Alan Baxter
@alanbaxter.bsky.social
Author of horror and weird fiction. Martial Artist. Britstralian. Whisky drinker. Dog lover. Metalhead. He/him.
https://alanbaxter.com.au/contact/
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Alan Baxter
@alanbaxter.bsky.social
· Oct 22
Hi! I'm Alan, a horror writer from Tasmania. Talking Scared called me "The Lord of Weird Australia" and This is Horror called me "Australia's master of literary darkness." The graphic below shows all my stuff and how it interacts. I hope you'll give something there a go. More here: alanbaxter.com.au
You could bludgeon a man to death with this tome. But I hear good things. In I go.
November 28, 2025 at 7:55 AM
You could bludgeon a man to death with this tome. But I hear good things. In I go.
Got myself a nice new banner image for my profile. Don't ask how long it took to make it look good on both desktop and mobile app. 🤪
November 28, 2025 at 5:08 AM
Got myself a nice new banner image for my profile. Don't ask how long it took to make it look good on both desktop and mobile app. 🤪
I'm thankful I don't live in America.
November 28, 2025 at 4:51 AM
I'm thankful I don't live in America.
Every single person in that room, standing there silently, is culpable. Fucking cowards. No one says a damn thing to defend that woman.
“You’re a stupid person” — Trump lashes out at a reporter who presses him on the fact that the suspected DC shooter was actually thoroughly vetted before he was let in the US from Afghanistan
November 28, 2025 at 2:54 AM
Every single person in that room, standing there silently, is culpable. Fucking cowards. No one says a damn thing to defend that woman.
Eat it anyway.
November 27, 2025 at 10:46 PM
Eat it anyway.
Slow news day.
Thieves have stolen €90,000 worth of fine French snails destined for some of the country’s most prestigious restaurants
Thieves take €90,000 of snails meant for Michelin-starred restaurants
French police are on the trail of ‘experienced’ criminals who stole a whole year’s worth of produce from Jean-Mathieu Dauvergne’s L’Escargot des Grands Crus
www.thetimes.com
November 27, 2025 at 9:45 PM
Slow news day.
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"Has AI achieved true sentience?"
No. You're just really stupid.
No. You're just really stupid.
November 27, 2025 at 9:15 AM
"Has AI achieved true sentience?"
No. You're just really stupid.
No. You're just really stupid.
Man, S4 is so so baaaad. 🙁
They've changed the guy playing Vesemir too!
I am really struggling with Hemsworth replacing Cavill in The Witcher. Hemsworth is a fine actor but Cavill was perfect and owned that role. Has there ever been a case where an actor has been replaced and the new actor turned out better in the role?
November 27, 2025 at 1:09 PM
Man, S4 is so so baaaad. 🙁
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I wrote 4000 words about Nuzzi/Lizza/RFK, please read it before it gets taken down by HR
The Olivia Nuzzi and RFK Jr. Affair Is Messier Than We Ever Could Have Imagined
Inside the most important, and also least important, story of our time
www.theringer.com
November 25, 2025 at 5:48 PM
I wrote 4000 words about Nuzzi/Lizza/RFK, please read it before it gets taken down by HR
"Has AI achieved true sentience?"
No. You're just really stupid.
No. You're just really stupid.
November 27, 2025 at 9:15 AM
"Has AI achieved true sentience?"
No. You're just really stupid.
No. You're just really stupid.
Ah, I see Americans are gearing up for big turkey day, so the timeline will become saturated with that again.
November 27, 2025 at 12:43 AM
Ah, I see Americans are gearing up for big turkey day, so the timeline will become saturated with that again.
Unexpected delivery at the Baxcave today - hardcover copy of It Came From the Flower Shop Down Under by Chris Heinicke and Kate Reedwood. Thanks Chris and Kate! 🕷
November 27, 2025 at 12:26 AM
Unexpected delivery at the Baxcave today - hardcover copy of It Came From the Flower Shop Down Under by Chris Heinicke and Kate Reedwood. Thanks Chris and Kate! 🕷
New horror monster just dropped. It's like the anti-non-euclidean horror, the perfectly hexagonal terror.
