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Author of horror and weird fiction. Martial Artist. Britstralian. Whisky drinker. Dog lover. Metalhead. He/him. https://alanbaxter.com.au/contact/ (Banner image by Dean Rankine)

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Alan Baxter @alanbaxter.bsky.social · Jan 21

Hi! I'm Alan, a horror writer from Tasmania. Talking Scared podcast called me "The Lord of Weird Australia" which I've always liked. This is Horror called me, "Australia's master of literary darkness." I like that too! The graphic below shows all my stuff. Learn more here: alanbaxter.com.au

A graphic showing all my book covers and how they interlink (where they do).

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Molly Knight @mollyknight.bsky.social · 4h

Whistling when ICE is about to kidnap someone for no reason is incredibly effective. They know what they are doing is wrong and will scatter in the wind when too many witnesses gather.

FORM A CROWD
STAY LOUD
PROTECT EACH OTHER
CODE I:
ICE NEARBY
BLOW QUICKLY IN A BROKEN RHYTHM:
PRE-PRE-PRE!
→ ALERTS THE COMMUNITY THAT ICE AGENTS ARE IN THE AREA.
ROGERS PARK WHISTLE PROTOCOLS
WHY A WHISTLE? ON THE STREETS
• A SIMPLE TOOL FOR FAST ALERTS.
• LOUD.
RECOGNIZABLE.
IMPOSSIBLE TO IGNORE.
• OUR VOICES ARE
STRONGER TOGETHER.
WHISTLES GUIDE
PEOPLE TO:
• FOLLOW ICE CARAVANS
• CATCH UP WITH THE CROWD
• ALERT NEIGHBORS
TO JOIN IN
NOISE = VISIBILITY.
CODE 2:
CODE RED
BLOW THREE LONG BLASTS:
PREEEE-PREEEE-PREEEE!
→ ICE IS DETAINING SOMEONE.
FORM A CROWD, STAY LOUD.
DON'T STAY SILENT. STAY NONVIOLENT.
WHY IT WORKS
• INSTANT ALERT
SYSTEM
• FASTER THAN SOCIAL MEDIA
• TURNS SILENCE INTO COMMUNITY
ACTION
ORIGINAL FLYER CREATED BY:
WHAT YOU CAN DO
• WEAR YOUR WHISTLE AROUND YOUR NECK
TEACH FAMILY
EIGHBORS TH
CODES
• USE IT WHEN ICE IS
SPOTTED
• PROTECT EACH OTHER, ALWAYS
TOGETHER, WE KEEP OUR COMMUNITY SAFE.
FORM A CROWD, STAY LOUD.
THIS FLYER DISTRIBUTED BY:
PROTECT RP
• @PROTECTRP_

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Alan Baxter @alanbaxter.bsky.social · 2h

Isn't that what you use to do the dishes?

Alan Baxter @alanbaxter.bsky.social · 2h

"Go ahead and ratio me, it's a badge of honour!"

Lol no, block here works really well. Bye, Felicia.

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Alan Baxter @alanbaxter.bsky.social · 5h

I don't try to tell stories from diverse viewpoints - that's for their own voices to tell - but I damn well make sure I reflect the world around me as inclusively as possible, and I try my hardest to make a good job of that.

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Alan Baxter @alanbaxter.bsky.social · 5h

Why do I include diverse characters (race, gender, sexuality, etc) in my books? Three reasons:

1. So people see themselves reflected in stories;

2. So people see others reflected in stories;

3. Because that's how the world is everywhere around us.

Not including diversity is a choice.

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Alan Baxter @alanbaxter.bsky.social · 14h

Remember folks, a horror author isn't just for Halloween.

We need your love and commitment all year long.

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Alan Baxter @alanbaxter.bsky.social · 10h

Me: *solves Lament Configuration*

Pinhead: *appears*
*looks around at everything*
lol nah, bro, you're good

*vanishes*

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Alan Baxter @alanbaxter.bsky.social · 7h

Amazing. Where are they now?

the babahuck @tylerhuckabee.bsky.social · 9h

In 2004, Parisian police were conducting a training exercise in the french catacombs and found, after moving past a desk and a tape playing audio of snarling dogs, a fully functional movie theater and bar. When they returned 3 days later, the equipment was gone, with a note: “Do not try to find us.”

