Sean Patrick Little
AFTER EVERYONE DIED came about because I connected two dots.
The first was that every piece of post-apocalyptic fiction I've ever read was about warring factions or dystopian societies. It was never about a dude just having to be alone.
Then, after I started pondering that point, I had a bad day on the road. Too many people were driving poorly, and I got angry. I wanted them all to be off the road so I could just get to where I was going.
When I connected those two dots, it made sense to me to write an atypical post-apocalypse novel. I wanted to write a book about loneliness and isolation, not necessarily a survival novel, but one where the character was safe and had food, but just didn't have anyone around.
I think sometimes we wish for that. We want the whole last-person-on-Earth scenario, but I think most of us would lose our minds eventually.
The first was that every piece of post-apocalyptic fiction I've ever read was about warring factions or dystopian societies. It was never about a dude just having to be alone.
Then, after I started pondering that point, I had a bad day on the road. Too many people were driving poorly, and I got angry. I wanted them all to be off the road so I could just get to where I was going.
When I connected those two dots, it made sense to me to write an atypical post-apocalypse novel. I wanted to write a book about loneliness and isolation, not necessarily a survival novel, but one where the character was safe and had food, but just didn't have anyone around.
I think sometimes we wish for that. We want the whole last-person-on-Earth scenario, but I think most of us would lose our minds eventually.
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