Welcome - 5Ws About the Author and Books

Hello reader,

Allen W. McLean is an author of speculative fiction, poetry and reviews.

He was born and raised in the Canadian suburbs of Brampton Ontario, and identifies as non-binary.

His wife April produces music and art as Electric Armchair; at her behest, Allen began sharing poetry on his book reviews and releases for the HaikuPrajna Collection, a library of his study notes for readers who will never consume the stories just as much as they are for those who have or want to.

Obsessed with forming stories since playing pretend as a child, his fiction today focuses on transcending one’s hindrances, with ideas from metaphysics, theology, yoga, mindfulness, meditation, and is inspired by sci-fi, comics and manga.

Allen has released over a dozen books, and his Bite-sized Insights have been collected online, in print and in public libraries around the Toronto area.

Thank you for reading.

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PS. This blog links to sites where readers can make purchases and where royalties are collected from one's membership; thank you for your support.

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. Read all of my books and writing online at HaikuPrajna 

https://aprilandallen.square.site/haikuprajna

. April's psychedelic music videos, art and poetry is available on all streaming platforms at Electric Armchair 

https://aprilandallen.square.site/electricarmchair

. Read more haiku, listen to April's music and follow online; all readers subscribed by email on Patreon, Substack and Medium get book reviews with poetry in their inbox and have access to a selection of eBooks--visit to submit to our public poetry prompt and view more features!

https://aprilandallen.square.site/social 

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Book Page Links [ previews available ] : 

. The 'Fluke' Series

... BATT-LE Colosseum 

... ULTRAVIOLET

. The Wisps Book 

... Summond the Scarecrow [Book IV]

... Ado the Owl [ FREE! ] 

. Together in Forever 

. Fishing for Caribou 

. Escape Perennial City

. SM-SARA, Poetry and Other Stories 

... Hector Blake [ FREE! ] 

. Elephant in the Room

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. Book Review Analysis Summaries https://haikuprajna.blogspot.com/p/book-review-summary-study-notes.html

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. 5Ws About the Author and Books https://haikuprajna.blogspot.com/2022/05/welcome-5ws-about-me-and-this-blog.html

20260301 . HaikuPrajna . Brampton Indie Comics & Zines . Brampton Arts Organization .

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. HaikuPrajna . Brampton Indie Comics & Zines . Brampton Arts Organization 

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Hello reader,

New APRILandALLEN's Roadmap video available on YouTube! 

https://youtu.be/LJHvKpir64U

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We were given the opportunity to speak at a Brampton Indie Comics & Zines jam!

The group hung out at the amazing Brampton Arts Organization office downtown, I used to walk by the entrance daily at the bus and train terminal but never went in until now; lots of colour, very clean and spacious, with a great view of the tracks and street below that is hard to see anywhere else in the city. 

I was given the opportunity to read the Pokemon Day issue of The HaikuPrajna Challenge, let me know if you wrote your own.

April and I made zines all day, I made a Minecraft one along with another using prompts that our event organizer Joy (@joysan @snarkytuna) provided for us, and April got to perform a ukulele rendition of her song Love Boat.

But now we have to go back for our zines! We donated a selection of our catalog along with the mini-zines we put together to go into Brampton’s first official Zine Vending Machine, and there's going to be a party to launch it later this month; we had fun, thank you for giving us this opportunity to meet new friends and share our Zines!  

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Thank you for reading,

Until next time!

Allen W. McLean

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Read mindfulness meditation scifaiku and haiku poetry, book reviews and metaphysical stories online at HaikuPrajna; listen to Prajna or The Elephant on your favorite music platform! https://aprilandallen.square.site/haikuprajna 

Prints available online at APRILandALLEN's Handmade Art Works, Book Merch, and Clay Quirks https://aprilandallen.square.site/

April's psychedelic music videos, art and poetry is available on all streaming platforms at Electric Armchair! https://aprilandallen.square.site/electricarmchair

All readers subscribed by email on Patreon, Substack and Medium have access to a selection of eBooks--visit to submit to our public poetry prompt and view more features! https://aprilandallen.square.site/social  

These poems will be collected in future editions of the HaikuPrajna Collection.