Can you get to Whangarei, this Saturday night? To support the crowdfunding campaign for 'Bloodalcohol' - the new horror story collection - you're invited to sit by the fire and enjoy two spooky stories read by author Michael Botur. Here's the event. facebook.com/events/8422319…

Thanks so much for reading and giving moral support over the past month and a half. It’s a great achievement to reach 80%, though we need the last couple of people to donate, order a book in advance and support Bloodalcohol. Let me explain why. botur.substack.com/p/last-chance-…

Thanks so much for reading & giving support over past month. It’s a great achievement to reach 80%, though we still need people to donate, order book and support Bloodalcohol. Let me explain why. botur.substack.com/p/last-chance-… @GNutsofHorror Jim Steele Nathan Ballingrud Michael Wehunt

Crowdfunding/advance sales for my next horror short story collection 'Bloodalcohol' have finished / closed / successfully achieved 100%. Publisher will be Next Chapter. >> Big thanks to donors and supporters <<

Here's author Michael Botur reading an excerpt from one of the many stories about solo parenting in 'Flying Solo.' youtube.com/watch?v=2IpGgq… Please donate to author J C L Purchase as she crowdfunds this important project. [ boosted.org.nz/projects/flyin… ]

Why not enjoy ‘Fake ID’ on your headphones while you’re doing yardwork or drifting off to sleep tonight? Great new recording to enjoy as a FREE mp3 or YouTube vid. Whatever medium you like. I love how much the voice of Erik Peabody (Viking Guitar) enlivened the story. botur.substack.com/p/two-quick-up…

"Life is life because it's always disappearing." - Philosopher Alan Watts

Did you enjoy the story 'Test of Death' in 'The Devil Took Her' collection? The script sample has made it to the semi finals of Genreblast. Congratulations Linda Niccol for your powerful writing. Now we aim to fully smash some harder competition genreblast.com/script-contest

This is art, right here. Pure expression. No audience needed. youtube.com/watch?v=sqSA-S…

Bloodalcohol begins. Follow the tour here. Review copies going out across the next two months. Those generous donors who helped with crowdfunding? I can't wait to get your paperback in the post. silverdaggertours.com/sdsxx-tours/bl…

Simply reply to the Substack and chuck some words in the title like “Please send me a review copy” and I’ll send you a review copy. You read it, say bad things, neutral things or maybe even good things on Goodreads and Amazon and/or blogs and newspapers. botur.substack.com/p/review-copy-…

If you haven't heard of 'The War of Art' and if you haven't considered how important it is to be stoic in the creative arts, here's me talking about accepting unfairness with some rewards in the field of creative writing. Spotify interview. open.spotify.com/episode/4XGrRs…

Student president Marcail Parkinson has crumbled after attempting to cancel a VUW debate. Marcail - centrist.co.nz/hypocrisy-at-v… . When pressed to give one example of Jonathan Ayling supporting hate speech, she had none. Watch her embarass herself on The Platform today.

Shortlisted for 4x Vogel awards for the best in NZ horror and sci fi for the collection BLOODALCOHOL: Ten Tales nzherald.co.nz/northern-advoc…

Criminal conversation Ngaio Marsh Awards BODIES BY THE BEACHES this Thursday hosted by yours truly - criminally good conversation featuring six talented Northland storytellers delving into crime, mystery and thriller books. Click to read nzherald.co.nz/northern-advoc…

I am very proud to be playing Scarecrow in THE WIZARD OF OZ at Dargaville Little Theatre this month - grab your tickets! 2.5 hours of singing dancing joy. Most shows sold out. events.humanitix.com/the-wizard-of-…

Kia ora to all who came out for our Whangarei Mystery in the Library event. Great to see the support for our Northland authors in the most northern-most of this year's MITL nationwide series. Big kudos to Michael Botur for his chairing & enthusiasm, and Meredith at WDL #yeahnoir

People are really digging this story, thousands of page hits - it's worth checking out. botur.substack.com/p/2-we-created…

Smile and the whole world smiles with you. My creature concepts for the entity in Smile 2 aka the Smile monster. #smile2

Q&A with Michael Botur: Glass Barbie read-nz.org/news/article/q…