Members of the force's sports squad, responsible
- among other tasks - for policing the 170 miles of tunnels, caves, galleries and catacombs that underlie large parts of Paris, stumbled on the complex while on a training exercise beneath the Palais de Chaillot, across the Seine from the Eiffel Tower.
After entering the network through a drain next to the Trocadero, the officers came across a tarpaulin marked: Building site, No access.
Behind that, a tunnel held a desk and a closed-circuit TV camera set to automatically record images of anyone passing. The mechanism also triggered a tape of dogs barking, "clearly designed to frighten people off," the spokesman said.
Further along, the tunnel opened into a vast 400 sq metre cave some 18m underground, "like an underground amphitheatre, with terraces cut into the rock and chairs".

There the police found a full-sized cinema screen, projection equipment, and tapes of a wide variety of films, including 1950s film noir classics and more recent thrillers. None of the films were banned or even offensive, the spokesman said.
A smaller cave next door had been turned into an informal restaurant and bar. "There were bottles of whisky and other spirits behind a bar, tables and chairs, a pressure-cooker for making couscous," the spokesman said.
"The whole thing ran off a professionally installed electricity system and there were at least three phone lines down there."
Three days later, when the police returned accompanied by experts from the French electricity board to see where the power was coming from, the phone and electricity lines had been cut and a note was lying in the middle of the floor: "Do not," it said, "try to find us."

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Alan Baxter @alanbaxter.bsky.social · 10h

Me: *solves Lament Configuration*

Pinhead: *appears*
*looks around at everything*
lol nah, bro, you're good

*vanishes*

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Alan Baxter @alanbaxter.bsky.social · 12h

Thank you!

Alan Baxter @alanbaxter.bsky.social · 14h

Remember folks, a horror author isn't just for Halloween.

We need your love and commitment all year long.

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Derek Powazek @fraying.bsky.social · 1d

You can’t hate fascists and use AI slop generators. They’re the same thing: total destruction of truth at scale.

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Alan Baxter @alanbaxter.bsky.social · 15h

Ha! That place is just getting worse and worse.

Alan Baxter @alanbaxter.bsky.social · 23h

What the fuck?!

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Alan Baxter @alanbaxter.bsky.social · 1d

Eggplant
Prometheus
Achy Breaky Heart

Jonathan Edward Durham @thisone0verhere.bsky.social · 1d

Introduce yourself using only one food you refuse to eat, one movie you’ll never watch again, and one song you can’t stand

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Tim Lebbon @timlebbon.bsky.social · 1d

By the way, I have a new novel out!
(photo by Tim Love)

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Alan Baxter @alanbaxter.bsky.social · 1d

why is jared leto?

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Alan Baxter @alanbaxter.bsky.social · 1d

I've only read Between Two Fires by Buehlman and that was fantastic.

Alan Baxter @alanbaxter.bsky.social · 1d

Who's that on the right?

Alan Baxter @alanbaxter.bsky.social · 1d

I mean, talk about a self-answering question.

Alan Baxter @alanbaxter.bsky.social · 1d

What the actual living fuck?

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Alan Baxter @alanbaxter.bsky.social · 1d

Druid: I've got this

*rolls nat 20*

Bevis Musson @bevismusson.bsky.social · 1d

Mr Laos. Just when you though this year was a bit quiet on the insanely huge, bedazzled, symbolic costumes along comes Mr Laos and blows everyone else out of the water. This is insane, but it's also *so* good.

A photo of a contestant at Mister Global 2025

Alan Baxter @alanbaxter.bsky.social · 1d

Scientific studies* have proven** that if you read my books you'll get smarter, better looking AND better in bed. Quick, get to reading my books today!

*anecdotally
**vibes mostly

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C. Robert Cargill @crobertcargill.bsky.social · 1d

I want to make it perfectly clear I've got nothing against TRON: ARES. I'm looking forward to seeing it.

But what I want most is for the younger generations to love going to the movies, which means we need more movies for them. Not every movie needs to be for 50 year old white guys.

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Alan Baxter @alanbaxter.bsky.social · 1d

Is this cover AI?