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bad version (n.):

1) [Screenwriting] The wild idea that gets the brainstorming process going

2) [Metaphor] A prototype for discussion and improvement

3) [Publication] A literary project that brings us together to make it better

4) ["... "] The Bad Version was an online and print magazine that ran from 2011 to 2014. As all things must, it has run its course, and we are no longer publishing new material. We encourage you to browse our archives. Thank you to all who have read and supported us over the years! - The editors
Issue 1 cover
Issue 1, Fall 2011
Issue 2 cover
Issue 2, Winter 2012
Issue 3 cover
Issue 3, Summer 2012
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Straight Colored Men

by Ryan Wong
Ella Bucknall
A Season without Seasons

by Ximena Vengoechea
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Puerto Madero: Rock and Ruin on the Imagination Express

by Flora Lindsay-Herrera
Darren Demaree Poems
Two Poems

by Darren Demaree
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Big Science

by Jan-Erik Asplund
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Trotskyist Christmas

by Daniel Howell
Insect Wife?
The Insect Wife

by Sara Judy
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Two Poems

by Emmet Penney
TENURE
Let’s Abolish Tenure

by Daniel Howell
disneyworld
Disney World

by Brendan Kiely
skepticon
Contrary to Belief

by Jordan Hickey
Banana-Tree
Banana Tree

by Abbi Nguyen
For Mother's Day
For Mother’s Day

by Daniel Howell
Broken Records
Broken Records

by Teddy Martin
Going Somewhere
Going Somewhere

by Ben Cosgrove
Escape-From-Portlandia
Escape From Portlandia

by Jake Cohen
With Your Shield Or On It
With Your Shield Or On It

by Benjamin N. Schachtman
Welfare Fraud Lady is Insane
Welfare Fraud Lady is Insane

by Mariev Finnegan , Matriarch of the Erie
Strange Bodies
Strange Bodies

by Laura Gottesdiener
Jeremiah Burkhart's 116th Dream
Jeremiah Burkhart’s 116th Dream

by Andrew Waters