Australian doctor Niall McLaren’s no-holds-barred critique of psychiatry takes us through some of what he considers dubious and scientifically unsound theoretical underpinnings behind the practice of modern psychiatric medicine. In... Read More

“Think of your body as an incredibly well-designed car—mine would be a 1967 Porsche 911. Put dirty oil and gas into the car and it 1) will not run well; 2) will eventually break down; and 3) (most importantly) will not be fun to... Read More

The Progressive Utilization Theory, or PROUT, was the brainchild of the late Indian philosopher Prabhat Ranjan Sarkar, who created it as an economical and social theory that would provide an alternative to capitalism and communism. In... Read More

“Squircle” is a such a delightfully silly word that children will love simply to hear it and repeat it. Author and artist Andrea Skyberg offers this and a few more smiles in her new children’s picture book by the same name. A story... Read More

The promotional copy for the short story collection Dysfunction describes the book as “dramatically different in style and form,” and the marketing doesn’t lie. In fact, one could add to that: unusual, disturbing, unapologetically... Read More

“How noble and good everyone could be if, every evening before falling asleep, they were to recall to their minds the events of the whole day…” wrote Anne Frank, the quintessential young diarist. "Confessions of Joan the Tall", a... Read More

Mark Hodder, author of the Philip K. Dick Award-winning steampunk series featuring Burton & Swinburne, takes a somewhat different tack in this stand-alone novel. The framing story should seem familiar enough to any fan of Lovecraft... Read More

Which one of us hasn’t imagined writing the “mother” of all letters … the one that makes it to the top of the heap and is not only noticed, but noticed now? Perpetual prankster and author Bernard Radfar goes one... Read More