The world would look very different if half the population were irradiated mutants.

“…kill…me…” It is the siren cry of stereotypical ‘I-shouldn’t-exist’ mutants the world over. Writers of surreal apocalyptic fiction love this crazy stuff and mutants are widely considered to be the norm of the post-nuclear world, but is it possible that these creatures could ever come to be? In the nuclear Wasteland setting of the Crumble […]

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Every post-apocalyptic Poke-ball needs a scope.

Pokemon GO came out recently, and unless you’ve been living under a Snorlax, you’ll know that it’s insanely popular. Like, servers can’t handle it, human beings actually LEAVING THE HOUSE to get exercise popular. The real backstory of the Poke-world is cool enough – with god-like Pokemon creating all your favourite regions and characters like many […]

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Just because the world is over doesn't mean you can't have first-world problems.

Now: BEEP BEEP BEEP. It’s your phone going off in the middle of the night because your best friend fell (hard) off the wagon and you forgot to turn the volume off your smartphone. After the apocalypse: BEEP BEEP BEEP. Your only friend in the entire world just texted you to warn that mutants were crawling […]

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So just how long do we have until all of us are living in our own post-apocalyptic world?

As a person fascinated by online post-apocalyptic fiction, I fantasise about life after the end of all things a fair amount. As I wander down the street, I sometimes catch myself thinking, ‘What would I be doing if this was all ruined?’ To be fair, I’m the type of narcissistic arsehole who believes he’d survive such […]

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