John is a Stoker Nominee!!!
The Troublesome Amputee has made it onto the final ballot for the Stoker. Now I have to arrange for John to get to Toronto for the banquet. I’m so proud of him!
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WOO! Congratz!
Congratulations! Well-deserved!
That is so cool, I am so freakin’ happy for John! I’m thinking…CELEBRATION!!
Kongo-rats!
AWESOME!
WOOHOO! Congrats to him 🙂
Good Fucking Christ! Congrats to John!
Badass!
U R a badass Mr. Lawson! And The Troublesome Amputee TOTALLY deserves to win. It better! Xtine and I are big fans and are rooting for you … D.
D. Harlan Wilson
http://www.dharlanwilson.com
http://www.dreampeople.org
YES!
Very happy for you, John! Troublesome Amputee is a wonderfully sick and twisted poetry collection and it deserves this attention. Well done. Keep dismembering in verse!
— Mike Arnzen, http://www.gorelets.com