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

20250730 - The Lord-Captain (Together in Forever Pt IV) . HaikuPrajna

An elusive prey,\

the thrill of our loneliness,\

having been so close.

. HaikuPrajna . The Lord-Captain (Together in Forever Pt IV)

Read online at HaikuPrajna 

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Hello reader,

Part IV of Together In Forever is a standalone story which was one of my earliest published, that now finds its home in the era of the Zeus System.

Thank you for reading and for subscribing on Substack, Patreon and Medium!  

https://aprilandallen.square.site/social

All parts of this collection will release on a monthly basis, only for subscribers.

Together In Forever: Part I-V is available as an eBook and a Paperback through a variety of retailers, including our public library! Links can be found on the APRILandALLEN site.

https://aprilandallen.square.site/product/together-in-forever-part-i-v/33

Blurb:

The Sol System has been transformed by a Cataclysm into a microcosm controlled by the sentient black hole sun named Zeus.

To be reunited with her Lover, a holo pirate strikes a deal with the demigod.

Another bounty hunter longs to return home to his wife.

Meanwhile, the hero responsible for it all has fled into a hyperspace of their own creation.

Spacetime has bent into itself and all of humanity is forced into introspection during these short stories set in the Zeus System.

Collects Together in Forever Part I-V, The Wisps Book I-IV, and the first entry in The Deeper Forest.

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Thank you for reading,

Until next time!

Allen W. McLean

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Read all mindfulness meditation scifaiku and haiku poetry, book reviews and metaphysical stories, such as "Escape Perennial City", plus more writing online at HaikuPrajna!

https://aprilandallen.square.site/haikuprajna 

Show your support with our Handmade Art Works, Book Merch, and Clay Quirks at APRILandALLEN's!

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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  

Read more HaikuPrajna: 

https://haikuprajna.blogspot.com/2021/08/20210806-review-dune.html

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