Monthly Archives: May 2011

The SF & F Short Story Collection Meme

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May 17, 2011

I was watching on Twitter while Charles A Tan (of Bibliophile Stalker fame) chatted with all sorts of people about short story collections. Not anthologies, with multiple authors, but single author collections. I’m a fan of short stories, I love writing and reading them, but I read most of my short fiction in magazines...
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100 Stories For Queensland – please buy it tomorrow

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May 16, 2011
100 Stories For Queensland – please buy it tomorrow

When something drops out of the news cycle it’s easy to forget about it. But just because the purveyors of sensationalised pictures have got bored with an event, it doesn’t mean people aren’t still suffering. The devastating floods in Queensland might seem like a long time ago to most of us, but they’re still...
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The May Australian Speculative Fiction Blog Carnival now on NecroScope

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May 15, 2011

The May edition of the Australian Speculative Fiction Blog Carnival has been posted to NecroScope. Take a peek, and find out what’s been happening in your community this past month. http://zombiefictionreview.blogspot.com/2011/05/news-australian-speculative-fiction.html There’s some good stuff, so make yourself a cuppa and have a browse. .
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Iain M Banks on why science fiction is not for dabblers

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May 14, 2011

Twitter (which gives me so many great links) led me to this article in The Guardian by Iain M Banks. In it he addresses the crossover of literary writers into SF. He uses a great example of a writer coming up with a fantastic new idea – basically, a murder mystery where the crazy...
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The end of an era – typewriters are no more

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May 12, 2011
The end of an era – typewriters are no more

This makes me a bit sad. I’ve always had an affinity for typewriters, since I wrote my first ever stories on my mum’s old Remington when I was about seven years old. I’ve used a typewriter as my website logo for a while now. They’ve always fascinated me as these things that can make...
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The Word

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.

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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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