Interview: J.W. Schnarr, author of Things Falling Apart

Spent a little virtual time with J.W. Schnarr last week, querying him about his forthcoming collection of short horror, Things Falling Apart, and the writing dynamic in general. J.W. Schnarr Lorina: One might say the horror you write is very aggressive. Is that a conscious choice? J.W.: I’d say it definitely is, to some extent. Part of it is also the stories I’ve read that have influenced me the most over the years. Pushing boundaries…

Four great new titles coming

So the reason we’ve been fairly quiet of late is because we’ve been busy little bees. The result of that labour is that Five Rivers now has advance review PDFs available of four of our new titles, all releasing August 1, 2012. If anyone is interested in receiving a copy, please email us and we’ll be pleased to furnish you with a PDF in return for a review. Titles as follows: Immunity to Strange Tales,by Susan…

Cover for Things Falling Apart

The cover for J.W. Schnarr’s forthcoming collection Things Falling Apart has just landed in our In Box. Have to say we’re pleasantly creeped out by it. The artist, Gavro Krackovic, is a 22 year old native of Podgorica, Montenegro. From the time he was a boy he’s been in love with visual arts, and while still in secondary school, at the age of 17, branched out into freelance work. Can’t help but admire that kind…

J.W. Schnarr 5-Star review to North by 2000+

As posted on Goodreads, by J.W. Schnarr If you are like every other Canadian spec fic writer out there and has ever read a science fiction story about places like New York, London, or Hong Kong, and ever wondered what it might be like, just once, to read a story set in a place you actually felt an affinity with…North by 2000+ by H.A. Hargreaves is the book you need to read. In this reprint…