Monthly Archives: December 2012
Evaporation
An essay by Newton Hickson, as provided by Justin Short I’m the guy who punches tigers in the face for a living. You might have read about me in one of those articles on animal cruelty. Maybe heard my name shouted by the hippies who spend their time playing chicken with whaling boats. But I [...]
How I Learned to Love My Clones
An essay by Dr. Cortico Vox as procured by Folly Blaine Illustration by Justine McGreevy When I began my illustrious career as “mad” scientist, I considered clones a necessary evil. It pains me to admit this now, but I failed to see my clones as individuals, but rather, they were mere pawns in my Master [...]
Military Applications of Magical Beings
A report by Professor Jason Dirigible, as provided by Andy Brown Illustration by Justine McGreevy REPORT TO HEADS OF STAFF AUGUST 14th 2012 Introduction In February 2010, I was asked by the assembled heads of staff to look into the military applications of magical beings. My choices were influenced by considerations of availability, cost, and [...]
The Saddest Mad Scientist
An essay by A.F.W., as provided by Julianne Pachico There is nothing sadder than a mad scientist hell-bent on world domination whose killer clone-producing machine doesn’t work. When the thick clouds of smoke first start hissing out from the desperately whirring engine, and the room slowly fills with the smell of burning popcorn, the first thing [...]
Asexual Reproduction in homo sapiens sapiens
Introduction to Dr. Ozge Fethiye’s manuscript by Dr. Ozil Ahmadoff, as provided by Tamara Zachary Photography by Eleanor Leonne Bennett Ozge Fethiye was the finest scientific mind ever produced by the Yz’lyzi People’s Democratic Republic in all its thirty-three year history. She was also one of the world’s greatest geneticists, if only the world had [...]
Ask a Mad Scientist
We are looking to do an “Ask a Mad Scientist” column in the Autumn 2012 collection for Mad Scientist Journal. We have a couple writers picked out and now we need questions! For the next week, we are looking for people to submit questions that readers of a Mad Scientist Journal might ask a fellow [...]
That Man Behind the Curtain: November 2012
National Novel Writing Month has come and gone. I hit my 50k, and now have a hot steaming mess that I don’t know what to do with. Dawn would have also if her laptop hadn’t died at the last minute. The takeaway is that a lot of daily work got missed with Mad Scientist Journal. [...]
