Could an asteroid wipe out life on planet Earth? Yes, but is it likely? Well, read on to find out about apocalyptic rocks and whether or not it'll happen.
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Devastating global pathogens may be a work of post-apocalyptic fiction, but that doesn't mean there aren't some scary bugs out there right now.
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How to build an outdoor nuclear bomb shelter (and not die)
Surviving to see post-apocalyptic New Zealand won't be easy. You need a shelter, so discover how to build an outdoor nuclear shelter here.
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Radiation sickness can be a real bastard, and it's not just post-apocalyptic fiction. Find out what could happen to you in a real-world fallout situation.
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Due to the varying size of nuclear bombs, the amount it would take to wipe out New Zealand is hard to calculate. It would take over 7,000 United States W-78 missiles at a 335-kiloton yield, or just less than 100 Tsar Bombas at 100 megatons. New Zealand is a small-ass country, and nuclear weapons create […]
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Eating human flesh is common in post-apocalyptic fiction, but just how safe is it? Discover the fatal consequences of consuming human meat.
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“Hatching the Phoenix Egg” is the sequel to author Joel Horn’s coming-of-age rocket science book “Lost Coast Rocket”, which you can find on Amazon alongside this novel. Where the first book is about the protagonist’s journey into adulthood via rockets and science, this book manages to diverge into the Crumble Blog’s genre – post-apocalyptic fiction. […]
Read more The nuclear apocalypse. It’s a chilling concept that we haven’t really had to consider since the Cold War (hah, chilling, Cold War…). But however dramatic the concept may be, the simple fact that nuclear warheads exist means there will always be people like me writing about the horrors of the post-nuclear apocalypse. Modern society couldn’t […]
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When the zombies strike, typically you’ll see the world’s big cities fall; New York, Los Angeles, Paris, London, Beijing, and so on. But where does Auckland sit in this list? As a post-apocalyptic writer living in New Zealand’s biggest metropolis, I felt it was high time someone looked into it. Here’s how to survive a […]
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“…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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