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An Encounter with Hemphillia candelabru​m

From the Journal of Miss Allegra Bushwallow, as provided by Janka Hobbs Art by Katie Nyborg The night was dark, lit only by the phosphorescent trails of giant slugs sliding like zeppelins through the jungle trees. The incessant drone of insects was punctuated by the cries of night birds and the helpless bleating of the [...]

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Mabel’s Mission

An essay by Mabel Foster, as provided by K. Esta Art by Shannon Legler Unfortunately for most mad scientists in this world–sorry I shouldn’t say “mad.” That’s what I keep hearing everyone else around here call you. I know some of you don’t like it, and rightfully so, it isn’t very nice. How about … [...]

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Blood Tests, Types and Ties

An essay by Veronica Night, as provided by Kate Elizabeth Art by Justine McGreevy In this issue of Blood, Milton and colleagues report that the next-generation blood substitute, Huma-Nice®, when given as a dietary supplement over a two-month period, resulted in appetite suppression in vampires. The quest for a viable human blood substitute has spanned [...]

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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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It Lives!

After some delay, I finally present to you Mad Scientist Journal: Spring 2012.

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A Critique of Vorchek’s Holobiologia

An essay by Leonard Smok, as presented by Jeffery Scott Sims Photography by Eleanor Leonne Bennett In this latest edition of “Weird Case Files” we consider the curious new book, just published by Starfire Press, entitled Holobiologia: Unlocking the Ultimate Secrets of Life. This largish volume, by one Anton Vorchek, Professor of something-or-other, purports to [...]

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An Experimental Excursion in Artificially Amplifying Armoured Animalia

Reported Retroactively by Ms. Cadmium Drury Addiber Graduate Studies: Contrapting, Abnatural Sciences, Electrogenesis, Illogical Reasoning, et al University of Mispury-Gearfax As provided by Jimmy Grist Illustration by Dawn Vogel Abstract The following research project took place sixteen (16) years ago. This report has been filled out retroactively for records of study and/or self-defence in a [...]

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