I will be appearing at GenCon 2011 in the Authors Avenue portion of the Exhibitor Hall, August 4-7, 2011. Though Open for Business is not ready for public reading, the cover will be viewable at the table. New bookmarks will also be available for free, limited supply only. I will also have my personal business cards that have a flash story on the back, available only on the cards.

The origin story "Killing for Others," an 11,000 word prequel to the trilogy, will be available in the anthology, Missing Pieces II. If I am not selling them, the publisher of this anthology should have them available at the show. I will sign my story to anyone who purchases the anthology from any retailer or author, but I will include a special message and personalize it if purchased from my table.

Come out, say hi, and maybe get a little foreknowledge of what happens in the second volume of the trilogy.

— Christopher Bair