Normal - A post TEOTWAWKI novel

[shooter]

Thank you so much! I would buy your work if published, Thanks for treating us to your gift! God Bless you and good luck.

[arcangel911]

Works great..... thank you!

[Bill Foster]

I was reading "Normal" this past weekend when it was announced that Israel was setting a timeline for ending their nuclear program. It was chilling.

You have a great gift. Your writing puts the reader right in the action. Thank you for a great novel.

[Abigailnumber2]

Great story. I really enjoyed it. Thank you.

[JUSTIFIED]

Just started "Normal". Grand, are any of your works in print that I could get my hands on?

[Grand58742]

Just started "Normal". Grand, are any of your works in print that I could get my hands on?

Nothing yet...

[combatcanine]

lov the story thanks for the pdf

[seraphima]

This is a truly excellent story!

One small query/criticism: I wondered why the families on the ranch would consent to having all but a week's worth of food taken away for "inventory"?
Many had brought their own storage food. While some supplies can be kept in common, such as beans, rice, salt, etc. any family will have some special needs of one kind or another. Food allergies are common and varied, babies and small children have special needs, certain foods interfere with medications, etc. etc. Not to mention, that people also have food preferences. I find chocolate almost essential, yet can't eat milk chocolate b/c I'm lactose intolerant. So, if they spent the money to get the dark chocolate to store, why would the wives willingly give it up? One week of food in the house is not much, especially when weather events such as the blizzard in March, mentioned in the story, can severely shut down even short trips to storage, barns, etc.

This divestiture of food seemed especially unbelievable because the 'Loyalist' .gov was confiscating everybody's food if they had more than 2 weeks, and was a major heads-up and cause of contention to the population of the US.

Just my two cents.

Thanks so much!

[Grand58742]

This is a truly excellent story!

One small query/criticism: I wondered why the families on the ranch would consent to having all but a week's worth of food taken away for "inventory"?
Many had brought their own storage food. While some supplies can be kept in common, such as beans, rice, salt, etc. any family will have some special needs of one kind or another. Food allergies are common and varied, babies and small children have special needs, certain foods interfere with medications, etc. etc. Not to mention, that people also have food preferences. I find chocolate almost essential, yet can't eat milk chocolate b/c I'm lactose intolerant. So, if they spent the money to get the dark chocolate to store, why would the wives willingly give it up? One week of food in the house is not much, especially when weather events such as the blizzard in March, mentioned in the story, can severely shut down even short trips to storage, barns, etc.

This divestiture of food seemed especially unbelievable because the 'Loyalist' .gov was confiscating everybody's food if they had more than 2 weeks, and was a major heads-up and cause of contention to the population of the US.

Just my two cents.

Thanks so much!

As envisioned (little hazy as it was five years and a few stories ago lol) the week was to make things fair across the board as some had put in food, others supplies, others ammo, so on and so forth. Community property just seemed like a good fit overall as I was in the mindset if a family showed up under a single roof, their foods would be lumped in with everyone else's and everyone would eat from the same trough so to speak. There wouldn't necessarily be "this is mine leave it alone" during a survival situation in the "perfect world" I created.

As for special needs and foods, I hadn't really put much thought into that and I know good and well not to get between a woman and her chocolate lol.

I appreciate the interest in the story and thanks for reading!