Category: Underwater Thriller

The Savage Deeps Longlisted for the 2020 CYGNUS Award, and the Increasing Relevance of TSJ’s The Rise of Oceania

TSJ’s THE SAVAGE DEEPS Longlisted for the 2020 CYGNUS Award

I found out recently that THE SAVAGE DEEPS has been Longlisted for the CYGNUS Science Fiction Award.

TSJ Featured in The Big Thrill Magazine

TSJ Featured in THE BIG THRILL

The magazine devoted to writers of thrillers, The Big Thrill, featured The Savage Deeps and yours truly back in January.  In case you missed it, here is the article, written by David Healey.  Enjoy! 

“While the futuristic vision of the resources-challenged world is one thing, the action and adventure is another. Fans of submarine movies and fiction will enjoy the highly atmospheric tension and sheer claustrophobia of operating at great depths in what are essentially ocean-going spaceships.”

CTV News Article on Timothy S. Johnston

CTV News Article on Timothy S. Johnston

Last week, CTV News ran an article about me and my love for the Science Fiction, Horror, Mystery, Thriller, and Suspense genres and how they inspire me to write.

TSJ at Fifty

Fifty

As I write this, I can’t quite believe it. I’ve made an annual tradition of publishing a blog post each birthday. They might be thoughts on this past year, on my life, my experiences, or on random bits and pieces from the last decades of my life.

The Savage Deeps is a Finalist in the 2019 GLOBAL THRILLER Awards

The Savage Deeps — 2019 GLOBAL THRILLER Award Finalist

Newspaper Article on TSJ and THE SAVAGE DEEPS

Newspaper Article on TSJ

There was a wonderful article on my writing and books yesterday in The London Free Press.  The topics focused on my writing philosophy, mission, inspirations, and important themes in my new series The Rise of Oceania:  resource exploitation, climate change, and the legacy our fathers leave for us, for good or for bad.  I hope you enjoy the article (link below).  Thanks to entertainment reporter Joe Belanger.

The Second Cold War is Coming, and the Culprit is Climate Change

Article by TSJ at The Speculative Fiction Showcase

Here’s a new article I wrote about how climate change and the need for new resources to sustain exploding populations might trigger a new Cold War. 

New Review of THE SAVAGE DEEPS from A Thrill A Week

New Review of TSJ’s  The Savage Deeps

Blog A-Thrill-A-Week has reviewed The Savage Deeps and has given the book a five star review.  Here’s an excerpt:

THE WAR BENEATH by TSJ a Semi-Finalist in the 2019 CYGNUS Awards

THE WAR BENEATH by TSJ a Semi-Finalist in the 2019 CYGNUS Awards

The War Beneath has made the Semi-Finalist stage of the 2019 CYGNUS Awards.

TSJ Visits Cold War OBERON Class Submarine HMCS Ojibwa

TSJ Visits Cold War OBERON Class Submarine HMCS Ojibwa

Last summer I had the pleasure of visiting the HMCS Ojibwa, located in Port Burwell, Ontario, at the Museum of Naval History on the shore of Lake Erie.