An essay by the son of Dr. Morgan Locke, as provided by Hamilton Kohl Art by America Jones [I have had the good fortune to recover a small collection of journal entries archived by an unknown historian of the alternate, or mad sciences. As you know, due the secrecy involved, it is very challenging...
Read more →
As we’ve done with several of our previous anthology, I Didn’t Break the Lamp will include several pieces of interior art. Today, we’re featuring one of our interior artists, America Jones! We’ve been working with America ever since we met them and their partner, Errow Collins, at GeekGirlCon. Since then, they’ve created loads of vividly...
Read more →
An essay by Evangeline Artemisia “Artie” Quelch, as provided by Fiona Moore Art by America Jones 5 May 1963. Two weeks sealed in the pilot’s cabin on top of the gigantic Shackleton speed-of-light rocket had made me intimately familiar with the size of the universe. Of being approximately sixty-six thousand cubic centimetres of wet...
Read more →
An essay by Dr Kenneth Mueller, as provided by Melanie Rees Art provided by America Jones “It’s an arm. Just an arm.” I look at the skinny piece of meat attached to my shoulder. Devoid of muscle definition, it looks more like beef jerky. But beef jerky is edible, right? I lift my left...
Read more →
An essay by Carmel Jimenez, as provided by Denzell Cooper Art provided by America Jones “And this is Carmel.” The director’s voice was muffled by the glass. “She is working on something that will literally–” he made a hand gesture like he was flattening laundry “–change the world.” Theatrically, he turned and pressed a...
Read more →
As told by Employee ID 3583002, transcribed by Teo Yi Han Art provided by America Jones T minus four days All the way to work I debated with myself and changed my mind about once approximately every five minutes: Ask her for a photo together Don’t do something so ridiculous, please What do you...
Read more →
An Article from the November Issue of The Tri-County News by Luella Mason, as provided by Kathryn Yelinek Art by America Jones What do you do when you find a beating heart under your lilac bush? This question confronted Emmeline Harris, 32, of Tomtetown, in April. “I could tell it was alive,” Ms. Emmeline says, pushing...
Read more →
An essay by Mr. Vince DeMarsh, as provided by Dr. J. A. Grier Art by America Jones As an agent for eccentric artist-types, my life was unpredictable, but I had an eye for the kind of talent that made money. In fact, I was on the phone with some of that talent, and was...
Read more →
A series of diary entries by Lopa Roy, as provided by Tamoha Sengupta Art by America Jones 14th April, 2016 Tomorrow, I will be going to live in Shiminpur village. I’m not sure for how long, but I won’t come back before I understand what is actually going on there. I can already feel...
Read more →
Cooking advice, previously undiscovered species, and tortured artists. These are but some of the strange tales to be found in this book. Mad Scientist Journal: Winter 2017 collects thirteen tales from the fictional worlds of mad science. For the discerning mad scientist reader, there are also pieces of fiction from Laura Arciniega, Judith Field,...
Read more →