I get a lot of spam comments here. It’s inevitable, I suppose. Once you’ve been blogging for a while a certain amount of robots and fuckwits are naturally drawn to the comments section where they shit their rubbish all over the place, telling me what a great blog this is or what an interesting...
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Books By Alan
Click on book covers for reviews, previews and purchase options.
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.”
Amusing
Spam comment of the week
That’s Facebook all wrapped up
I read this on Lamebook today and realised that I technically no longer need to use Facebook at all. Here it is in a nutshell: .
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Procrastilaxing is my new favourite word
Procrastilaxing is my new favourite word. Yes indeed, I love this word so much I want to punch it in the face. .
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Jar Jar’s head on a platter
Not just metaphorically. Literally. At last. Jar Jar’s head on a platter. .
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It’s Easter – time for Christian hypocrisy
It would be funnier if it wasn’t so fucking tragic, but you can always get a laugh when the Christian bigwigs come out with their Easter messages. My favourite so far this year is this one from Anthony Fisher, the new Archbishop of Parramatta (NSW, Australia): ”Last century we tried godlessness on a grand...
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Offensively, brilliantly true
This is highly offensive and also highly correct. It is also highly pertinent in this internet age of laziness. If rude words offend, don’t read it. Edit: I didn’t make this. I neglected to mention that I stole it from here. .
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“Battlefield Earth” officially the suckiest movie ever
This month, Battlefield Earth, an absolute bomb of a movie based on the novel by Scientology founder L. Ron Hubbard, won the Golden Raspberry Award, or Razzie, for “Worst Movie of the Decade.” J.D. Shapiro, the film’s (first) screenwriter, who also wrote the screenplay for Robin Hood: Men in Tights, has subsequently written an...
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Ah, the juvenile fun of it all
My mate James pointed this out to me and I did laugh. There’s been some news lately about the Vienna Boys’ Choir. To quote the Times Online: The most famous choir in the world has been caught up in the wave of paedophile scandals sweeping Germany and Austria, with eight former choristers denouncing their...
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Wheel of fail
Sometimes words just like to mess with your head.
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Independent grocer branches out into prostitution
I went up to the local IGA independent grocer this morning to get some milk and bread. I was quite surprised when I saw this van parked outside delivering. I thought, ‘Well, that’s some thinking outside the box right there.’: (Yes, of course it was actually “Mitchell’s Wholesale Provedores.) .
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Star Trek – How It Should Have Ended
I’ll thank S F Signal for this one – how the Star Trek movie should have ended. This is originally from HowItShouldHaveEnded.com, which comes out with some pure gold. Their Lord Of The Rings one is a blinder. This one is also. Stay for the end!
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Damn Wolfman movie ripping off Twilight
Yes, you read that right. One of the mailing groups I’m on was shocked by this recently, so I thought I’d share. A young Twilight fan wrote a letter to the website latinoreview.com. I had no idea there was a Latino Review site, but there you go. This letter writer does nothing for the...
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Twitter sci fi geekery
I love Twitter. The things that happen there are great, especially when the big stars show themselves up to be geeks like the rest of us. A conversation between Simon Pegg and Nathan Fillion this morning cracked me up. For those not versed in geekery, Simon Pegg is the British comic genius behind TV...
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And you think spec fic nerds are weird
I followed this car into a car park the other day. It had two stickers on the back window. On the passanger side was this: Likes as in “likes”? And on the driver’s side was this one: Weird, slightly religious train spotting nerds? Hornby model train nerds? Bizarre, whatever the truth. Makes Star Trek...
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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.
Our world is built on language and storytelling. Without stories, we are nothing.
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