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

X6 Launch in Leichhardt tomorrow

November 10, 2009

By alan

X6 anthology X6 Launch in Leichhardt tomorrow I’m going up to Sydney tomorrow evening to attend the launch of the X6 Anthology from Coeur De Lion Publishing. I picked this book up at Conflux 6 and haven’t had a chance to read all the stories yet, but I can tell you already that it’s brilliant. I talked about this book a bit a few weeks ago, where I mentioned Paul Haines contribution, Wives. Seriously, if you read nothing else this year, read that. I’ve got back into the book again now and I’m currently reading the first story, Sea Hearts by Margo Lanagan.

If you’re in Sydney, try to get along to the launch. X6 is an anthology of six spec fic novellas from some of Australia’s most accomplished authors: Margo Lanagan, Terry Dowling, Paul Haines, Louise Katz, Cat Sparks
and Trent Jamieson. All six will be at the launch. Paul Haines is coming all the way from Melbourne. It should be quite the event.

The launch is at Berkelouw Books, 70 Norton Street, Leichhardt at 7pm, Thursday 12th November and will be overseen by award winning author Richard Harland.