also have curated bundles of multiple series, ranging from a total of 20 letters to 52 letters!

They are! The recipient's name is woven into the narrative of each letter, not just at the beginning, so it's really like an old friend wrote you the letter.

While we would love to be able to hand write each letter, it's not possible due to the length of the series and the number of customers. But, we've come up with the second best alternative. The custom handwriting font we created is based on a real person's penmanship, not a simple font you find in a word processor. Each letter of the alphabet has several different versions, making the font seem amazingly realistic.

Definitely! A Fiction Mail gift box is the a really unique gift for fiction fans!

There are two convenient ways to gift Fiction Mail:

1) On a product page, check "Yes" to indicate that your purchase is a gift, then enter in your gift message. We'll include your gift message in the gift box. If you want us to hold off on mailing the gift box (example: if you're buying a Christmas gift and don't want the first letter to be put in the mail until after Christmas), select the date you want it to ship.

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2) Purchase an eGift Card. The recipient will receive an email with a gift card number they can apply towards the purchase of any gift box they want.. Choose to have the gift card emailed immediately, or schedule it for a future date!

We use premium, colorful envelopes about the size of a large greeting card.

While there's no graphic content in the letter, they do sometime take on topics that may not be appropriate for children. Consider the letters to be rated PG-13.

We currently mail our fiction letters within the United States.

Shipping within the United States is FREE!

When you purchase a  Fiction Mail gift box within the United States, it will be shipped within 2 business days via USPS Ground Advantage, with an estimated delivery window of 3-5 days after shipping. You'll get a tracking code via email when the first letter is mailed.

You can upgrade the shipping to USPS Priority mail, with an estimated delivery window of 1-3 days, for a small charge.

A bundle is a collection of Fiction Mail series packaged as 20, 40, or 52-letters within one Fiction Mail gift box. You can check out the available bundles here.

We started Fiction Mail by sending each letter of a series separately, either as weekly or monthly letters.

While our customers loved this approach, we ran into issues due to the deteriorating reliability of the USPS service. Letters were getting delayed or lost by the Post Office, so we made the decision to pivot to selling our Fiction Mail series as gift boxes.

While we know some of you will miss the thrill of getting weekly letters in the mail, we hope you'll see why we needed to make this change in order for our customers to have a reliable and trouble free experience.

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