Zero Hour...it's finally time!

Yay, it's finally time for Zero Hour! I've pulled out all the stops and done some things I wouldn't be able to do if I hadn't published it myself.

1. PL Nunn cover - I have ALWAYS wanted one.
2. Illustrations - even if I had offered to provide illustrations, it wouldn't have been possible. Too finicky to format.
3. Free version - I am leaving the first draft up for free. Most publishers won't touch something that's available simultaneously for free.

The story: 
Ernest just turned thirty. It's time for retirement, freedom from the tedious drudgery of his job as a data clerk. Time to explore parts of the city he's never seen before, and hopefully meet some people other than his Deacon or his health monitor. And at the end of the month? Time to die.

Will runs the counter at the historic coffee shop, and when he talks, he sounds just like an old-time data feed. He's nothing like anyone Ernest has ever met—which isn't saying much—but still, something about him simply doesn't parse.

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Is there a difference between the free and paid versions? Yes, the illustrations go with the paid version, and the middle of the story got a lot of tweaking. I think certain cause-and-effect relationships became clear to me only after the whole story was written, and I was able to go in and really tighten those up.

Right now Mobi, Lit, ePub and PDF are available at JCP Books.
Kindle is in the process of publishing and may be up by the time you read this, Nook will be up soon, and the paperback should be along in a couple of weeks.