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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@HaikuPrajna metaphysical stories, book reviews, mindfulness meditation scifaiku and haiku poetry . @PrajnaOrTheElephant music . https://aprilandallen.square.site/haikuprajna 

@ElectricArmchair psychedelic music videos, art and poetry, available on all streaming platforms . https://aprilandallen.square.site/electricarmchair 

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

. Old about page: https://haikuprajna.blogspot.com/p/old-about-page-links.html

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.

20261001 . The HaikuPrajna Challenge . Inktober 2026 Days 01-06

“You BRAT... Don't tell me \ that I'm WRONG... I'm the BATMAN!” \ Generational . HaikuPrajna . The Smack . Inktober

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Hello reader,

. Mini zine available on APRILandALLEN's site, YouTube, Patreon and Substack FREE FOR ALL READERS! https://youtu.be/ADs_ZYUaKnc

. VoD Archive of Music and of No Commentary Gameplay Livestreams available on YouTube at HaikuPrajna.

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. Write your own poem \ using this Zine as a prompt \ to take the Challenge! . HaikuPrajna . The HaikuPrajna Challenge

. Digital mini-zine series with poetry and art. Open to all humans . Purchase unnecessary to participate. Subscribe to get this with all past and future releases 

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. Tour Dates

. 20261014 . The Mudd Club Presents: No Rio @ Toronto Night Market, Toronto Ontario 

. 20261107 . Mississauga Comic Expo @ Hazel McCallion Library, Mississauga Ontario 

. 20261113 . 6pm-8pm . The Electric Exhibition @ City Side Cafe, Downtown Brampton Ontario

. 20261121 . 10:30am-4pm . BAO Brampton Winter Artist Market @ Springdale Library, Brampton Ontario 

. 20261121 . 6pm . Composer Canvas @ City Side Cafe, Brampton Ontario 

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Here are the first six days of Inktober 2026, I did them all by hand on a single sheet of printing paper, so that it would be a mini-zine that I could carry on me and share with others!

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. Having already \ let go the damage was done \ poised before the fall . HaikuPrajna . The Apple . Inktober 

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. The Blade of Evil’s Bane, \ another link in the chain, \ the endless cycle . HaikuPrajna . The Relic . Inktober

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. The Bottle City \ capital of a lost world, \ a microcosm . HaikuPrajna . The Miniature . Inktober 

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. Learn to leap over \ what, when you fall--and you will--\ will hurt when you land . HaikuPrajna . The Cactus . Inktober 

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. “You BRAT... Don't tell me \ that I'm WRONG... I'm the BATMAN!” \ Generational . HaikuPrajna . The Smack . Inktober

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. The finest things have \ Layers, like onions, or cake, \ they can make you cry . HaikuPrajna . The Ogre . Inktober

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Here is the zine, feel free to print it out and give to other readers;

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Thank you for reading,

Until next time!

Allen W. McLean

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Subscribe, share or leave a comment for more Bite-sized Insights to relieve your stress and suffering! APRILandALLEN's Handmade Art Works, Book Merch, and Clay Quirks . https://aprilandallen.square.site/

@HaikuPrajna metaphysical stories, book reviews, mindfulness meditation scifaiku and haiku poetry . @PrajnaOrTheElephant music . https://aprilandallen.square.site/haikuprajna 

@ElectricArmchair psychedelic music videos, art and poetry, available on all streaming platforms . https://aprilandallen.square.site/electricarmchair

All readers subscribed by email on Patreon, Substack and Medium have access to a selection of Zines--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.