Today sees the beginning of Volume 5 of VFoS. We’re almost two thirds of the way through the story and things are hotting up. In this episode, Ghost decides to hunt down the pilot with a price on his head. Click on the Serial Novella button to read and keep the feedback coming –...
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Books By Alan
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RealmShift
A race against time and the Devil
"RealmShift is phenomenal. If it’s not already on your bookshelf it should be."
MageSign
Believe in the blood 
"a gritty tale of blood rituals, mystery, and mysticism… grabs hold of the reader and doesn’t let go"
Ghost Of The Black
"Everything about it is bang on"
Write The Fight Right
“The best way for a writer to learn what’s really involved in brawling, short of going down the pub and starting something.”
Monthly Archives: June 2008
A ‘Verse Full of Scum – Episode 21
RIP George Carlin
The news wires and the blogosphere are awash with tributes to George Carlin, and deservedly so. George was admitted to hospital on Sunday complaining of chest pains and died of heart failure late in the afternoon. He was 71 years old. So why am I adding my voice to the global outpouring of grief?...
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A ‘Verse Full of Scum – Episode 20
Monday rolls around once again and another episode of VFoS has been posted on the Serial Novella page. In this episode Ghost gets a couple of answers and decides to stop sitting around. This episode also marks the completion of Volume 4 in the completely arbitrary 5 episodes per volume format that I decided...
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Top genre films
Following on from yesterday’s post listing the SFX top 100 sci-fi and fantasy authors, I thought this list was also relevant. Via S F Signal, here we have the American Film Institute’s top ten films in ten genres. The ten genres are Animation, Romantic Comedy (a genre that even has a title that makes...
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100 of the best
Back in April I posted about UK based SFX Magazine searching for the top 50 science fiction and fantasy authors. Well, the results are out and they’ve released a top 100. The top ten are: 10. Robert Rankin 9. HG Wells 8. Philip K. Dick 7. Iain M. Banks 6. Isaac Asimov 5. George...
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Welcome to the website of author Alan Baxter.
I write dark fantasy, sci fi and horror, ride a motorcycle and love my dog. I also teach Kung Fu, hence the Warrior Scribe tag above. A friend once referred to me that way and I liked it, so it stuck. Learn all about me and my work by clicking About Alan just below the header.
Our world is built on language and storytelling. Without stories, we are nothing.
The Word is a place to learn more about me, my stories and the words of others. Click the links along the top for all kinds of stuff, search the sidebars for loads of other stuff, click on book covers for reviews and previews, enjoy the blog and don't be shy to share your words, in comments or send me an email:
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