Darkness and snowfall, \\ transcends to walks in the park, \\ better together.&nbsp;

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Thursday

20230831 - Fading Fire [Hector Blake + Ado the Owl Paperback Release] - HaikuPrajna

YouTube Trailer: https://youtu.be/HnC13WIgjlk

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Contractions of light, // the expansion of the fog; // bringer of darkness

Fading Fire - #HaikuPrajna

Read online https://haikuprajna.blogspot.com/2023/09/20230831-fading-fire-hector-blake-ado.html

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Hello reader,

Hector Blake has joined the "FLUKE!" series and has been bundled with Ado the Owl as a paperback.

Available wherever you read eBooks;

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[Also contains "Ado the Owl - The Wisps Book II" by Allen W. McLean]

Hector Blake longed for the excitement of his old life.

He had awoken in a dark room, the walls of which being impervious to his intense pyrokinesis, to fend off an endless one-on-one assault of enemies. He was, a day prior, living in peaceful retirement back home on Titan, once being a renowned superhero across the Sol system.

Now, adversaries flood the room he had found himself in, and his tools and abilities are all that he can use to stave off exhaustion while fighting personifications of his slothful thoughts. Hector’s applied displays incinerated such hindrances while reinvigorating him--but can he keep the fire alive, let alone bright enough to face a stronger burning willpower?

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This short story was published as part of "SM-SARA, Poetry and Other Stories", the second book in the HaikuPrajna collection.

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Monday

20230828 - BATTLE Colosseum - Art Works, Book Merch and Clay Quirks

Like drifting snowfall,\\ those who were separated, \\ now reunited.

#HaikuPrajna - Finding The Way [BATTLE Colosseum

Read online: https://www.patreon.com/posts/battle-colosseum-88361929 [Patron exclusive]

Welcome to APRILandALLEN's Art Works, Book Merch and Clay Quirks, a Patron exclusive archive of the content we put into our projects, which includes extras such as commentary on rough first drafts that are otherwise unavailable to the public!

This series will be collected in a future APRILandALLEN's book, and is part of our upcoming APRILandALLEN's Project Roadmap, which you can learn more about here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/aprilandallens-88303439

BATTLE Colosseum is the latest chapter in the "FLUKE!" series, which is being formed around chapters that can be read as independent standalone short stories - the original plan when I first started was to create a secret interconnected world between my releases, but the more time I spend in this world and the more fleshed out its history becomes, the more I want to just reveal the entire project list, but I appreciate the slow roll out and this unification of narrative I have found myself undertaking.

https://youtu.be/_Foh5HI_AO8

Archived images above are exclusive to Patrons, and include haiku, covers, sticker designs, photos documenting the process of forming a polymer clay figurine charm of Nina, and photos of the paperback. Thank you for reading, Until next time! Allen W. McLean

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Sunday

20230723 - With The Source [The Elephant in the Room - Second Edition]

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Rising from the ash, \\ seeing where One had become, \\ where One will return.

#HaikuPrajna - With The Source [The Elephant in the Room - Second Edition]

Read online [ https://haikuprajna.blogspot.com/2023/07/20230722-with-source-elephant-in-room.html ]

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Hello reader,

The Second Edition of Elephant in the Room is now available!

Read with Kindle Unlimited, order a physical copy or add it to your Goodreads!

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Editing this book has given me a chance for a retrospective reflection of my writing. I knew then that I was experimenting with publishing for the first time--and I realize that I will be for the rest of my life, I am sure...

Since this is some of my earliest “professional” writing, I went into editing this expecting to cringe--and I got some, but I also left feeling impressed. I feel inspired after reading what my younger self was producing. I was studying a lot of interesting topics for the first time during this era and was obsessed with retaining the wisdom, by applying the insight.

Cover for Elephant in the Room

This Second Edition has been re-edited and re-formatted myself, and features an all-new cover by my wife April Salisbury-White. These tales of epic poetry and flash fiction now fit in perfectly with the rest of Project Trinity’s stories featuring the Overseer, Richard Abendsen and all the other telekinetic heroes from the far-future Sol and Zeus Systems.

HaikuPrajna’s poetry focuses on themes like stress, serenity, concentration and meditation, where Elephant in the Room at first details lessons gained while studying philosophies such as Buddhism, Hermeticism and Neoplatonism, before diverting into fictional adventures centered on these ideas.

The round of “./sumatranus” poetry, the section “On Dependent Origination” before it, and all the following fiction can be considered a prequel to the other stories seen in books like “Fishing for Caribou”, “The Wisps Book” and “FLUKE!”. These books have risen from the ashes of a lost project like a literal phoenix, where the cumulative effect was the Sumatranus story and continuing writing when all had been lost to the digital ether; I could have quit then, but here we are with all the stories that we have today.

