Books By Alan

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RealmShift

"an inventive and action-packed story"

"a gripping, thought-provoking tale"

"a novel I am loath to put down. A most surprising read. Quite a ride"

"fast-paced and engrossing"

"RealmShift is phenomenal. If it’s not already on your bookshelf it should be."

MageSign

"a fast-paced ride through a visceral reality"

"a fast paced supernatural adventure that will leave readers rethinking how they view the Cosmos"

"a gritty tale of blood rituals, mystery, and mysticism… grabs hold of the reader and doesn’t let go"

"fantastic qualities … horrific at times... I highly recommend it"

"Alan Baxter takes the reader right to the edge and then pushes us over. And I thank him for it."

Ghost Of The Black

"Excellent pacing"

"I’ve found myself not wanting to stop reading"

"Everything about it is bang on"

"very, very readable."

Wise Words

"Things need not have happened to be true. Tales and dreams are the shadow-truths that will endure when mere facts are dust and ashes, and forgot." - Morpheus, The Sandman - Dream Country (Neil Gaiman)

"A powerful agent is the right word. Whenever we come upon one of those intensly right words in a book or a newspaper the resulting effect is physical as well as spiritual, and electrically prompt." - Mark Twain

"At the beginning there was the Word - at the end just the Cliche." - Stanislaw J Lec

New short story published at The Oddville Press

June 22, 2009

By alan

I’m very pleased to announce that another piece of my short fiction has been published out there in the real world. This particular story is a whimsically existential idea called Crossfire, published by The Oddville Press. Who are they? According to them:

The Oddville Press is a downloadable electronic non-profit magazine in PDF format dedicated to bringing high quality Fiction, Poetry and Artwork to the forefront.

It’s staffed by committed volunteers with high standards of excellence whose mission is to promote today’s geniuses and tomorrow’s giants.

Yes, that’s right – I’m a genius of today and a giant of tomorrow. That means I’m destined to be a genius giant. So look out all you schoolyard bullies, my vengeance is nigh.

Anyway, my story is appearing in the June edition, which is Volume 1, issue 4, and has just been released. You can check out all about the publication at The Oddville Press website.

oddville 4 New short story published at The Oddville Press

Check out my name there on the cover.

Here’s a direct link to the PDF of Issue 4 – you should be able to right click that link and Save As and you’ll get the magazine directly. Otherwise, click here and select the correct issue from the list. You can download the previous three while you’re there – there’s some great stuff in this mag. You’ll find my story on page 74 of Issue 4.

Don’t be shy to leave me a comment here and let me know what you think of the story.

5 Responses to New short story published at The Oddville Press

Sara on June 23, 2009 at 6:29 pm

Pretty cool post. I just came across your blog and wanted to say
that I’ve really liked reading your posts. Anyway
I’ll be subscribing to your blog and I hope you write again soon!
alan on June 23, 2009 at 9:33 pm

Thanks Sara – good to have you on board.
The power of blogging and social media – The Word – According To Me on June 24, 2009 at 4:16 pm

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Rabid Fox on June 26, 2009 at 8:33 am

Thanks. I just downloaded it today, so I look forward to checking it out at home over the weekend.
alan on June 26, 2009 at 6:08 pm

Great stuff – be sure to let me know what you think when you’ve had a read.