After the Virus - a Surviralist's Journal
Activity Overview
Episode publication activity over the past year
Episodes
Season 2 Episode 1: P.V.11 - Eleven Years Post Virus
21 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Contained here is a reading of Chapters one and two of Book Two of The Surviralist’s Series: Surviralist’s Birthright.As of March 14, 2034, it has...
BONUS Episode: Author Interview
17 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This interview was recorded on April 16, 2021 by Gayle Kimball for her radio show "Ask Dr, Gayle" on KZFR public radio in Chico, Ca, She a...
Episode 27: Terminus et Exordium
15 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
“A great civilization is not conquered from without until it has destroyed itself from within.”-Ariel Durant (1944). “The Story of Civilization:...
Episode 26: Running the Gauntlet
08 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
There is no turning back as they fight their way towards the final resolution. A battle at a bridge nearly finishes them, but then suddenly they find ...
Episode 25: Deliverance
02 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
While Keisha and her boatmates choose to stay on the river, Sheila leads a convoy of massive farm vehicles for a hellish ride through the Sacramento B...
Episode 24: Hopeless
26 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Time is running out and their pursuers are becoming increasingly deadly. Even as they meet new allies, the loss of a beloved comrade makes some questi...
Episode 23: He DIED Defending Them.
19 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Heroism is still heroism even if no one is left to acknowledge or remember it. If a tree falls in the forest and no one is around to hear it, does it ...
Episode 22: River Pirates
12 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
With the PM searching closer and closer to the roundhouse, the family bugs-out sooner than expected. The river is their fastest route. Unfortunately, ...
Episode21: War Pigeons
05 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
An archipelago of resistance camps. Communication is vital. The grid is history. Tech is dead. From Julius Caesar’s messages to Gaul, to WWII’s...
Episode 20: The Family
24 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
First it was just Will, alone. Hope gave purpose to Will’s existence. Providence led them to Laurel. The burned man meant to kill. Billy and Dusty ...
Episode 19: Needed Help Dying
18 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The “fight or flight response” is an automatic physiological reaction to an event that is perceived as stressful or frightening. The perception of...
Episode 18: The Best Defense…
11 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Though the elements have challenged their wilderness skills, descending back into the domain of the hostiles will force them to call on Will’s comba...
Episode 17: Breaking the Eradication Code
05 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Your only contact with the outside world is six distinct sets of tones, repeated ad nauseam over a marine radio. What could they mean?It’s a code! ...
Episode 16: A Change of Seasons
28 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Sometimes, change is the only constant. Allies and enemies come and go. Mountains lead to valleys. Streams become lakes, water becomes ice. Winter is ...
Episode 15: Tom and the Zekes
20 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Tom. Friend or foe? The enemy of my enemy is my friend. In the new paradigm of existence, enemies come in many new and evolving forms. But Zekes aren’...
Episode 14: Infected
15 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
It’s easy to think of survival skills as a panacea for thriving in the wild. In reality they are but a stopgap. If highly skilled and extremely luck...
Episode 13: Buck Fever
07 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Along with the human Ebola pandemic brought on by the planets degraded environment and altered climate, other pathogens wreaked havoc on plants, insec...
Episode 12: The Quick and the Dead
30 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
One man alone in the wilderness, no matter how skilled, is hard-pressed to survive the rigors of weather, predators, securing food and finding shelter...
Episode 11: As a Hunter Hangs a Deer
26 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
For a species to endure, there must be a continuum of luck, skill and conditions conducive to survival. The weak, unskilled or unlucky are culled, the...
Season 1 Episode 10: The VNC
21 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Some of our most admirable human qualities, care and trust, can also be our downfall. How many times must Will learn that when you allow yourself to t...
Season 1 Episode 9: A Distant Rumble
16 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Trekking deeper into the wilderness, Will and Hope settle into a serene location overlooking Mill Creek. Before long, their peace is shattered first b...
Season 1 Episode 8: Catching a Buzz
09 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Fire has consumed almost all of the supplies and equipment, and has driven the game out of the canyon. In order to survive the present and provision f...
Season 1 Episode 7: The Simoom of Change
03 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Surviving in the wild can be like playing a board game – the board (the outdoors) remains the same but the dice (your skills) can change your odds o...
Season 1 Episode 6: Fast Learner
27 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In addition to the many wilderness skills that Hope is learning and practicing, Will knows that self-defense skills may be the most important lessons....
Season 1 Episode 5: One and Done
20 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Just as Hope has given Will a renewed purpose to survive, a misguided paramilitary force seeks to destroy anyone existing outside of their quarantine ...
Season 1 Episode 4: Hope
15 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In Episode 4: Will has begun to fall nicely into a pattern of sustaining himself from the abundance of nature, then once again he is jolted back to th...
Season 1 Episode 3: Tastes Like Chicken
13 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
As Will settles into his remote camp the threat of human violence is temporarily behind him, but now he faces the challenges of surviving all alone in...
Season 1 Episode 2: Pistol Shots at 4 a.m.
11 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
After shuttling the remainder of his supplies to his new cave, Will finds that he’s not alone in the wilderness as shots break the stillness before ...
Season 1 Episode 1: Then I was Completely Alone
11 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Narrated in the style of a daily diary, Episode One is Will’s recounting of the days leading up to his first journal entry, and explains the events ...