Expert Advice
Corpses Everywhere: What to do with The Dead.
When it all goes to shit, the corpses will be everywhere. No, not the zombies, but the dead. The regular dead. The bodies of people who didn't make it. You…
Trivial Details
Headline
Calgary flood: Practicing for the apocalypse
So yeah, this picture? That's downtown Calgary. Thankfully, I don't live in downtown Calgary (or in any of the areas that got evacuated), but I do live in Calgary. For…
Quick Survival Tip
Quick Survival Tip: Stand up for Yourself
Survival, in a pre- or post-apocalyptic world, requires compromise and self-reliance. We often see apocalyptic fiction where there is one leader and it's his way or no way and everyone…
Preparedness
Cannibal Ettiquette
Being A Polite Person When Eating A Person. Does being a cannibal have to mean rudeness? At some point in your post-apocalyptic future, you may be required to resort to…
Post-Apocalypse People
Drama, the survival camp, and you
So over the past six months or so, I've realized something about myself: I hate drama. Not drama in movies or books or anything like that, but real-life drama. The…
Understanding Your Surroundings
Tower Defense, The Apocalypse, and YOU!
Tower defense games are games in which you have a limited amount or resources available to build towers to defend your safe space from waves of enemies. Each wave defeated…
Expert Advice
The girls guide to post-apocalyptic dictatorship.
In the past, I have made a big deal about how in the post apocalypse, I WILL be a benevolent dictator in control of a large, well run compound. Some…
Apocalyptic Living
10 ways to ensure your survival camp followers toss you to the zombies
So you're a survival camp dictator tyrant leader. Congrats! You've got a bunch of people looking to you to keep them alive (no pressure or anything). Of course, now you…
Apocalyptic Living
Fundraising for the new ICoS real-life survival bunker
Hi everyone! It's Char (remember me?). Apologies for my long absence (if you haven't noticed I've been gone, I will throw you to the zombies, see if I don't), but…
Preparedness
Kill 'em With Kindness
Sometimes my fellow, future post-apocalyptic queens and I like to daydream together about what our ideal post-apocalyptic world will be like. We plan to run the post-apocalyptic world not through strong-arming communities…