This was an excellent story. You know how fond I am of an apocalypse scenario. How the current situation feeds into our speculative imagination and how close and believable a situation like this feels right now. I love the bond between mother and son and the trust he has in her. And I love how it's a women too that's capably at the helm, so to speak, of her family's survival. I want more
Thank you very much!
This was easy to write, because I live so close to a boat harbor that feeds into the Atlantic Ocean. My daughter and I often say we need a boat for emergencies because there is really no way off of Long Island except a couple of narrow roadways. Big enough boat for the pets and everyone (not a $70,000 trawler 😄).
As for the women taking charge...I grew up without a father (or rather with a dreadful deadbeat father, absent) so women were always the strong ones in my family. I never wait for a man to do something. I just jump in and do what has to be done.
I'm so happy you liked this, because you certainly do know writing :)
I loved it, and hope @honeydue catches it as well.
They say you write best about what you know - no wonder you had a woman at the helm! Mind you, I think all of my central characters are women. I can't imagine what it would be like to be a man. Besides, I always loved the idea of kickass women with big boots in any apocalypse.