My new book,
The Survivors, is coming out this May!
The Survivors (Solstice Publishing) is a post-apocalyptic horror novella of 32,000 words. Written for an adult audience with strong stomachs, it bears some similarities to “Bullet Point” by Elizabeth Bear,
Horror in the Woods by Lee Mountford,
The Road by Cormac McCarthy, and
Parable of the Sower by Octavia Butler.
In a calamitous future, runaway climate change has made the planet nearly uninhabitable. Civilization has collapsed, and every day is a struggle. Lucy, a young mother of two, dreams of a better life by bringing back vanished knowledge. But the rest of her group, headed by her brutal aunt Irma, is focused only on day-to-day survival—at any price. When a deadly hurricane destroys their home, Lucy’s group is forced on the road, where they must cope with hunger, searing temperatures, and vicious rivals. And their nightmare is just beginning...