Category Archives: Mad Scientist News

Our MSJ alum have been up to all sorts of interesting projects recently! Curtis C. Chen is part of a team of four authors writing Ninth Step Station, a serial story with weekly episodes about police detectives in a future Tokyo. … Continue reading →

Emerald City Comic Con, also known as ECCC, is an enormous convention in Seattle, and although Mad Scientist Journal will not have an official presence there, MSJ Editorial Assistant and alumni Amanda Cherry will be a panelist at this convention. You can find … Continue reading →

We’ve got a couple of Mad Scientist Journal alumni with horror short stories of note. Author J. C. Stearns is among the authors with a story from the dark side of the Warhammer universe in a forthcoming anthology, Maledictions, which is due … Continue reading →

The 2018 Bram Stoker Awards Preliminary Ballot has been announced, and three MSJ alum are on it! Gwendolyn Kiste has been nominated for Superior Achievement in a First Novel for her The Rust Maidens (Journalstone, 2018). L. Chan and Steve Toase … Continue reading →

MSJ alum Fiona Moore has published her novel, Driving Ambition, and is currently participating in events in Canada and the U.K. to promote her book. Two MSJ alumni had stories nominated for the Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award. Both stories were published … Continue reading →

MSJ alum Joachim Heijndermans has a new book out from Alban Lake Publishing called Palindrome Dome. It’s touted as a book with “a disturbing twist on sanctioned punishment. This story will suck you in and leave you gasping.” If you’re more … Continue reading →

Nick Nafpliotis, one of our Mad Scientist Journal alumni, is currently taking pre-orders via Inkshares for his novel, Snipe Hunt. (Inkshares is a publishing company that allows authors to crowdfund their books, with both similarities and differences to sites like Kickstarter.) … Continue reading →