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

FOR THE PAST TWO WEEKS I’ve been living out of my van. It’s not a lifestyle for everyone, but at … More

Robert Scotellaro: “A Sky Full of Crickets,” flash fiction triptych for Bad Survivalist

Hatching THEY ARE STRAPPED IN THEIR upside-down car for hours before the firemen, slicing through metal, free them. The deer … More

Renewed Sensitivity YOUR DISTRUST OF PEOPLE IS verging on paranoia, and although I remain exempt from your unfounded scrutiny, talking … More

WHEN YOU LIVE IN A forest, there isn’t much to do but lie on your side and eat the … More

Tornadic Weather THE MIDWEST THROWS NEON-COLORED food at us. We have something microscopic in our throats. The trees procreate with … More

Moniker MY “FRIENDS” KEPT CALLING ME, Asian.And I was Asian, I am Asian. But they called me Asian as … More

Talking I’D BEEN SEEING THE FLASHING blue and red lights coming up fast behind me, and so I was soon … More

CLAREY SITS ON THE TOILET in the shine of the morning and studies the crotch of her panties. The … More

MY DOUBLE IS BORED; I tell him it’s not my fault—he still looks at me judgmentally.So we have a … More

MY MOTHER CARRIED BRIGHT COLORED candies with her everywhere. Usually Skittles or M&M’s. It didn’t strike me as odd … More

OH, JESUS.JUST TRY TO relax. You’re okay.God.You’re okay, I’m right here with you, just like always. Just take it … More

GHOSTS EAT GHOST HAMBURGERS FROM ghost cows. You can’t kill a ghost though, so the ghost cows are eaten … More

I AM 612 FEET BELOW the surface, and I am furious.Eric is connected to my dive belt by an … More

MY MOTHER BELIEVED LIFE SHOULD be graceful and clean, much like the way she entered the water when she was young. … More

THE DISEMBODIED HANDS WERE STILL a long way off. I mean, we could hear them down the hallway, kind … More