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
I wrote a thing about book sizes and nostalgia. (Free to read.)
What's In A Size or Where Have All The MMPBs Gone? | Alan Baxter
Get more from Alan Baxter on Patreon
www.patreon.com
February 10, 2026 at 11:29 PM
I wrote a thing about book sizes and nostalgia. (Free to read.)
In short, and just by the way, this is why I delete or "Not Interested" every ad I come across in my feed, except for every once in a while I'll click on some random thing, then close it. I'm slippery like an eel, motherfuckers.
February 10, 2026 at 10:08 PM
In short, and just by the way, this is why I delete or "Not Interested" every ad I come across in my feed, except for every once in a while I'll click on some random thing, then close it. I'm slippery like an eel, motherfuckers.
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we need to talk about that Ring Super Bowl ad
February 10, 2026 at 8:18 PM
we need to talk about that Ring Super Bowl ad
Fuck the algorithm and learn how to poison the data in this excellent 12 minute video. Stick it to the broligarchy.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=AJf4...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=AJf4...
Data Poisoning: The Fatal Flaw in Mass Surveillance
YouTube video by Addie LaMarr
www.youtube.com
February 10, 2026 at 9:47 PM
Fuck the algorithm and learn how to poison the data in this excellent 12 minute video. Stick it to the broligarchy.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=AJf4...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=AJf4...
I know I'm like a decade behind here, but I finally watched The Revenant. Or, as it should have been called, How Did This Man Not Die At Least 57 Times. Hell of a film.
February 10, 2026 at 9:29 PM
I know I'm like a decade behind here, but I finally watched The Revenant. Or, as it should have been called, How Did This Man Not Die At Least 57 Times. Hell of a film.
Why this isn't universal across nations fucking mystifies me. The only possible explanation is that those who would bring down people in the Epstein files are also in the Epstein files.
I think one of Norways greatest strengths is the Norwegian people’s willingness to bring down absolutely anyone.
We don’t give a fuck if you’re rich or famous or come from the right family.
I see some countries trying to ignore the Epstein files. We will get each one of these fuckers.
We don’t give a fuck if you’re rich or famous or come from the right family.
I see some countries trying to ignore the Epstein files. We will get each one of these fuckers.
February 10, 2026 at 11:39 AM
Why this isn't universal across nations fucking mystifies me. The only possible explanation is that those who would bring down people in the Epstein files are also in the Epstein files.
Age verification? What, on my ZX-81 with 16kb memory expansion pack?!
February 10, 2026 at 11:36 AM
Age verification? What, on my ZX-81 with 16kb memory expansion pack?!
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I tried to take a photo of a grasshopper on my windshield, but now it looks like a gigantic bug destroying the town.
February 10, 2026 at 6:10 AM
I tried to take a photo of a grasshopper on my windshield, but now it looks like a gigantic bug destroying the town.
the existence of billionaires is ethically indefensible
February 10, 2026 at 9:06 AM
the existence of billionaires is ethically indefensible
This smiley good boy.
📸 Luke Halasz
📸 Luke Halasz
February 10, 2026 at 8:44 AM
This smiley good boy.
📸 Luke Halasz
📸 Luke Halasz
Can't argue with these doctors!
9 out of 10 doctors say that reading @alanbaxter.bsky.social's upcoming book cures ennui, malaise, gin hangovers, and pox. the other doctor is a dick and kills patients for money.
Can I get another 15 pre-orders before release day on Friday? It would make a really nice round number of pre-orders... 🖤
www.amazon.com/dp/B0G2PWLZ7P
www.amazon.com/dp/B0G2PWLZ7P
February 10, 2026 at 7:10 AM
Can't argue with these doctors!
Can I get another 15 pre-orders before release day on Friday? It would make a really nice round number of pre-orders... 🖤
www.amazon.com/dp/B0G2PWLZ7P
www.amazon.com/dp/B0G2PWLZ7P
Amazon.com
www.amazon.com
February 10, 2026 at 6:46 AM
Can I get another 15 pre-orders before release day on Friday? It would make a really nice round number of pre-orders... 🖤
www.amazon.com/dp/B0G2PWLZ7P
www.amazon.com/dp/B0G2PWLZ7P
Let me read to you!
I just posted a new video where I read the opening of each novella in THE RISE. Please help me spread the word, good friends. Out on Friday 13th!
