Yesterday's Gone: Season Three (THE POST-APOCALYPTIC SERIAL THRILLER)

Author’s Note

    Welcome to Season Three of Yesterday’s Gone .
    We’d like to begin by thanking you, the reader, for making this series such a success!
    When we started this story last summer, it was an experiment in serialized fiction — an experiment we hoped would work — but an experiment, nonetheless. We mentioned our influences in prior author’s notes, and why we wanted to do serialized fiction, and how now seemed like the time for serials.
    But we weren’t certain how well serials would work.
    We’re thrilled to say that thanks to you , we’re now able to write fiction full time — which was merely a dream this time last year.
    You supported Yesterday’s Gone , plus our other serials, ForNevermore and WhiteSpace .
    Thank you!
    While we’re able to make a modest living from our writing, we’ve not signed any book or movie deals, or anything else that would eliminate the stress from our weekly production or turn our business model into a certainty. We’re working hard to create the kind of work that gets people talking, like 50 Shades of Grey . Once that happens, we’ll be able to write with the confidence that comes with knowing we can make a living from our stories for a while.
    We are so close, yet still so far.

    BREAK-OUT SEASON!
    Season Two of Yesterday’s Gone was the season that showed us we had something special, though.
    More readers were finding us. Daily emails started pouring in, asking when Season Three would start. And we started getting our first haters! You know you’re doing something right when the haters start hating.
    People were suddenly paying attention to our story. And we felt pressure not to drop the ball! This season combines our lessons learned from Seasons One and Two of Yesterday’s Gone, plus the first seasons of WhiteSpace and ForNevermore, so that we could bring you the perfect blend of character, scares, action, pacing, and, of course, our WTF cliffhangers!
    Like LOST , we’ve accumulated many questions over the previous twelve episodes. This season answers the question: What happened on October 15?
    We’ll also be answering many more questions and connecting the dots of many of the mysteries. The main storyline for Season Three is our favorite so far.

OUR GOAL
    While we haven’t yet “made it,” we’re on the right path. You’ve told us in sales, reviews, and emails.
    We’re still working writers and writing our asses off, sticking to the goal we set for ourselves in January — to release a new book every week in 2012 — either an episode of our serialized stories, or a short story.
    We want to make 2012 the year of the serial!
    And thanks to you — it might just happen.
    Thank you for taking a chance on a couple of indie authors and allowing us into your heads to tell you our weird little tales each week. Please enjoy, and remember, every review matters.

    Sean Platt &
    David Wright
    www.collectiveinkwell.com

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Previously…

    Here’s a quick refresher of what happened in Season Two of Yesterday’s Gone . Not all the details — that would take forever — but enough to remind you of what you need to know going into Season Three . We’ll update you on other story lines as necessary during the season.
    On October 15, 2011, all but a handful of people vanished from the planet.
    Except, as mysterious government agent Ed Keenan and Brent Foster discovered at Black Island Research Facility on an island off New York — the rest of the world didn’t vanish — they, along with a bunch of other people did. And they were brought to an alternate Earth for reasons unknown. A world which lost most of its people at the exact same moment they were pulled over.
    Ed and Brent were tasked to go south to find a person believed to have something to do with what happened, a man named Boricio.
    Boricio Wolfe is a serial killer/rapist who, through circumstance, wound up partnering with a group of young people including Charlie, Adam, and Callie (who Charlie has a crush on), along with a few other misfits, who have no idea how bad Boricio truly is.
    Shortly after a skirmish with a group of bandits, Charlie, Adam, and Cassidy wound up getting lost in a freak tornado that decimated a store they were hiding in. After the storm, the three were separated from one another, at which time Callie was abducted by unseen men in a black van.
    Charlie and Adam went off in search of Callie.