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Fun Thanksgiving Experiments!
With American Thanksgiving coming up, you may find yourself in need of ways to entertain kids, whether they’re your own, those of a family member, or those of a friend. We’re posting links to a few different sets of Thanksgiving … Continue reading
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Our Stories Are Full of Voids: What Time Travel Points Out
Guest Post by Tucker Lieberman Time travel can be a challenge for novelists to handle, but it also delivers rewards. Three novels by Charles Yu, Kate Mascarenhas, and Lindsey Drager are great examples of how time travel can be used … Continue reading
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What Fields Have Fictional Mad Scientists Dominated Over the Years?
Have you ever wondered what fields mad scientists in fiction have dominated? Look no further than this super cool chart and article at io9, which breaks down the fields of science studied by mad scientists in fiction and media over … Continue reading
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Strange Science: Voyager 2 in Interstellar Space
Voyager 2, a deep-space probe launched by NASA, has reached interstellar space, following Voyager 1, which left “the region of space outside the bubble-shaped boundary produced by wind streaming outward from the sun” in 2012. Both probes were launched in 1977, … Continue reading
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DefCon One at GeekGirlCon!
DefCon One Publishing (and thus Mad Scientist Journal) will be at GeekGirlCon again this year, on Saturday, November 16 and Sunday, November 17. We will have a full array of our books there, which includes all 6 of the anthologies, … Continue reading
Review of Into Bones Like Oil
Karron Warren’s Into Bones Like Oil (Meerkat Press, 2019) is a Gothic-style novella that blends the surreal and literary into a ghost story like nothing I’ve read before. With characters that feel equally at home here as they might in … Continue reading
Stories for Younger Readers
The second Tuesday in November is Young Reader’s Day, and while we often publish stories that are not for all ages, we have some recommendations that are for younger readers! Our Battling in All Her Finery anthology from last year was … Continue reading
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Strange Science: The Grandfather Paradox Resolved
The Grandfather Paradox tells us that time travel won’t work because if you went back in time and killed your own grandfather, you’d never be born, hence you could never travel through time. But mathematicians suggest that time travel might … Continue reading
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Have You Checked Out I Didn’t Break the Lamp?
Have you had a chance to read the fantastic stories in our latest anthology, I Didn’t Break the Lamp? If you have, we’d love to know what you think of them! Please leave us a review at Amazon or Goodreads! If … Continue reading
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Awesome Finds: Community of Magic Pens
Our friends at Atthis Arts (which includes MSJ alum E.D.E. Bell) have another Kickstarter running, for an anthology of stories about magic pens! They’re looking for funding for the anthology now, with plans to open for submissions in December if … Continue reading
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