By KEN KORCZAK I was approaching my review of Mike Fiorito‘s UFO Symphonic with more than a little trepidation because one of the central premises of this book is that music may be fundamental to the very fabric of our existence and may be intricately infused throughout the totality of what we experience as consciousness. … Read more
By KEN KORCZAK College buddies drop acid and conjure a “Nature God” with Ouija board. A true story of paranormal adventure (Author’s note: This is Chapter 3 of my forthcoming book, “Secrets of the Lost Ouija Board Files.” It documents my 50+ years of Ouija board use. This chapter stands alone, but readers who wish … Read more
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 … Read more
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
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
