Obsessed with the apocalypse in all its trivial detail
Fine Print by T.C. Middlesex is seven horror stories about what you agree to when you're lonely, desperate or not paying attention. Here's why it belongs on a survival blog.
Which video games and tabletop games actually build habits useful for survival, which skills they can't teach you, and the games that model the end of the world best.
Our review of O.T. Nelson's 1975 novel The Girl Who Owned a City: some of the best practical survival detail in children's fiction, wrapped around a philosophy worth arguing with.
Ten mood-based playlists for the end times, plus the unglamorous part nobody mentions: how to keep music playing once the streaming servers go dark.
Our review of Laura Thalassa's Four Horsemen series (Pestilence, War, Famine and Death): a bold premise that works best for romance readers, with captor dynamics some readers won't accept.
Our review of Suzanne Collins' The Hunger Games: why its survival details hold up better than almost any post-apocalyptic novel, and where the love triangle drags it down.
Our review of James Dashner's The Maze Runner: a gripping premise and a fast pace, undercut by thin characters and a mystery that withholds answers for the sake of it.
After a disaster, survivors have to decide quickly whom to trust. Icebreakers and rituals for welcoming newcomers to a group, plus radio check-ins for keeping scattered survivors connected.
Boredom is a real hazard in long emergencies. Twelve games and group activities that need no power, from Mafia and Capture the Flag to cook-offs, talent shows and a scrap-art…
Why post-apocalyptic romance is such a popular subgenre, what love stories get right about surviving hard times, and why a stash of paperbacks belongs in your emergency supplies.
