Yesterday's Gone: Season One

 
    “Why is that lady chasing her?” I said, more curious than frightened. I could feel my sister’s discomfort beside me.  
    “Probably because she forgot to clean her room,” my dad said. My mom suggested he change the channel, which he did immediately, but not before defensively saying to my mom, “ You’re the one who likes Stephen King.”  
    “Was that Carrie? ” I asked, pointing to the TV. My mom said yes. I have no idea how I knew.
    I did know this – Stephen King books were scary and exciting. And after seeing seven seconds of Carrie, I also knew they probably had buckets of blood, which for all the swords and warfare, was something The Hobbit was seriously lacking.

    I read The Talisman , fresh from the bestseller rack, still in hardcover about a month after my mom did. I took it from her room, transported it to mine, then twisted the landscape of my mind and imagination forever.  
    It took a couple of decades, plus a few major life changes before I realized I was a writer, but many seeds were planted in between the pages of my first stack of Stephen King books. Like The Hobbit , I rarely understood everything the first time through, but I never minded the return visits.
    My parents had a small business, right around the corner from a Walden Books. Best babysitter I ever had. I devoured everything I could, hours swallowed hours and days ate weeks. That bookstore wasn’t only the best babysitter I ever had, it was also my best teacher. It’s where I read Twain and McMurtry, but it was also where I feasted on an endless supply of comic books and Blanche Knott’s Truly Tasteless Jokes books. I was eleven when I read Anne Rice’s Exit to Eden , which was a far more vivid lesson in sex than I’d ever get in school. My homework was often ignored, but by ’88, I’d read everything Stephen King had ever written, with the exception of Danse Macabre , which I admit I’ve still not gotten to.
    I grew up and was soon engrossed in film, preferring the bite-sized two hour adventures. I traded King for Tarantino and PT Anderson. The common thread was the same: well-told stories I couldn't break away from, with characters and dialogue that kept me smiling.  
    Most recently I’ve fallen in love with the golden age of television and the serialized delight from shows such as LOST , Dexter, The Walking Dead, and The Sopranos. Great characters, open loops, and impossibly awesome cliffhangers.  
    These are the seeds which eventually sprouted Yesterday’s Gone.  

    I expected my lifetime diet of books, movies, and TV would coalesce to help me tell a well-told story. After all, I’d been doing it as a ghostwriter for years. I love telling stories and knew Dave and I could write an exciting-to-read, impossible-to-put-down adventure.  
    What I didn’t expect was the magic.  
    I started writing Yesterday’s Gone expecting the first season to be fun, and maybe a little trashy. Though Dave and I wanted to deliver the highest quality experience we possibly could, part of what I loved most about his idea for the post-apocalyptic setting, was that I was confident we could write it fast and furiously (I’m a big believer that the faster you write, the more natural your voice, but that’s a different author’s note).
    I was picturing the grind house experiences of the 70’s, a trashy movie in a trashy theater that left you wanting more. I expected to enjoy writing the season, releasing it to an audience, then moving onto the next one. However, I didn’t expect to fall in love with the story, or the characters.  
    I love everything about Yesterday’s Gone , and after more than three million words written in the last three years, it’s my favorite thing I’ve ever done.  
    And I never saw Boricio coming.  
    I can’t wait for Season Two.  
    Thank YOU for reading. I’m looking forward to you and I having many more adventures together.  

    Sean Platt

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DARK CROSSINGS: Short stories. Killer Endings.

    From the creators of the groundbreaking post-apocalyptic series Yesterday’s Gone , and the vampire thriller Available Darkness , comes six unforgettable short stories, daring you to experience the darkness of their worlds.  

    Available as single stories or in the full collection, Dark Crossings is a collection best enjoyed with the lights on.

    PULL THE TRIGGER — Ellie’s husband owes money to some powerful people. The only way she can save his life is to do one “simple” job —