I might be a bit quiet on the interwebz front over the next few days due to a bit of family drama. Nothing that won’t be sorted out before long, but it’s going to take my attention for a while. However, in a “funny old world” sort of moment, I’ve also had a slew...
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Books By Alan
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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.”
Magazine
It’s a funny old world
Australian Spec Fic blog carnival, March 2010
It’s my turn to host the Australian Spec Fic blog carnival for this month, so following is a round up of all kinds of interesting spec fic related interwebby goodness. If I’ve missed anything, add a link in the comments or email me and I’ll update the post. First off, Eneit Press interviews Gillian...
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Call out for Aust Spec Fic blog carnival
I’ll be hosting the Australian Spec Fic blog carnival in March, posting up a loads of stuff on March 15th. If you have any posts you think are relevant, please let me have the links. It can be anything spec fic related, about writing, books, movies, TV or anything you can find even a...
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Locus Online 2009 Recommended reading list
The latest list of recommended reading from Locus Online has been announced. You know I’ve been rattling on for months about Paul Haine’s awesome novella, “Wives”. Well, that’s on there, as is Margo Lanagan’s novella, “Sea Hearts”, from the same anthology. And, in fact, the “X6″ Novellanthology itself is listed. So yeah, you really...
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“Trial Not Required” in M-Brane SF #13
My short story “Trial Not Required” has just been published in M-Brane SF magazine. It’s in issue 13 and starts on page 13, which is kinda cool. The PDF edition of the mag is out now and the print edition should be available in the next couple of days. The publisher, Chris Fletcher, asked...
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Australian spec fic till your eyes bleed
The Australian speculative fiction blog carnival is off to a galloping start for 2010. You can find the January collected posts at Egoboo WA. There’s loads of stuff there, including a few bits by yours truly. Things about Continuum, Natcon, feminism in spec fic and the furore surrounding it, reviews, fiction, interviews, publishing news,...
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Genre Flash 4
Not be mistaken for anything to do with flash fiction, Genre Flash 4 is a PDF magazine listing “The best Australian genre fiction and true crime.” It’s a 24 page magazine that lists all sorts of genre fiction novels and true crime books by Australians, along with a run down of the content, where...
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Not all rejections are all bad
More often than not when submitting stories for publication a rejection comes in the form of a standard line. It’s usually something along the line of “thanks but no thanks” and that’s it. It’s fair enough too – having been on the other side of the fence I can sympathise with the editors. As...
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Friday Flash – Trapped
For Friday Flash this week I thought I’d draw your attention to a piece I’ve just had published in the House Of Horror ezine in the UK. Each issue there is divided up into different rooms, with different things available in each part of the house – you can find my piece in The...
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My short horror story now published at Seizure
You may or may not know about SeizureOnline. According to the website: Seizure is * a new avenue for authors to get published * a collection of serialised novels * a website with RSS feeds, sub-divided by each story with its own feed * available worldwide * released monthly in collected book format. It’s...
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Outlandish Voices podcast coming soon
I had an interesting experience last night. By the very generous invitation of Laura Goodin I went to Wollongong and recorded one of my stories for a podcast. Laura produces the Outlandish Voices podcast where short speculative fiction stories from established and emerging writers in the Illawarra region are read, usually by the writers...
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52 Stitches and Seizure
I’ve just added a couple of new links to the Markets For Writers page: 52 Stitches and Seizure. These are both very cool markets for spec fic and they’re also well worth a look if you’re not a writer. There’s some great stuff to be read there. 52 Stitches is a dark flash fiction...
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Additions to the Markets For Writers page
I’ve made a couple of quick additions to the Markets For Writers page here at The Word. The first was a terrible ommission on my part. Given that I’m a member of the Australian Horror Writers Association I shouldn’t have left off Midnight Echo magazine, but for some inexcusable reason I did. That’s now...
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Brimstone Press releases Eye Of Fire ezine
As a member of the Australian Horror Writers’ Association, I got sent the first issue of Brimstone Press’s Eye Of Fire ezine automatically today. Brimstone Press is a great Aussie publisher that concentrates on the darker side of things, so they obviously get my vote. They started producing Black magazine, but distribution costs forced...
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Excellent advice for short story writers
I recently entered the Katherine Susannah Prichard Speculative Fiction Awards 2009, an Australian short story competition. Sadly my story didn’t win a prize or a recommendation, but that’s okay. I have another story to put back into the market now and see if someone will buy it. (You have to look for the positive...
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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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