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Publisher’s Weekly reviews A Time and a Place, by Joe Mahoney

Publisher’s Weekly reviewed Joe Mahoney’s debut SF novel, A Time and a Place, and we’d have to say it’s glowing. Debut author Mahoney sends a mild-mannered fellow on an interdimensional journey in this entertaining, chaotic adventure. Barnabus Wildebear needs to know why his teen nephew and ward, Ridley, is acting so strangely. Unfortunately the cause is an ominous entity, possibly a demon, named Iugurtha. She whisks Ridley away to dimensions unknown while implanting mysterious information in Barnabus’s mind…

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04
Jul 2017
By Lorina StephensA Time and Place, Joe Mahoney, ReviewsComments Off on Publisher’s Weekly reviews A Time and a Place, by Joe Mahoney

The audiobooks are coming!

Audiobooks are coming to Five Rivers’ catalogue of books, with the first releasing this summer, that being From Mountains of Ice, by Lorina Stephens, and narrated by Díana Majlinger. That audiobook will be quickly followed by the first in Ann Marston’s Rune Blades of Celi series, Kingmaker’s Sword, narrated by Austin Vanfleet, A Time and a Place, written and narrated by Joe Mahoney, and a cascade of others to follow. All we be available through Audible, Amazon and iTunes, with possible distribution to…

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Jun 2017
By Lorina StephensA Time and Place, Ann Marston, Audible, audio books, From Mountains of Ice, Jeff Minkevics, Kingmaker's Sword, Lorina StephensComments Off on The audiobooks are coming!

Guest post from Timothy Gwyn: The Emperor’s Dragon

I’ve sold a short story, and it will appear in the next issue of NewMyths.com. I’m not sure it’s science fiction, because it introduces no extrapolated science or technology ideas. Instead, it looks at the development of aviation in the distant past. When I was doing some reading on the history of aviation, something struck me: the Wright brothers were not ahead of their time. I say this because of the way aviation exploded across the…

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07
Jun 2017
By Lorina StephensTimothy GwynComments Off on Guest post from Timothy Gwyn: The Emperor’s Dragon

Joe Mahoney and Saturday Night Scribes

Joe Mahoney, author of the forthcoming novel, A Time and a Place, recently interviewed the members of his writers’ group (which includes Tanah Haney), the Saturday Night Scribes, about why they meet, the creative process, and the benefits of feedback. Joe and crew graciously agreed to allow Five Rivers to share that video.

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May 2017
By Lorina StephensA Time and Place, Joe Mahoney, writers, writingComments Off on Joe Mahoney and Saturday Night Scribes

Ann Marston discusses new YA novel, Diamonds in Black Sand

June 1, 2017, a new YA fantasy releases from Ann Marston, author of the much-beloved The Rune Blades of Celi series Diamonds in Black Sand. Ann took time to discuss this engaging new novel from her home in Alberta, Canada. LS: You return to your first love with this story by way of cultural influence, that of Scottish sensibilities. What is it about the culture that draws you, that feeds your imagination? AM: Scotland—its people, its landscapes, its culture,…

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May 2017
By Lorina StephensA Still and Bitter Grave, Ann Marston, artwork, Diamonds in Black Sand, New Releases1 Comment