#WelcomeToTheGulp #Booksky
youtu.be/42m5CC7ojOk
#WelcomeToTheGulp #Booksky
youtu.be/42m5CC7ojOk
Reading the opening of each story in The Rise
YouTube video by Alan Baxter
youtu.be
February 10, 2026 at 6:32 AM
Let me read to you!
Read the thread. Terrifying!
When AI was added to a tool for sinus surgery: “Cerebrospinal fluid leaked from one patient’s nose. In another… a surgeon mistakenly punctured the base of a patient’s skull. In two other cases, patients suffered strokes after a major artery was accidentally injured”
www.reuters.com/investigatio...
www.reuters.com/investigatio...
As AI enters the operating room, reports arise of botched surgeries and misidentified body parts
Medical device makers have been rushing to add AI to their products. While proponents say the new technology will revolutionize medicine, regulators are receiving a rising number of claims of patient ...
www.reuters.com
February 10, 2026 at 2:10 AM
Read the thread. Terrifying!
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Happy bookthday to me!
We are go for tonight's launch, wherein @joanneanderton will ask me questions to which I may or may not know the answers.
Be gentle with your writer, she was up til 3.31am finishing a new book & is now a bear of very little brain.
Tix from @pulpfictionbks in-store & online.
We are go for tonight's launch, wherein @joanneanderton will ask me questions to which I may or may not know the answers.
Be gentle with your writer, she was up til 3.31am finishing a new book & is now a bear of very little brain.
Tix from @pulpfictionbks in-store & online.
February 10, 2026 at 1:59 AM
Happy bookthday to me!
We are go for tonight's launch, wherein @joanneanderton will ask me questions to which I may or may not know the answers.
Be gentle with your writer, she was up til 3.31am finishing a new book & is now a bear of very little brain.
Tix from @pulpfictionbks in-store & online.
We are go for tonight's launch, wherein @joanneanderton will ask me questions to which I may or may not know the answers.
Be gentle with your writer, she was up til 3.31am finishing a new book & is now a bear of very little brain.
Tix from @pulpfictionbks in-store & online.
3 days to go!
One week to go until THE RISE: Tales From The Gulp 3 is out. Get your pre-orders in (they really help small fry like me get noticed by the evil alcoriddims). I'm also doing special bundles of all three (print and ebook) through my website.
Please help me spread the word! 🖤
#WelcomeToTheGulp #Booksky
Please help me spread the word! 🖤
#WelcomeToTheGulp #Booksky
February 10, 2026 at 1:01 AM
3 days to go!
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Horror writer Cullen Bunn is launching The Midnight Lantern Foundation, a new nonprofit dedicated to supporting families in need through the power of genre storytelling.
Horror Writer Cullen Bunn Launches Nonprofit The Midnight Lantern Foundation
Horror writer Cullen Bunn is launching The Midnight Lantern Foundation, a new nonprofit dedicated to supporting families in need through the power of genre storytelling.
dlvr.it
February 9, 2026 at 5:49 PM
Horror writer Cullen Bunn is launching The Midnight Lantern Foundation, a new nonprofit dedicated to supporting families in need through the power of genre storytelling.
This really has to be internalised by everyone. It's the core of every social ill. No more billionaires.
As the Epstein files are starting to confirm, the main aim is social division. Trans kids (and every other convenient minority) are sacrificed in order to keep the heat off our billionaire ruler class. It's been working, until now.
February 10, 2026 at 12:07 AM
This really has to be internalised by everyone. It's the core of every social ill. No more billionaires.
All the worst people losing what's left of their addled minds over the Superbowl halftime show is just delicious.
February 10, 2026 at 12:04 AM
All the worst people losing what's left of their addled minds over the Superbowl halftime show is just delicious.
"I'm not scared! Don't put in the paper that I'm scared."
February 9, 2026 at 9:29 PM
"I'm not scared! Don't put in the paper that I'm scared."
It's across genre. Someone posted: "What's a truly underrated horror book you wish more people knew about?" and 90% of the replies were the same handful of bestselling horror titles. They're great books, but they're demonstrably not underrated and we all know about them. 😫
Bookstagram is an amazing place where someone will say they are posting about the "unheralded," "underrated" books they wish to boost, and then the first book they talk about will literally be a Booker Prize winner
February 9, 2026 at 9:27 PM
It's across genre. Someone posted: "What's a truly underrated horror book you wish more people knew about?" and 90% of the replies were the same handful of bestselling horror titles. They're great books, but they're demonstrably not underrated and we all know about them. 😫