Author's Note

What if I was the only one Baudelaire child?
What if I wasn't as close to my aunt Josephine as I was to my uncle Monty, and a disturbingly awkward Count Olaf. What if my uncle Monty died? What if uncle Monty just died from old age? What if I was forced to go to an orphanage instead of Mr. Poe passing me onto more relatives? That's what this story is about.