The ending of “The Empty City” has long bothered me. It’s just, well, a stretch. Too fast. Too unbelievable. Really, not that good.

And while I thought about what to do about it, I realized something else: I just don’t like the whole story. Of course, it’s my first fiction work, and I accept the fact that very few people are good at something the first time they do it publicly. But the story just has a few too many holes in it and its sci-fi elements are just a bit too campy.

So I’ve unpublished it from Amazon and Smashwords, with one big intent: starting over. The protagonists will stay, but the story they’ll be in will be a little better. And I’m combining in elements from “At a Distance,” the as-yet-unpublished sequel to the now-unpublished “The Empty City,” and another story I just came up with.

I’m just starting writing the reboot, so it’ll be a while before I publish it.

And to the one person who bought “The Empty City:” Thanks for your purchase, and I hope it wasn’t too disappointing.

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