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

Crossfire podcast read by yours truly

December 8, 2009

By alan

You might remember a little while ago that I posted about recording one of my stories, Crossfire, for the Outlandish Voices podcast. Here’s the post in question.

Well, the podcast has been posted at the Outlandish Voices website now. I have to say, it doesn’t sound nearly as bad as I thought it might. I was dreading hearing myself read a story, but it actually seems to come across quite well. Halinka says it’s very well read, but she’s biased. Crossfire is a light hearted, possibly even a funny little yarn about a guy that doesn’t do so well in his first interplanetary war.

So if you want to hear me read my whimsical sci-fi short story Crossfire, you can find the podcast here. It’s only about 12.5MB. (Incidentally, this story was originally published in The Oddville Press.)

6 Responses to Crossfire podcast read by yours truly

ganymeder on December 8, 2009 at 3:20 am

Just downloaded. Will probably listen today. Thanks for the link!
alan on December 8, 2009 at 4:26 am

Thanks for the listen!
ganymeder on December 9, 2009 at 6:31 am

I liked it! I especially liked the Banter between Death and the guy. I really enjoyed it.

It was cool to hear your voice. I always imagined an American accent for some reason. I thought the recording sounded great. Thanks for sharing.
alan on December 9, 2009 at 1:40 pm

Well, I’m British born and now Australian (for the last 12 or 13 years). Not much chance of a US accent anywhere in there! Glad you enjoyed it.
Joanna Penn on December 9, 2009 at 8:40 pm

well done Al – we’re expecting full length Podiobook for RealmShift in 2010!
alan on December 9, 2009 at 9:36 pm

I don’t know about 2010, but I’m working on it!