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From beneath the floor boards of an old abandoned hospital a stench is eminating. Small town New Zealand will never be the same again. Stench begins innocently enough, but grows into an intense and fantastic tale that will seize your imagination and refuse to let it go. This is Mike Johnson at his gripping and Gothic best. "a teen-flick horror movie set in small town New Zealand... a consummate performance." - The New Zealand Review of Books 2004

52 stories, one for every week of the year. Some light and frothy, some dark and devious, some sweet and magical, and some just downright cheeky, here's a book of stories for those who might have given up on stories.Consider them the truffles at the feast, to savour and enjoy! These stories will lighten up any holiday or dull moment en route to your own paradise island. Meet Harry the hobbit, who receives a most unusual gift; a magical typewriter on a mission; a criminally inclined fantail; an art thief with a moral imperative; three bewitching beach beauties and their victim; a group of smokers making their last stand; a man who can't stop walking in circles; a taniwha trapped in an elevator shaft; Stock Car Sally who'll go all the way, bumper to bumper; an amateur realtor from hell; a political sausage; a boatie with a mist that won't go away; a suitcase with its own agenda; a drunk reporter who sobers up at his own funeral, and many more. 'Those of us who live on islands know the remote, bounded world they inhabit and will recognise the unbearable closeness of being they endure. We have found our freedom in confinement. But don't take our word for it - we are storytellers of the most unreliable kind. Mike Johnson's Paradise Island is a place where memory and nostalgia mix and reality is lapped at every day by the tides of rediscovery. Back in the day, of course, it would have been so much simpler.' Greg Treadwell, ex-editor of the Gulf News, Hauraki Gulf.'Written with wit, charm and colourful layers that peel off to reveal an island full of characters and events that raise a laugh amid whimsical reflections.' John Hawkesby.

What does the Taniwha look like?He p¿hea te ¿hua nei o te Taniwha r¿?The Taniwha is New Zealand's best known and most loved mythological creature... But what do they look like? Poet Mike Johnson and artist Jenn Rackham come together to explore this great mystery. To be read aloud for pleasure, or used as an early reader, Taniwha will delight both young and old.

On Monday, the 17th of September, 2013, novelist and poet Mike Johnson entered Auckland Central Hospital for some abdominal tests, and was diagnosed with multiple cancers. Nine days later he was discharged with no discernable cancers.This is the story of what happened during those nine days, and the days that followed: the tests, the diagnoses, the mystery, the terror and the healing. Too weak to write, Johnson dictated this book from handwritten notes. A report from experience, an investigation, a compelling narrative, The Angel of Compassion raises the most fundamental issues of body, mind and spirit.Shortlisted for the $10,000 Ashton Wylie Award, 2014.