johnvurrowriter

We had our best @tortoisebooks.bsky.social sales day at Lit Fest, by a healthy healthy margin! Thank you so so much to all who came out. Chicago is a fantastic city, folks...don't let anyone tell you otherwise. (Especially if they don't live here, and ESPECIALLY if they have bankrupted casinos.)

Another new book for Printers Row...PLAY, REWIND by @johnvurrowriter.bsky.social! This book will warm and break your heart as it chronicles the struggles of a video store clerk whose mom suffers from Alzheimer's. (Plus, let's be honest, you need a good hit of video store nostalgia right about now.)

George R.R. Martin Finally Finishes Writing Sequel To ‘Erin Brockovich’

George R.R. Martin Finally Finishes Writing Sequel To ‘Erin Brockovich’ theonion.com/george-...

Hasn’t The Terminator taught us anything?

You’re right he’s supposed to be French? I’m glad I’ve watched it 5000 times too and just realized it

So happy to be on Beyond the Zero podcast. Give a listen!

Why is it that every job you apply for is just Sales in sheep’s clothing? I want to write back “I’d rather eat glass while digging graves than sell something, okay?” Mr. Indeed say what you are!

Please check out my poems and other great work at Calendula Review www.thecalendulareview.com

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A @tortoisebooks.bsky.social Order Fulfillment Selfie! The last of the Play, Rewind signed presales--1078, 1080, and 1081. (Actual fulfillment courtesy of @johnvurrowriter.bsky.social )

Play, Rewind - A Novel by John Vurro — Tortoise Books A lovely novel about a young video store clerk in the last days of VHS who is stuck caring for a mother with Alzheimer's.

A big Happy Pub Day to @johnvurrowriter.bsky.social and PLAY, REWIND! An unforgettable novel about love, dementia, and the golden age of the video store...check it out! (And you won'teven have to worry about late fees.)

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For pub day and f my novel Play, Rewind here’s a photo of me (at the register) working at my father”s video store Video World on W. Houston in the late 90’s. I’m so happy that it found a home. Thanks Tortoise Books for loving the novel. Be Kind, Rewind

Volume VII April is the cruelest month...

New Substack Drop

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This weekend! Come and say hi!

Presale *signed* copies of my novel Play, Rewind are available tortoisebooks.com/store/play-r...

So happy to be part of this!

So happy to be part of this!

A @tortoisebooks.bsky.social Order Fulfillment Selfie...1079 is doing fine! (And we had galleys for @boondock60mm.bsky.social and @johnvurrowriter.bsky.social. Well actually, galleys OF them, FOR reviwers. It's time for other people to read these books, damnit!)

Look, folks. Reviews don't get much better than this.

That’s why Lidl’s is the way to go!

Bristol Vaudrin's book AFTERWARD on the shelves at Powell's Books.

My book, #Afterward, in the wild at @powells.bsky.social. I used to travel from Alaska just to buy books here. Having my book on their shelves is leaving me speechless.

#litfic 💙📚🖋

Congrats!

The cover of Afterward, Bristol Vaudrin's debut novel

My debut book #Afterward has been out for about a week now. It's a book author the amazing author #ChristianTeBordo said delivers a "combination of emotional intensity and dry humor [that] evokes European writers like #ElenaFerrante and #FleurJaeggy..."

Excited to be in this company.

#litfic 💙📚🖋️

They're really putting the "if" in tariff

Nietzsche Family Circus Randomized pairings of Family Circus cartoons and Friedrich Nietzsche quotes. Is man one of God's blunders? Or is God one of man's blunders?

welp I’ve stumbled upon the Nietzsche Family Circus www.nietzschefamilycircus.com

Presale *signed* copies of my novel Play, Rewind are available tortoisebooks.com/store/play-r...

This Monday my son will turn 20. It’s been a cold winter—so I’ve been thinking about his age, the weather, and the park. If you have time, please give it a read. Thanks.

Guardians His inability to tell me when he’s sick, the most baseline, possibly the easiest thing to express, means he isn’t expressing a million other needs that are harder to pin down: If his shoes are too tig...

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