A Tragic Car Accident Damaged His Body for Life: Then UFOs & the Paranormal Came Calling

By KEN KORCZAK Limited by a Quadriplegic Body, a Colorado Man’s Consciousness Explores the Universe Some of the best UFO books are small-market, usually independently published gems written by “ordinary folks.” That is, they’re not professional writers, UFO investigators, former military “insiders” or government types who once held top security clearances. Furthermore, these books aren’t … Read more

Sex Life of the Gods: The Fascinating True Story of a Struggling Pulp Science Fiction Writer

By KEN KORCZAK The saga of struggling writer Michael E. Knerr is a tale from America’s literary backwaters; a story of heroism and pure grit In the 1950s and early 1960s, there was a niche market for “smutty” science fiction novels. They were issued by small shady publishers who worked out of a crummy one-room … Read more

The Progenitors: Naval Intelligence Officer’s UFO Encounters Sets Off Journey to “Initiation”

By KEN KORCZAK 16-year U.S. Navy veteran Matthew Roberts confronts transhuman intelligence and embarks on a remarkable quest for meaning The author tells us that he wrote this book “out of love for mankind.” What puts weight behind this lofty statement is that MATTHEW ROBERTS felt it necessary to jettison his 16-year career in the U.S. Navy — … Read more

The Amazing True Story of Sir Isaac Newton as an Elite Crime Fighter Who Bagged England’s Most Notorious ‘Super Villain’

By KEN KORCZAK It takes a genius to catch a genius. The British Crown tapped the smartest man in the world to catch a criminal mastermind Hey, remember that ridiculous movie a few years ago that rebranded President Abraham Lincoln as a vampire slayer? Or how about the Star Trek feature film wherein the plot … Read more

Bluegrass Buddha: Form is Emptiness, Emptiness is Form; Silence is Music, Music is Silence

By KEN KORCZAK Part 1: There is No Spoon … Um, I Mean Music Part 2: Mescalito Riding His White Horse. Author Mike Fiorito’s new book inspired by the adventures of musician Peter Rowan Four decades ago, when I was a general assignment reporter at a Minnesota daily newspaper, a stout, 40-something bald guy with … Read more

A Metaphysical Masterclass: A Bona Fide Counterculture Traveler Enchants with Tales of His Adventures

By KEN KORCZAK Former counterculture vagabond, science fiction writer and honorary ‘Hermetic Magician’ Wayne Saalman wows with extraordinary true stories & essays on the transcendent destiny of humanity Years ago, when I was a teenager reading Fyodor Dostoevsky’s masterpiece, The Brothers Karamazov, a subtitle in one of the chapters jumped out at me and lodged … Read more

The Acorn: Connecting with My Paleolithic & Pagan Ancestors

By KEN KORCZAK The first people of my state, Minnesota, the Native Americans, ate a lot of acorns. My ancient relatives back in eastern Europe probably did, too. Over in the Britons, Druids and Celts held the oak as sacred. Back in their day, the British Isles were covered in oaks. Some of them were … Read more

The Day I Met a Deceased British Ghost Hunter — And Took Her Photo

By KEN KORCZAK After reading and reviewing the late Violet Tweedale’s 1919 book, Ghosts I Have Seen, I met & conversed with the deceased author “in person” in the lucid dream realm. I also photographed her. Violet Tweedale died in 1936, but no one truly “dies.” As I discovered, the Scottish poet, writer and spiritualist … Read more

Fried Chicken, Jesus, Chocolate

By KEN KORCZAK A novel that’s like a slow IV drip of misery into your veins, and yet, it inspires and hints at deeper mystical wonders Author Fergus MacRoich has crafted a remarkable piece of literature that can be read and interpreted on many levels because of the multi-tiered stratum of meaning he built into … Read more

Humphrey, the 1st Duke of Gloucester: ‘The Good Duke’ or Debauched War Monger?

By KEN KORCZAK Today I divert briefly from UFOs & the Paranormal to offer my commentary and analysis of Prof. Kenneth Vickers’s massive 773-page study of Humphrey, The 1st Duke of Gloucester It’s been 600 years since he was born and lived. To study his role in history, scholars must tirelessly comb through the brittle, … Read more