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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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Alan Baxter @alanbaxter.bsky.social · 1h

I asked a bunch of questions in here and they couldn't answer ANY of them.

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Alan Baxter @alanbaxter.bsky.social · 6h

No gods
No kings
Only frogs

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Alan Baxter @alanbaxter.bsky.social · 4h

Be like Jason.

Jason @tassiedad.com · 4h

Some seasonal reading. @alanbaxter.bsky.social

Alan Baxter @alanbaxter.bsky.social · 4h

Hope you enjoy!

Alan Baxter @alanbaxter.bsky.social · 6h

No gods
No kings
Only frogs

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Alan Baxter @alanbaxter.bsky.social · 6h

The inflatable frog resistance is a stroke of genius really. Co-opting their own lame memes against them and making ridicule of their nazi tactics with it. Inspired.

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Alan Baxter @alanbaxter.bsky.social · 6h

Ahead of its worldwide release on Monday 14th October, the preorder of THIS WAY LIES MADNESS has a whopping 30% off its RRP on Amazon US.

Link: www.amazon.com/This-Lies-Ma...

Have a great day!

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Alan Baxter @alanbaxter.bsky.social · 7h

antifa can usually be recognised quite easily - just check if they're an irredeemable cunt or not. if they're not, they're most likely anti fascism

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Nikkolas Smith @4nikkolas.bsky.social · 17h

after millions of views and shares of my Portland Frog art. (thank you all🙏🏾) I got requests to highlight priests, and chickens, and Chicagoans, and T-Rexes, and more… all of us who refuse to bend the knee. so this is for US.
𝚂𝚝𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚃𝚊𝚕𝚕.
𝚆𝚎 𝚆𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚆𝚒𝚗.

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Alan Baxter @alanbaxter.bsky.social · 17h

okay I would NEVER have realised that was supposed to be a paw if you hadn't said so

🌈Dr. Franken Frizzle 🎃 @swilua.bsky.social · 17h

this was on my wife’s timeline and she said to me, how long did it take you to realize it was a paw? and I said it is what

A FB post about a new tattoo that has a hand reading for a paw but the paw just straight up looks like a penis idk

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Kayleigh | Developmental Editor ✍🏻📚 @editsinthemargins.com · 23h

Michelle Steinberg, M.Ed @michellesteinberg.bsky.social · 23h

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Alan Baxter @alanbaxter.bsky.social · 18h

unsolicited Mick pic

Mick Dundee (Paul Hogan) hugging Burt the croc.

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Alan Baxter @alanbaxter.bsky.social · 18h

Ahhhh, I see!

Alan Baxter @alanbaxter.bsky.social · 18h

Is the by-line a pseudonym?

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Alan Baxter @alanbaxter.bsky.social · 18h

same

Nnedi Okorafor, PhD @nnedi.bsky.social · 18h

This cute little bird (a shrike) impales prey on thorns and barbed wire to eat later.

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Shepherd @neolithicsheep.bsky.social · 22h

What middle and upper class cis het white people need to understand is that they only have as many rights as the most vulnerable do. You have only the rights trans people and immigrants do.

Ryan Marino, MD @ryanmarino.bsky.social · 1d

Do you really have any rights if they are openly saying they will just make up reasons to detain you?

thematthill.bsky.social @thematthill.bsky.social · 3d

Wow. Greg Bovino admits on camera that his agents can detain people if you look scared, change your demeanor, or grip a steering wheel too tight.

As his unmasked agents walk around with large guns to scare you, they may arrest you just for that — even if you're a U.S. citizen.

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Alan Baxter @alanbaxter.bsky.social · 18h

I'm not a complete idiot. For example, I've had my appendix removed.

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Alan Baxter @alanbaxter.bsky.social · 19h

This is a great book.

Valancourt Books @valancourtbooks.bsky.social · 20h

Today's $2.99 Kindle deal is not to be missed! Karl Edward Wagner's IN A LONELY PLACE (1983) is one of the best modern horror collections, featuring some of this master storyteller's best work. Grab it at a bargain price today online on Kindle worldwide! www.amazon.com/Lonely-Place...

Book cover, IN A LONELY PLACE by Karl Edward Wagner

Alan Baxter @alanbaxter.bsky.social · 20h

Pirate

Alan Baxter @alanbaxter.bsky.social · 21h

Honestly, I'm no expert. But I think the bubble will burst, but perhaps not as catastrophically as this article suggests.

Alan Baxter @alanbaxter.bsky.social · 23h

My wife just pronounced archipelago as ark-a-peh-lay-go and this is the start of my campaign to make that pronunciation official.

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Alan Baxter @alanbaxter.bsky.social · 1d

Hey, you. Yes, you. Come here a moment?

*whispers* you should buy yourself a few horror novels

Alan Baxter @alanbaxter.bsky.social · 1d

Books also.

Sgt. Hare Apollo @sgthareapollo.bsky.social · 1d

When it comes to music, “If the cover art’s AI, I’m passin’ it by!™”

Share if you agree

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News Eye @newseye.bsky.social · 1d

Nice work Jim Watson, nice work.

A photo from yesterday’s Trunp Cabinet meeting. Taken from a low position the decorations on the wall behind the orange felon make him look like he has devil’s horns.

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Alan Baxter @alanbaxter.bsky.social · 1d

Because when you take a sledgehammer to things they need to be rebuilt and they never have been.

The Guardian @theguardian.com · 2d

Thatcher was born 100 years ago and her reign feels a lifetime away. Why is her effect on the country still so huge? | Martin Kettle

Today’s politicians need to learn that she is not the answer to contemporary problems, says Guardian columnist Martin Kettle

www.theguardian.com

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