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.

20260912 . HaikuPrajna . Mississauga Literary Festival + Community + Sketch Book

On the central stage \ 

surrounded by all our books \ 

the smiles of friends 

. HaikuPrajna . Mississauga Literary Festival 

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Hello reader,

Zine on YouTube! https://youtu.be/sveCGkz9ORs

On the central stage \ surrounded by all our books \ the smiles of friends . HaikuPrajna . Mississauga Literary Festival 

Mini zine available on APRILandALLEN's, YouTube, Patreon and Substack FREE FOR ALL READERS. https://aprilandallen.square.site/haikuprajna

VoD Archive 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

. Accepting submissions for future releases

. Subscribe to get this with all past and future releases 

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Tour Dates

. 20261005 . 11am . Grand Opening @ City Side Cafe, Downtown Brampton Ontario... 11:30am - 12pm Live Music 

. 20261011 . 11am-3pm . Queer Forest Hike @ Heart Lake Conservation Area, Brampton Ontario 

. 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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. I drew a poster for April's upcoming Electric Exhibition! We have live music and art lined up for a fun evening with the friends we have made over the past decade of April and her music moniker Electric Armchair!

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. Spent our day at the Mississauga Literary Festival at Hazel McCallion Library, where we enjoyed talking to a number of library-goers and fellow writers.

. April and I were invited to the stage on the ground floor to share a bit about our books. Watch our videos, and you can see April from her perspective in addition to mine from the third floor.

. The HaikuPrajna for this one was requested for a poetry submission book, written on the spot.

. Thank you for the opportunity to participate in the local writing community! 

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. Bags, for all items, \ for Soul to carry, to bring \ in oneself’s pockets . HaikuPrajna . Clothed Forms

. My philosophy runs as deep as the bags I carry (These are those bags. (It's like a nestling doll.))

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. Vegetarian, \ Vegan, Pescatarian, \ Flexitarian . HaikuPrajna . Thanks For All The Fish

. Thank you for the food, honestly. If you've fed or eaten with me you will be remembered forever.

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. Few know what's inside, \ what's hidden deep within me, \ I've buried myself . HaikuPrajna . From The Outside In 

. Based on a literal thumbnail doodle in my bullet journal. 

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We are, all of us, \ looking for the signs, looking \ out for each other . HaikuPrajna . Community

. We got Zine Kits from BICZ while at the Rose Theatre's 20th anniversary! Thank you!

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. 20260927 . The HaikuPrajna Challenge Sketch Book

I also included the first in a new subseries. It is my “sketchbook”. They are just mini-zines I keep with my bullet journal. The last time I had a dedicated sketchbook was in highschool!

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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.