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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"
The Darkest Shade Of Grey
You can tell the story.
"...stunning supernatural noir..."
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.”
I read about this today over at David B Coe’s weblog. It’s truly astounding. Various churches around the world never cease to amaze me with their antics, but this is one of the best ones for a while. Author Jeremy F Lewis wrote a novel called Staked. The book deals with vampires and werewolves...
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I don’t know if this is real or not, but it made me laugh. .
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Following yesterday’s post about GetUp! getting behind a petition against the government’s proposed ISP filtering, here’s some corroborating info from our ABC. It’s written by someone that works with an ISP, so there could be a perception of bias, but all you need to do is check the facts. Here’s the article. .
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GetUp! is turning out to be a very powerful organisation that has been campaigning against all kinds of things that are really worth campaigning against. Draconian laws in the “war” on terror, antigay laws, infringement on civil liberties and so on. They now have a petition up against ISP filtering. Get on board and...
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My publishing company, Blade Red Press, is pleased to announce its membership of SPUNC – Small Press Underground Networking Community. SPUNC exists to advance the interests of the Australian small and independent publishing sector, and to facilitate cooperation between members of that sector. You can read all about them at their website. .
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You thought the Bill Henson “scandal” over here was a bit of an overkill? Sure, I find his images morally questionable, being that they are actual photographs of naked children, but this poor bastard is facing five years for reading a Manga comic: Christopher Handley and the obscenity trial – via Neil Gaiman’s blog....
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I’m sorry folks. It seems that there are a number of things conspiring against me here in getting RealmShift and MageSign into the country. Given the atrocious state of the Aussie dollar at the moment, coupled with crippling shipping rates, I can’t get copies here at a reasonable cost just yet. That may change...
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This is one of those signs that reinforces both sides of an argument. It argues eloquently for those that consider themselves highly devout and for those that are opposed to such nonsense. And really, being the bah humbug that I am, I wish Christmas was just for Christians and we could do without all...
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Well, it’s finally here. After all the waiting and promises you can finally buy MageSign, the sequel to RealmShift, through Amazon.com and all the various Amazon sites around the world. The new edition of RealmShift is also available. RealmShift and MageSign You can search at your local Amazon store or click on the covers...
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Following on from this post a week or two ago, which listed the Amazon.com editors’ choice Best Sci-Fi & Fantasy Books of 2008, here’s the list from Amazon.co.uk: 1 The Temporal Void (Void Trilogy) by Peter F. Hamilton 2 Nation by Terry Pratchett 3 Anathem by Neal Stephenson 4 The Graveyard Book by Neil...
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A hat-tip to Adrian for pointing me in the direction of this interesting article at the New Scientist website. In a nutshell the concept of the article is this: What place is there for science fiction when the world we live in is already more futuristic than that imagined? It’s an interesting article, particularly...
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This weekend I attended the 2008 Freecon, a sci-fi and fantasy convention organised by the Sydney Futurians. I was very kindly invited by the organiser, Garry Dalrymple, to go along and take part in some discussion panels and do a reading from one of my books. The Freecon is a small event – let’s...
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I saw this over at S F Signal. Amazon has listed its editors’ choice of the best SF/F books of 2008. The top ten: 1. Liberation: Being the Adventures of the Slick Six After the Collapse of the United States of America by Brian Francis Slattery 2. The Drowned Life by Jeffrey Ford 3....
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For those of you waiting for the release of MageSign (sequel to RealmShift) you’ll be pleased to know that it’s going to be available to buy any time now. The proof has been approved and I’ll let you know soon when it’s up on Amazon. I’m really pleased to be able to announce this...
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Michael Crichton, author of more than two dozen novels, died on Tuesday from cancer. He was only 66. Another very sad loss. As famous for the movie adaptations of his books as for the books themselves, Crichton is a perfect example of how an author can really succeed. And he was nearly seven feet...
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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.
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