Joe Mahoney

A Time and a Place

“ENTERTAINING, CHAOTIC ADVENTURE.” ~ Publishers Weekly.

A lonely, mild-mannered English teacher from Prince Edward Island gets caught up in a quest by a thousand-year-old alien to find the ancient evil responsible for killing its people.

From the novel:
I beat my wings and the horizon stabilized before me. I glided for a while, trying to get my bearings. My wings? I angled my head to see. Air rushed past me with a whoosh that only now registered on my consciousness. Wings… I had wings! Complete with feathers. Were they mine? I lifted the right one up to see. It was my wing all right, upholstered in white feathers with a smattering of grey. The manoeuvre together with the shock of discovering that I was a bird threw me into a stall, and I plummeted earthward. This was not good.

Barnabus Wildebear is just a junior high English teacher on Prince Edward Island—until his nephew’s bizarre transformation and a mysterious book shatter his quiet life. When a single word spoken aloud unleashes a beautiful, terrifying entity and opens a gateway to an alien world, Barnabus is swept into a cosmic conflict that will test the limits of his courage, loyalty, and sanity.

Pursued by a secretive organization and haunted by the enigmatic Iugurtha—a being who is both savior and destroyer—Barnabus must navigate a labyrinth of shifting realities, ancient wars, and impossible choices. As he journeys across worlds, from the windswept shores of home to the violet skies of C’Mell, he discovers that the fate of his family—and perhaps all of humanity—hangs in the balance.

Blending mind-bending science fiction with heart-wrenching emotion, A Time and a Place is a gripping tale of sacrifice, destiny, and the search for meaning in a universe where nothing is as it seems. Will Barnabus save those he loves, or lose himself to forces beyond comprehension? Open the book and step through the gate—adventure awaits.

Adventures in the Radio Trade

A Memoir

“Amusing and highly informative” ~ Kirkus Reviews

Adventures in the Radio Trade documents a life in radio, largely at Canada's public broadcaster, the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. It's for people who love CBC Radio, those interested in the history of Canadian Broadcasting, and for those who want to hear about close encounters with numerous luminaries such as Margaret Atwood, J. Michael Straczynski, Stuart McLean, Joni Mitchell, Peter Gzowski and more. And it's for people who want to know how to make radio.

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Crafted with gentle humour and thoughtfulness, this is more than just a glimpse into the internal workings of CBC Radio. It's also a prose ode to the people and shows that make CBC Radio great.

Step inside the CBC’s legendary halls with Adventures in the Radio Trade. Joe Mahoney’s memoir is a witty, heartfelt backstage pass to the golden age of Canadian radio, where technical mishaps, creative triumphs, and quirky colleagues shape a career—and a life—in sound. For anyone who’s ever wondered what really happens behind the studio glass, Adventures in the Radio Trade delivers a candid, often hilarious journey from rookie mistakes to audio mastery.

Other Times and Places

What do a thief, wizards, a platypus, ghosts, soft drink salesmen, God, the devil, and a spaceman all have in common? Together they will make you laugh, think, sleep better, open your mind, spark your imagination, and quite possibly improve your complexion* as Joe Mahoney brings them all vividly to life in this humorous and thoughtful collection of eight tales of the fantastic.
*Individual results may vary

Step into a world where the boundaries of reality, morality, and imagination are deliciously blurred. Other Times and Places is a dazzling collection of eight stories that traverse sword-and-sorcery adventure, whimsical fantasy, razor-sharp satire, and philosophical drama.

Meet thieves haunted by conscience, wizards who rediscover magic through a child’s eyes, and corporate overlords who can rewrite your desires with a single sip. From cosmic debates between God and Lucifer to astronauts battling the voices within, each tale is laced with wit, irony, and a deep curiosity about what makes us human.

Whether you crave the thrill of a perilous quest, the laughter of a well-aimed jab at modern life, or the quiet ache of existential longing, Other Times and Places invites you to see the world anew. Perfect for fans of speculative fiction who savor stories that surprise, provoke, and linger long after the final page.

Open the door to the unexpected—your next favorite story awaits.

Joe is co-host of the podcast Re-Creative with Mark A. Rayner, a podcast about art and creativity.