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Allen W. McLean

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Thursday

20230622 HaikuPrajna - Deforms - ZOO WHO Wave 01: The Elephant

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Trusting the order, // Together at a distance // Never far from home

#HaikuPrajna - Deforms - ZOO WHO Wave 01: The Elephant

Read online [ https://haikuprajna.blogspot.com/2023/06/230622-haikuprajna-deforms-zoo-who-wave.html ]

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Hello readers,

We are ecstatic to reveal our first online handmade merchandise on the brand-new APRILandALLEN’s shop; from Deforms, our clay charm figurine line, adopt a member of The Elephant herd, the first wave in ZOO WHO, our animal-based series that uses the rainbow’s seven colours, or take control of your own fate with one of four unique forms of Eye Die, our series of playing dice who keep their eye on low probabilities to even the odds in your favour.

Adopt yours now via Etsy - https://www.etsy.com/ca/listing/1493068190/zoo-who-wave-1-the-elephant-deforms

Our approach and ideas toward sculpting have evolved in a considerable way since we first set out planning our first series of figurines, where ZOO WHO and the Eye Die are just the cream of the crop at the time of writing, so stay tuned to our socials for new waves of figurines and other merch; we are inspired by product lines from Marvel, Hasbro, Sanrio and many more brands from our childhoods while hand-sculpting and hand-painting these clay charms.

ZOO WHO's The Elephant in particular is tied to HaikuPrajna through Elephant in the Room and The Wisps Book's Terraform Tomothy, while Eye Die is an official piece of Electric Armchair merchandise!

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*Multi-functional clay figurine charm*

*It can perch from a shelf or desk - or hang from a keychain, bracelet, necklace, phone, bag, etc..*

Every elephant is unique in sculpt and colour, part of the herd, even when apart. They can sense each other from a distance. Owners may name their buddy (example: Joe the rose red elephant).

Good luck is an elephant's trunk raised high so owners never feel far from home.

Each painted elephant hangs from a string, and comes packaged in a clear plastic sleeve with a haiku on the tag.

Keep in mind that your buddy is a one-of-a-kind handmade charm, and should be handled with care.

For any questions, comments, or more details, please reach out to us on Etsy Messages or social media @Electric Armchair and @Haiku Prajna.

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We have lots of plans in motion for this, including videos that document our process; thank you for your support and for helping make these dreams a reality!

Thank you for reading,

Until next time!

Allen W. McLean

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Friday

20230609 HaikuPrajna - Dawn of the Planet of the Apes: Firestorm [Book Review] [UPDATED Pride Month + Local Author's Showcase]

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Drawn to leadership, \\ Power exists in vacuums \\ Like burning redwoods.

#HaikuPrajna - Dawn of the Planet of the Apes: Firestorm [Book Review]

Read online [ https://haikuprajna.blogspot.com/2023/06/20230609-haikuprajna-dawn-of-planet-of.html ]

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Hello readers,

Before getting to the review...

Happy Pride Month! April and I have been attending events here in Brampton and the Greater Toronto Area, celebrating the parts of our identities that we love to express through our work. The Overseer, a prominent character in my more recent works, is a non-binary superhero that I am writing about in order to cope with and express this perspective that I and others I know experience.

Also, the Brampton Library’s 2023-2024 Local Authors Showcase is taking place at the Gage Park Farmers Market on Saturday June 17th between 8am and 1pm!!

My story “Together in Forever'' is being added to the Brampton Library catalogue, and readers have the opportunity to connect with authors while browsing the other vendors during one of the weekends of Brampton’s annual Farmers Market.

Come visit our table to get the paperback books, homemade stickers, self-printed art and polymer clay charms we will be selling--they make great presents for the readers you know and love! [I intend to update this post with our menu before the event]

Huge thank you to Julia and the rest of the Brampton Library faculty for all the assistance and for giving local authors this opportunity to connect with others!

[UPDATE #2 230618

Here are some images from our Local Author Showcase table!

Thank you everyone for coming out! We met new friends and saw familiar faces during a warm summer morning and afternoon. Was a real great day, made even better because later that evening we got to spend an early Father's Day watching The Super Mario Bros. Movie with my dad while eating dinner with my side of the family.

I will add these to the upcoming Roadmap update, too.

Thank you for reading and for getting something from the sales after the photos!

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[ UPDATED 20230616

For those who are unable to join us at the Farmer's Market for the Local Author's Showcase, there is a week-long Kindle eBook sale and promo on some of the stories that can be found at Brampton Library.

BATTLE Colosseum Pt. I: Hiding One's Tracks

... [FREE until 2023 06 20] https://a.co/d/iRU1o0q

FREE WEDNESDAYS in addition to the usual Mondays and Fridays. Also added "Ado the Owl" and "Hector Blake" to the Mondays and Fridays.

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The below sales apply to US/UK stores only;

BATTLE Colosseum Pt. II: Unified Field Theory

... [$0.99 until 2023 06 23] https://a.co/d/iBWGlRI

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... [$0.99 until 2023 06 23] https://a.co/d/b0aK3fD

Fishing for Caribou

... [$1.99 until 2023 06 23] https://a.co/d/9LvqB82

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Thank you again for reading and for visiting our shop!]

