Kim Greyson joins Five Rivers’ editorial team

Kim Greyson We’re ever so pleased to welcome to Five Rivers’ editorial staff Kim Greyson. Kim Greyson is a retired high school Social Studies and English teacher. As an educator, he has done numerous presentations on how to engage reluctant readers. As an editor, he has been a beta reader for numerous established authors, and a writing coach for first time writers.  He has been part of the Speculative Fiction world for over twenty years…

When Words Collide Festival Report

From the Desk of Senior Editor, Robert Runté When Words Collide (Calgary) convention was once again wildly successful, with great programming, wonderful Guest of Honour speeches, and 650 wonderful-to-meet-and-talk-with attendees. Small enough convention to feel ‘intimate’, but large and diverse enough that one constantly learns new things. The cross-genre format of WWC leads to a lot of cross-pollination. (For example, the launch of Sleuth at WWC this year, a new mystery magazine from the people…