Miriam Gershow: “Nature Stories,” a new nonfiction for Bad Survivalist

Nature Stories 1. The GPS gets us lost on the way to the boat launch. We backtrack and I take … More

Two Bad Survivalisms by Zedekiah Gonsalves Schild

Good in a Crisis I can elevate that glassfoot                                    above your heartapply unflinching pressure                         to that chain of woundsthat began … More

Bad Survivalist Short Story: “Progress” by Derek Fisher

Progress TurtlePhone and Positively Pete! roll across a hellish expanse of the Mojave Desert. Roll, and drag. TurtlePhone, equipped with … More

“There Is No Answer to the Simplicity of Weather,” a collaborative poem by Leigh Chadwick & Mitchell Nobis

There Is No Answer to the Simplicity of Weather My dreams are nothing but a wall of owls. I wake … More

“Bounty,” a Bad Survivalist Flash Fiction by Michele Finn Johnson

Bounty Marian’s halfway through her beginner Peloton class when she hears her husband, Luke, scream—What the hell? She slows her … More

Bad Survivalist Short Story: “In the Afterlife Your Landlord Is a Witch” by Maggie Nye

In the Afterlife Your Landlord Is a Witch She does not wear a pointed hat around the property, except in … More

Bad Survivalist: “What Makes You Feral,” a short story by Julie Wernersbach

What Makes You Feral PIPE BURST. COME EARLY. She rushed. What did she expect? A pipe shattering in mid-air, hard … More

“Netflix Closed Captioning,” a poem for Bad Survivalist by Jeffrey Hecker

Netflix Closed Captioning [Rapid downbeat funky relaxed happy soulful witchy jazz music starts playing] [Wurlitzer muffles sobs] [Cadavers gurgle blow … More

“Nude Fridays in Whitelandia,” a Bad Survivalist Short Story by David Winner

Nude Fridays in Whitelandia The Zoom Wake Pretty soon after Louis’ passing, I had an idea. Zoom wakes were everywhere, … More

Bad Survivalist: “DON’T CHIDE THE HOOTCH” & other RIP VW erasure/collages by Nance Van Winckel

*Ed.’s Note: click images to view larger sizes. Nance Van Winckel’s ninth poetry collection, The Many Beds of Martha Washington, is … More

Bad Survivalist Poetry: “where the space ends” by Anthony Santulli

where the space ends             even maps know that point of view                   is a lifeless music—that the next sense … More

Bad Survivalist: Three Poems by Emily Pinkerton

Go Like This Write in front of mirrors. Talk to yourselfin the bathroom. Spend late nights alone.Wake early, follow the … More

“This Sultry Thing Called Home,” a Bad Survivalist Poem by Dhwanee Goyal

This Sultry Thing Called Home Loosely after Katia Krafft, a French volcanologist. Also somewhat inspired by John Ashbery. There were … More

Bad Survivalist Short Story: “Bear, Flower, Ferryman,” by Margaret Redmond Whitehead

Bear, Flower, Ferryman For a long time that morning, the bear occupied herself with a cardboard box. Its walls were … More

Steve Gergely: “VanLife,” a flash fiction for Bad Survivalist

VanLife For the past two weeks I’ve been living out of my van. It’s not a lifestyle for everyone, but … More