Brenda Marie Smith, Austin Author. Winner 2018 SFK Press Novel Contest, If Darkness Takes Us, comes out October 15^th.  A solar pulse destroys modern life, and Bea’s left alone in South Austin with four grandkids. She must teach them to survive without power, cars, or running water in a danger-fraught world. Pre-orders:https://www.amazon.com/Darkness-Takes-Brenda-Marie-Smith-ebook/dp/B07WK9BQHN/