It forms perfect hexagonal marks in deep-sea sediment and also leaves perfect hexagonal Precambrian fossils and we know that it's alive because the marks reappear weeks to years later when disturbed.
No idea what the animal is. Or if it is an animal.
No idea what the animal is. Or if it is an animal.
November 26, 2025 at 10:17 PM
New horror monster just dropped. It's like the anti-non-euclidean horror, the perfectly hexagonal terror.
👍👍
Interviewer: “What do you say to trans kids who are starting their transition?”
Zohran Mamdani: "We're gonna make this a city that doesn't just protect trans kids, but also celebrates and cherishes them."
Zohran Mamdani: "We're gonna make this a city that doesn't just protect trans kids, but also celebrates and cherishes them."
November 26, 2025 at 10:10 PM
👍👍
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This platform is full of nerds with a conscience: we recognize ecocide-plagiarism-psychosis machines for the radioactive snake oil they are.
Is this platform still massively against AI or has it moved more towards acceptance?
November 26, 2025 at 7:22 AM
This platform is full of nerds with a conscience: we recognize ecocide-plagiarism-psychosis machines for the radioactive snake oil they are.
Reposted by Alan Baxter
Sometimes I think it’s going to be the librarians who will save us all.
November 25, 2025 at 1:47 AM
Sometimes I think it’s going to be the librarians who will save us all.
Reposted by Alan Baxter
Reposted by Alan Baxter
Ross should be included in this himself. 🤘
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media.tenor.com
November 25, 2025 at 10:55 PM
Ross should be included in this himself. 🤘
Reposted by Alan Baxter
Reposted by Alan Baxter
Quick and easy dinner tonight, oven-ready spanakopita. Or, as we like to call it, WiFi Pie.
November 26, 2025 at 7:42 AM
Quick and easy dinner tonight, oven-ready spanakopita. Or, as we like to call it, WiFi Pie.
And the folks actually writing full-time (which also includes all that other stuff like workshops, speaking fees, patreon, etc.) are usually making about the same as a shelf stacker in a supermarket or other minimum wage-adjacent job.
And the folks who are actually writing full-time generally only got there after years of day jobs, family support, or both.
The point of sharing this is not to demoralize anyone, but to let emerging writers know they're not failing if they can't make a living off writing alone. Almost no one can.
The point of sharing this is not to demoralize anyone, but to let emerging writers know they're not failing if they can't make a living off writing alone. Almost no one can.
almost every novelist you read who's not from the airport fiction or bestseller sections is working a full on day job, including multi-award winners and absolute legends, or they have a spouse or trust that supports them. virtually across the board. just normalize in your mind that's how it works.
November 26, 2025 at 7:02 AM
And the folks actually writing full-time (which also includes all that other stuff like workshops, speaking fees, patreon, etc.) are usually making about the same as a shelf stacker in a supermarket or other minimum wage-adjacent job.
Ross should be included in this himself. 🤘
Horror authors you should be following:
@davebjeffery.bsky.social
@alanbaxter.bsky.social
@zacharyashford.bsky.social
@cynthiapelayo.bsky.social
@timlebbon.bsky.social
@laurelhightower.bsky.social
@timmcgregor.bsky.social
@cgolden.bsky.social
@kevharrison.bsky.social
Buy a book, leave a review!
@davebjeffery.bsky.social
@alanbaxter.bsky.social
@zacharyashford.bsky.social
@cynthiapelayo.bsky.social
@timlebbon.bsky.social
@laurelhightower.bsky.social
@timmcgregor.bsky.social
@cgolden.bsky.social
@kevharrison.bsky.social
Buy a book, leave a review!
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ALT: Clown It GIF
media.tenor.com
November 25, 2025 at 10:55 PM
Ross should be included in this himself. 🤘
I know a LOT of authors and can count on one hand how many live off their book sales. The rest of us have other jobs (or other sources of income and support).
I know we know this, but authors need to get better at talking about how they actually make their money. Stop pretending it's from the books.
November 25, 2025 at 8:46 PM
I know a LOT of authors and can count on one hand how many live off their book sales. The rest of us have other jobs (or other sources of income and support).