Five Rivers to re-issue Schnarr’s horror collection

In an agreement reached this week between J.W. Schnarr and Lorina Stephens,Five Rivers has acquired the publishing rights to Schnarr’s collection of 22 horror short stories, entitled Things Falling Apart. Although Schnarr originally self-published the collection under his imprint, Northern Frights Publishing, work commitments became such that he was pulled in too many directions. “It’s really all about time and fatigue,” he says. “I’ve been finding there really isn’t time enough in the day to…

Second Week in Update

Things are cooking along here at Five Rivers, and just two weeks into 2012. North by 2000+ by H.A. Hargreaves is now available for preorder in print from Amazon and Barnes and Noble and available from them and Smashwords immediately in digital format. It is soon to be available through Apple and Kobo. It can also be ordered directly through Five Rivers. Discounts are available for class sets for schools and universities, as well as…

Looking toward 2012

It’s been a profoundly busy year at Five Rivers, with some profound changes in the publishing industry, not the least of which was Indigo’s retail restructuring. While that impacted us, it also challenged us to develop new markets and strategies. We welcomed to our editorial team Amy Bright and Barb Geiger. We also signed several new authors (Mike Fletcher, H.A. Hargreaves, and Susan J. Forest), and released five new books: Crystal Death: Methamphetamine, North America’s…