Monthly Archives: January 2013
Our First Reviews!
In exchange for a free copy, Mallory Anne-Marie Forbes offered to write fair and honest reviews. She reviewed our Summer and Autumn issues from last year, and you can click the links below to see what she had to say! http://archiestandwoodsreviewsandwritings.blogspot.com/2013/01/mad-scientist-journal-summer-2012-review.html http://archiestandwoodsreviewsandwritings.blogspot.com/2013/01/mad-scientist-journal-autumn-2012review.html
The Assembly of Equals
A letter by Dr. Jane Macdonald, as provided by David Taub Bancroft Illustration by Katie Nyborg Mr. Simon Newsom News Editor Hypothesis Magazine 1867 E. Rogella Rd. Ottawa, ON K1A 0A9 Canada Dear Mr. Newsom: I am writing to protest the article written about me in the latest issue of your journal. The offensively titled “Pretty PhD’s [...]
Mad Scientists in the Wild
Mad scientists never slow down, so here are some newsly items regarding other accomplishments of our misunderstood geniuses. First up is a correction of an earlier gaff of mine. Gary Cuba‘s “The Fine Point“, which is also available in the new Autumn 2012 collection, has an audio version! I had offered to post a link [...]
The Goliath Complex
An essay by James Dultry, as provided by Franz Bidinger III Illustration by Luke Spooner The newspapers called it Colombian Devil’s Breath. The scientists, Scopolamine. I call it the drug that ruined our country. This isn’t a morality tale about the war on drugs or some sad story about how addiction destroyed our youth. This [...]
Dividend
An essay by E. E. Malatesta, as provided by Nicholas P. Oakley Art by Katie Nyborg “Imagine a drug. A virus, actually. One so powerful, so clever, that you could release it inside a dome or on a station full of hundreds, thousands, of people and it would go undetected. And imagine that this virus would only [...]
Autumn 2012 is here!
It took a week and a half to get back on track and get stuff together, but it is with much joy that we announce that Mad Scientist Journal: Autumn 2012 is now available for sale on Smashwords. I’m pretty excited about this quarter’s collection. We got a lot of really great submissions for our [...]
Dear Father,
A letter by Subject 025, as provided by A.W. Gifford Photography by Eleanor Leonne Bennett If you’re reading this, I must be dead. Of course, you’ve probably already figured that much out. I want you to know that this was all your fault. No, I’m not saying that you were a mean father when I was a [...]
That Man Behind the Curtain: December 2012
Hello. I’m back from a week long whirlwind tour of the Midwest. I fell a little behind on Mad Scientist Journal due to limited access to the Internet. So this is coming a little late and work on the Autumn 2012 collection is also delayed. We have some fun new stuff for this collection, though, [...]
