Mark Wallace Maguire • Author

Greetings and Felicitations! Hello good readers and friends. It’s been a fortnight or five since I posted. As I mentioned at some point last year,

Worth the click to read about a man whose poetry was as sublime and tragic as his life. https://www.appalachiabare.com/category/resurrecting-forgotten-writers/

High summer is here and the glories of The South are in full bloom all around me.  Tomatoes and plums plucked from roadside stands. Rich,

I hope your spring has been kind this year and April has not been the cruelest month, to twist a phrase from T.S. Eliot. After

Big ups to all the fantastic reviews that have been streaming in for, “The Last Wizard at The End of The World.” I’ve been very

“Friends, Romans, Countrymen, lend me your ears,send me your beers, forget your jeers and sneersand take a dive into a world where joy truimphs over

These are the appendices of Alexandria Rising and Alexandria Reborn. The adventure on combining the appendices for the third and final book are underway as

There are far too many people to thank for a wonderful 12 months. The interviews on air and in magazines and newspapers and the invitations

“A unique world told with a lyrical voice.” – amazon review Mark Wallace Maguire’s YA fantasy novel, ‘In Pursuit of The Pale Prince’ is published and

THE LOST LETTERS OF HENRY O’NEAL  By Thomas J. Callahan February 2017/northern Europe/Location Ragnar  INTRODUCTION  During Henry’s illness, he wrote several letters for his grandson, Rand,

Thomas J. Callahan – the chap who wrote the appendices to ‘Alexandria Rising’ – found this lost film footage today from an ill-fated 1932 dig

Was T.S. Eliot aware of the existence of The Slendoc Meridian? Lux? Where is the red rock? What will Rand find there? Who is Waterstone?

What is Alexandria Rising Rhythms?  >>>It is instrumental music inspired by the novel Alexandria Rising. >>> It is a unique album as it was written,

Ron and I were exchanging jokes on the loading dock at the newspaper, the smell of newsprint and fresh ink creased the air. It was

  The doors leisurely opened and a tall, willowy woman, her skin the color of cinnamon glided out, braids of silver hair dangling regally down

Someone asked me the other day about how much symbolism I crammed into ‘Alexandria Rising. Well, the answer is pretty straightforward: As much as I

I was unlocking my door on Fifth Floor at Berry College’s Dana Hall in the fall of 1993. I caught a peripheral glance out of

The Independent Author Network announced their 2017 winners today and I am pleased to announce that Alexandria Rising was named a finalist in the Action-Adventure

One of everybody’s favorite new characters in Alexandria Reborn is Winston, the ‘old cowboy’ as he calls himself who hails from west Texas. This is

Big ups and a major thanks to The Blue Mountain Review for interviewing me in the latest issue of that gorgeous magazine. You can check out

The great J.P. Donleavy has died at the ripe old age of 91. I’ve been a Donleavy fan since my senior year in college when

Spota. This is a picture of the man who inspired the character in Alexandria Reborn. What an interesting name? How did he get this name?

Alexandria Reborn, the sequel to Alexandria Rising and Book 2 in The Alexandria Rising Chronicles, is now available in paperback and kindle. So, what do

Since “Alexandria Rising,” published last October, I have been asked on one than more occasion: “What is the symbol on the front of the book?” 

  “You should really work on publishing that semi-autobiographical book you wrote, “The Preacher’s Son.” There is a lot of good stuff in there on

It can be a dangerous thing for a writer to read his/her own reviews. The bad ones have the capacity to sink one’s hopes, while

Well, thanks to you wonderful readers and your encouragement, your faithful scribe has been busy the last several weeks writing the sequel to ‘Alexandria Rising.’

Best-selling author A.F. Stewart features this entertaining interview of Richard Dale with Kent St. James, chief villain of ‘Alexandria Rising’ on her blog today. Thanks

Excited and pleased to announce that Alexandria Rising, has been nominated for the 53rd Georgia Author of the Year Award (GAYA) in the Science Fiction/Fantasy

Numerous news sites are filled with reports related to the Khatyrka meteorite this morning. Thomas J. Callahan has researched and filed a report from an undisclosed