09/08/2026
Woah…. Caught up with Best selling author.. McCracken Poston this morning.
He is also a sponsor for Dolly Dash!
Get your preorder today for the NEW ENDING true crime paperback. Trust me that you will thank me later!
SEPTEMBER IS UPON US!
LET THE COUNTDOWN TO 09/29/2026 BEGIN!
I submitted the manuscript for the hardcover of this book to my publisher in 2023. Alvin Ridley was very much alive and just getting used to the knowledge that he had spent his whole life with undiagnosed autism. The discovery had reframed the whole story for me and sparked this book. It also transformed Alvin.
But the story didn't end there. Many of you witnessed Alvin being "lifted" by the autism diagnosis and his new understanding of himself. Autism is an information-processing condition. I apologized to Alvin for my part in the "processing" problem, because I was not processing him and he wasn't processing me!
Alvin was the happiest person I knew at the time of his passing, something I never thought I would say about Alvin Ridley.
So, the trade paperback, coming to your store (or to your house) on September 29, 2026, will give final closure on the subject. The last days, the last words, and the lasting legacy of Alvin Ridley.
While I often wish I could have given you the whole story in the hardcover, I wouldn't trade anything for witnessing how this town warmed up to its "TV Repairman" (as Alvin put on his tombstone).
We have a unique opportunity to tell the world this story, now in the less expensive trade paperback format. We also have the opportunity to get "bestseller" status in several forums, such as NYT, USAToday, Amazon, B&N, Books-A-Million, and others.
This is all determined by presales before the end of this month.
I like to use the example of what Savannah did with "Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil" after achieving bestseller status. If Ringgold, Georgia could just have a fraction of that... imagine!
You can help. Get your Christmas shopping done early! Get your own Alvin Ridley story's conclusion. Get something for that person who has everything in the world but the end of Alvin's story.
PLEASE PREORDER THE PAPERBACK TODAY FROM YOUR LOCAL STORE OR FROM:
AMAZON
https://a.co/d/06YZU97B
BARNES & NOBLE
https://www.barnesandnoble.com/s/9780806542805
BOOKSHOP (For Independent Bookstores)
https://bookshop.org/search?keywords=9780806542805
BOOKS-A-MILLION
https://www.booksamillion.com/search?query=9780806542805
WALMART
https://www.walmart.com/ip/19319820460
TARGET
https://www.target.com/p/zenith-man-by-mccracken-poston-paperback/-/A-1009205459
KENSINGTON PUBLISHING
https://www.kensingtonbooks.com/shop/zenith-man-pb/
PENGUIN RANDOM HOUSE
https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/authors/2307236/mccracken-poston-jr/
And thank you.
McP