Now for the review...

I have always enjoyed reading adaptations from Titan Publishing, and Greg Keyes’ Dawn of the Planet of the Apes: Firestorm was a great tie-in novel that I am thankful for over how it captures Caesar and this version of the franchise.

Keyes blended relatable and tragic original characters, such as Malakai, with more recognizable members of the series, including Gary Oldman’s Dreyfus and all the other sasquatch-like evolved apes--like Koba and Maurice--who are more inexperienced and are still learning about their changing world.

Firestorm takes place in the San Francisco Bay redwood forests area from “Rise” before civilization fell by the time period of the sequel movie, “Dawn”. Its story is really carried by its connection to that series; the best parts of the book in itself were its multiple points of view, which seldom converged [in a good way], along with its depiction of Caesar’s colony’s thoughts, memories, motives and inner conflicts.

The rest of the book’s highlights come from the interactions between members of Caesar’s colony. Some favourites include Cornelia and Caesar’s relationship, him recognizing Koba overcoming his vengeance, the government’s coverup of the previous story’s events and insight into what the apes think about the humans and their technology [GPS trackers and TVs].

I had a few minor complaints, though.

The dialogue at times felt “cinematic”, for lack of a better word; there were some instances where I felt characterization was forced or edgy. I even found some spelling and grammar mistakes, which however did nothing to detract from the plot. As I said, the story is carried by its connection to the larger PotA series, and served to bridge the gaps between the movies by exploring aspects like the human Alpha-Omega extremists, and that is where Firestorm really works out.

Back to the good, there is a little neoplatonic idealism [aka. philosophy] that threads the book together, where characters accept and transcend the negative aspects of their apocalyptic situations. While both human and simian characters were faced with certain death and the fear of each other, the focus is without a doubt on the colony with apes like Caesar and Koba being used to explore topics ranging from Plato’s Cave to more abstract ideas such as the ALZ drug opening a kind of empty space in the minds of the apes, which explained the apparent fatal regression in the human’s.

Time to read the other novels based on this series.

Thank you for reading,

Until next time!

Allen W. McLean

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Monday

20230529 - HaikuPrajna - Finding The Way [BATTLE Colosseum - Official Paperback Release Announcement]

Trailer https://youtu.be/AeXOtGrVa0Y

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Like drifting snowfall,\\ those who were separated, \\ now reunited.

#HaikuPrajna - Finding The Way [BATTLE Colosseum - Official Paperback Release Announcement]

Read online [ https://haikuprajna.blogspot.com/2023/05/20230529-haikuprajna-finding-way-battle.html ]

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Hello readers,

BATTLE Colosseum, the latest chapter in the "FLUKE!" series, has been released as a paperback novella! Get your copy through the below links:

Paperback https://www.amazon.ca/BATTLE-Colosseum-Allen-W-McLean/dp/B0C6BSSC1L

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Our protagonist controls Nina, a playable character in this fictional augmented virtual reality video game. While playing BATT-LE Colosseum, Nina prefers to operate solo--because she was using a modified game client to play outside of the MEGA Corporation's GamePlex--and she struggles with being reliant on other players, like Ian the Turtle.

This metaphysical science fiction story took inspiration from a wide variety of pop culture, from video games (like Smash Bros, Halo, Team Fortress 2, Fortnite and Pokemon Mystery Dungeon) to books (including stories by Philip K. Dick and Douglas Adams) and back to anime (such as Neon Genesis Evangelion and Gurren Lagann). I even took the names of the characters from the pets in our family, and I stuck in some references to Electric Armchair’s music.

BATTLE Colosseum resonates with those who struggle with relying on others, as Nina grapples with the choice of reducing what she is reliant on versus being comfortable in any situation, including being dependent on her teammate. During BATTLE Colosseum, Nina realizes that replanning was where the fun was found and, because she has faith in her abilities, that she could have faith in her team, too.

BATTLE Colosseum ebook cover

Nina sticker design by April Salisbury-White, based on the character from BATTLE Colosseum by Allen W. McLean

Blurb - Part I Hiding One's Tracks

" Welcome to BATT-LE Colosseum!

Here, using over one hundred unique armours such as Ian the Turtle, engage other players across the environments spread across the arena.

Use your telekinetic abilities in the game!

Secure badges and compete for the Champion position against old allies and new foes!

Score the highest today in BATT-LE Colosseum, where only one will survive! Exclusive to your local MEGA Corp. GamePlex. "

Blurb - Part II Unified Field Theory

" Welcome, thanks for joining Nina’s broadcast! In case you missed it, Nina and Ian had teamed up to engage the Vikings. They've been overcoming hindrances, including dealing with each other's abilities and being left alone!

Will Nina and Ian reunite?

Will either escape with their badges?

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