Maxim W. Furek is an avid researcher and lecturer on contemporary drug trends. Blending tenets of psychology, sociology and cultural anthropology, Maxim offers a unique perspective to the post-modernist discourse. 
His rich background includes aspects of psychology, addictions, mental health and music journalism. Maxim's eclectic areas of interest embrace recovery from addictions, the Modern Day Primitive Movement, and psychosocial aspects of the drug culture.
He has written numerous articles for both addictions and rock publications. Maxim's first book documented the career of the "obscure white rockers" the Jordan Brothers. His book The Death Proclamation of Generation X: A Self- Fulfilling Prophesy of Goth, Grunge and Heroin, traces the origins of the current heroin epidemic and is being utilized at Penn State University and College Misericordia. His column, "Cultural Trends," appears in Counselor, the Magazine for Addiction and Behavioral Health Professionals

Locally he is known for his book...

The Sheppton Mythology...
In 1963, three miners were entombed more than 300 feet underground near remote Sheppton, Pennsylvania. Although two were eventually rescued, the other simply disappeared.

Something fantastic happened in that soulless place devoid of forgiveness and light. It was a black hell, a total darkness where the ability to see depth or movement was eradicated. Vision was painfully ripped away by powerful forces and yet, even without the gift of sight, the trapped men were somehow able to see.
While confined, the miners saw bizarre humanoid creatures and stairwells leading to a Golden City. They claimed to have been in the presence of his Holiness Pope John XXIII.
Scholars, scientists and Vatican academics, all reached the same conclusion: the survivors were telling the truth about their ordeal.
Some researchers have suggested that Sheppton is entwined with the controversial “Hollow Earth Theory,” while others claim it provides proof of life after death. “Timothy,” recorded by The Buoys, eerily paralleled Sheppton as it introduced allegations of cannibalism.

Steeped in the miraculous, the supernatural and the dreadful, Sheppton has become greater than the sum of its parts.