Dust Flyer

Welcome to the 23rd century... Following an apocalyptic event known as the Dust Storm, most of the world is covered in "dust" made of countless nanites. Breathing in the dust drives people insane, turning them into murderous slayers. The dust has also taken over nearly all computer systems, spreading through what is left of the web. Human kind, running low on natural resources and forced to rely almost exclusively on analog technology, exists in small pockets free of dust. Most of these are controlled by cartels and the trade lords who run them. Travel between these areas is possible through the use of flying dust ships. Those who make a living flying on these ships are called dusters.  Harper North, a young woman from New-Helsinki, embarks on her first job as a duster, employed on a dust ship called the Baltic Herring. What was supposed to be a simple delivery to a small village near the ruins of Riga turns into a fight for survival, as the crew witness the mysterious crash of a large freighter in the ruins. Dust Flyer is an episodic series, with each chapter being around 1000 - 3000 words in length. It is a post-apocalyptic world, where technology is analog, cartels control the few remaining cities and dust ships are the only way to travel between the few habitable regions still left in the world. I write these chapters in chunks of 4 or 5, which I consider to be one "episode".