The following is the Postscript I've added to Slow Boil Rising today, on the seven-month anniversary of its release.

Postscript to Slow Boil Rising

D.T.E. Madden: 75 January 2016

I thank you for reading Slow Boil Rising. It is the culmination of about 13 years of writing, mulling over, and mulling over some more. It was 13 years in which short stories grew into long stories, which in turn grew and collided with each other to form the universe you just witnessed.

You can see passages originally outlined by lantern light in autumn woods as fish fried and whiskey warmed by the fire. You can see passages written under the influence of basic military training. You can even see the law school phase of the work that now appears largely in the appendix, as I grappled with the often absurd, pretzel-logic of the law.

I know there is much left hanging with this story. Needless to say, I will not leave you hanging for 13 more years while I hammer out a sequel.

A sequel is indeed steadily coming together.

As I write passages featuring purple men, the origins of El Asno, the fate of Bowperson, the mania of Danbill Sulla, and a few new characters you have not met yet, engaging with you keeps me going. Your feedback keeps the writing energy flowing.

With that in mind, please connect with me via my blog on dtemadden.com, on Goodreads, on Amazon, and via the Slow Boil Rising page on Facebook.

I thank you again for joining me in the year 0039 and look forward to joining you again there soon.

D.T.E. Madden

March 15, 2016