There’s this maniac that lives inside my left ventricle. He only comes out when the moon is full, or I get despondent over the latest social networking shenanigans and start to feel like I’m not being imaginary followed by enough not-quite-real-to-me people. His name is Milo. He calls himself “Doctor Milo”, but his credentials are sketchy – at best. This deranged lunatic is something like George “The Animal” Steele, but better looking and somewhat voyeuristic. He likes to get sweaty and watch the dudes unload the trucks out behind the 7-11 at 3am, all the while huffing cans of spray cheez and groping a small plush llama.

So I need to ask you all a little favour. If you’re hip to the whole BookBub scene, swing on by and follow my profile. It’ll help a brother out immensely, and will give you the inside edge on new books when they are about to launch! It may also enable us to get #FURR in there in the fall and offer you all up a little treat.

Just go to https://www.bookbub.com/authors/axel-howerton

Save us all from the creep on the right down there, and then feel the love I’m blasting out into the atmosphere for ya!

I will be back at my favorite local haunt, the side aisles and walkways of Calgary’s Signal Hill Indigo Chapters on May 1 from 11am to 4pm. Books. Magic. Shenanigans.

I may even have an assistant interning in Badassery for the day.

COME ON DOWN!

Yep.

The season ’tis upon us once again.

And as your duly appointed Prairies Region director of the Crime Writers of Canada, one of my main duties is to throw the annual shindig for the Arthur Ellis Awards shortlist announcements. Back in 2014, I was a finalist for the award for Best First Novel for Hot Sinatra. It’s a magical, wonderful thing to be nominated.

Speaking of wonderful, magical things…

Along with my co-host and emcee (my predecessor in Prairies Directorship, and AB Negative alumni Susan Calder), I will be throwing down some escape artistry, a little card magic (maybe some light gun-play), and then joining a lively discussion with fellow potential-nominees, former-nominees and also-AB Negative alumni Dwayne “Killer” Clayden and Lady Jayne Barnard. We will also be joined by the fabulous E.C. Bell out of Edmonton, and will all perform a little reading of our own work, in-betwixt all of the excitement of revealing the shortlist nominations.

If you’re in the Calgary are tonight, I strongly suggest you grab a pew and join the tent-show! Owl’s Nest Books – 7PM