Monthly Archives: August 2018

Strange Science: Superbug Yeast

Scientists are currently faced with a yeast that is behaving like a bacteria, making it difficult to fight with the drugs currently available. Candida auris is a yeast and a fungus, but its behavior is atypical. Normally yeasts need warm, moist … Continue reading

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Battling in All Her Finery Nearing Completion

We at Mad Scientist Journal have been working hard to put together Battling in All Her Finery, and we’re pleased to say that we’re getting very close! We’ve still got some work to do, but it’s nice to see the lion’s share … Continue reading

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On Kickstarter: Heartwood

One of the current projects on Kickstarter we’re digging is Heartwood, an anthology of fantasy comics by non-binary creators. Everything about this comic anthology looks gorgeous thus far, and we’re sure it’s only going to get more amazing as it moves … Continue reading

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An Interview with Nathan Crowder

Author Nathan Crowder is an MSJ alum, who has had stories included in previous anthologies and the magazine. Now he’s back for Battling in All Her Finery with “Swing That Axe,” which we’re talking to him about today. DV: Tell us … Continue reading

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Gray Eye Shuffle

An essay by Othello Maxwell, as provided by Brandon Nolta Art by Leigh Legler She looked like the kind of woman for whom doors opened. Tall, hair so black it absorbed the light, her body a pillar of muscle, she strode with … Continue reading

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Strange Science: Massive Black Sarcophagus Found

Archaeologists in Alexandria, Egypt, recently located a massive black granite sarcophagus likely from the Ptolemaic period (roughly 2,000 years ago). The sarcophagus was uncovered while preparing a site for a new building, but now researchers are faced with several problems. … Continue reading

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An Interview with Aimee Kuzenski

Here’s an interview with Aimee Kuzenski, another of our Battling in All Her Finery authors! DV: Tell us a bit about yourself! Aimee Kuzenski: I have silver in my hair, a theater degree, and a hairless cat. I was once an … Continue reading

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Review of Once Upon a Fact

Once Upon a Fact (Wildside Press, LLC, 2018) is a collection of 18 retellings of fairy tales and other traditional stories with a science fiction twist, edited by Katherine Tomlinson. In stories that are both familiar and unfamiliar, these authors … Continue reading

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An Interview with Lin Darrow

Our interview for today is with author Lin Darrow, whose story “Caro Cho and the Empire of Light” will appear in Battling in All Her Finery! DV: Tell us a bit about yourself! Lin Darrow: My name is Lin Darrow! I teach … Continue reading

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Grandma Visits

An essay by Gwendolyn Burke, as provided by Shelly Jasperson Art by Scarlett O’Hairdye She had promised me she’d visit. But I hadn’t seen her since she died, and that was weeks ago. I’d expected a rattling doorknob, a creaking … Continue reading

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