Click on book covers for reviews and previews.
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."
I’ve updated a couple of things here at The Word today. Firstly, my flash fiction piece The Book, which was published in issue 136 of Antipodean SF, has now been archived so I’ve added the story to the Dark Shorts page here. You can also still see it in the Antipodean SF archives here....
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One of my favourite websites, Editor Unleashed, is running a poll to select the 25 Best Writing Blogs. There are five categories, Fiction Writing, Marketing & Social Media, Publishing Trends, Creativity and Freelance Writing. Each category has ten nominated blogs in an open poll. And I’ve been nominated. I know, hard to believe, but...
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I had a very pleasant surprise this morning. Jonathan Crossfield contacted me on Twitter to let me know about a post on his blog listing the top 50 Australian blogs on writing. I thought that sounded like a pretty useful resource. Imagine my surprise to discover that this little corner of the interwebs that...
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Words and stories fascinate me. Our world is built on language and storytelling. Without stories, we are nothing.
This is The Word - 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 to alan [at]alanbaxteronline[dot]com
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