Nature Stories 1. The GPS gets us lost on the way to the boat launch. We backtrack and I take … More
Category: Bad Survivalist
The couple that camps together gets mauled together. Never ask for directions but plead for outdoor sex? Every pool is safe for swimming. You are a bad survivalist; blaze your trail for HFR.
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