Accord Hospice 100 Story Challenge #56

As always, you can easily check out the doings at Accord Hospice by going to their webiste: accord.org.uk

You can sponsor my efforts to raise money for Accord, merely by clicking on the SECURE website on justgiving.com--- www.justgiving.com/nbgolash

DAY 56
STORY # 56

Nowhere to Be Found

White-hot lightining rent the hellish night, thunder shook the heavens. The schooner tossed about the sea, like a toy in a bathtub. Josiah gripped the wheel and cast a worried glance at his sons. They were bound from the fishing grounds, headed home with a successful catch.

With a crash that rivaled the thunder the rigging gave way, and the boys huddled under the bare poles. The raging sea swept the deck with tidal wave force. They ran for the main sheet--but it was too late. One last wave swamped the boat--and Josiah and his boys were gone.