Elsie

by Dion Wood

The world ended quietly.
Empty streets. Shuttered houses. Silence stretching along the coast.
Elsie is surviving in what remains of her hometown of Lowestoft. Trained to endure and conditioned to stay alive, she moves through abandoned streets by routine alone; breathing, counting, remembering.
When she returns to her childhood home, memories she has spent years trying to bury begin to surface. Family. Loss. Grief. The person she used to be before the world fell apart.
Told through shifting timelines of then and now, Elsie is a quiet, character-driven post-apocalyptic novel about loneliness, survival and learning how to keep going when everything feels broken.
Perfect for readers who enjoy atmospheric storytelling, emotionally driven survival fiction and deeply human characters.

216 pages, Kindle Edition

Published January 15, 2026

About the author

I am a primary school teacher and father of three who lives on the East coast of England.
I love post apocalyptic and dystopian fiction.

Reviews

[Emily · Rating 2 out of 5]

This is one of those books where I enjoyed the story but felt like there could have been more added to it to flesh it out a bit more and explain some things that aren't too clear

I will say that despite this, I will still read the next book to find out what happens!