Did you know you can buy signed and personalised copies of my books directly from me via my website? Great gift idea for Christmas or fuck it, just treat yourself - you deserve it. Head over to alanbaxter.com.au/my-books/ and pick something you like.

Bluesky has decided to baby us and auto-hide a bunch of stuff they consider "rude" among other things. The default is set, so you have to change it or you're missing a lot of stuff. Tap the three lines at the top left of your feed, select Moderation, scroll to Bluesky Moderation Service and check.

I say we give the carnivorous death ball a go.

Our politicians did more to regulate Prince and Twisted Sister songs than glacier melting chatbots that promote suicide

Huh. Awesome. 🙂👍

What a queen

Also writing: write what you want to write, what you'd want to read. You'll find your fellow weirdoes that way.

"They'll do anything to keep the Epstein Files hidden and they'll do anything to hold onto power. Like, literally anything. You get it? But the last thing they expect is for us to eat THEIR faces. You know what I mean? So we gotta get busy."

No it’s important to listen to this. Because then you understand that many of them will do ANYTHING to keep power. Remember Musk got involved in the 2024 election after saying to Tucker “if she wins” I am definitely going to prison. So we need to move knowing that nothing is off the table for them.

Did you know you can buy signed and personalised copies of my books directly from me via my website? Great gift idea for Christmas or fuck it, just treat yourself - you deserve it. Head over to alanbaxter.com.au/my-books/ and pick something you like.

Elon Musk is the biggest singular personal threat facing humanity right now. Every billionaire is a policy failure and a moral failure. Levels of wealth like that are genuine existential threats to the rest of us and should be treated as such. Taxes should prevent anyone from amassing a $billion.

Over at Reactor, you can have a taste of A Forest, Darkly...

How would they know?

Wow.

The bubble burst is imminent.

The manuscript is back from the editor, which means I can go through the edits and then get both print and ebook ARCs up within the next week or two. So if you're one of those awesome review folks and you'd like an early read, please hit me up! Pre-orders will be up soon too.

Getting really fucking sick of this nanny state of social media. We can curate our own feeds, thanks!

The manuscript is back from the editor, which means I can go through the edits and then get both print and ebook ARCs up within the next week or two. So if you're one of those awesome review folks and you'd like an early read, please hit me up! Pre-orders will be up soon too.

Yep, I'm getting several a day now, including ones for anthologies I'm in (and therefore have no control over their marketing) and even books I didn't write. I got one today addressed to "George".

If you're in this business long enough you'll see: - People you don't like seeing success - People who annoy the shit out of you seeing success - People who are successful despite incredible mediocrity (in your opinion) You know what? Everyone deserves their success. Just keep working on your own.

Wholeheartedly agree. Collecting gender info outside a doctor's office is 99.9% of the time irrelevant. I'm a cis guy, but I always put Prefer Not To Say on all forms because what fucking business is it of theirs? Forms without this option piss me off. And no, "Male - Female - Other" is not enough.

If it goes up, don’t cross the picket line. Collective action is the only way we ever get things done.

Oh man, it was the 5th of November yesterday. I forgot.

You know how sometimes dogs do that thing where they kick the ground with their back feet after doing a piss? My dog was just sniffing at some grass and did that without pissing first. Did he just repost another dog? Repiss?

No matter how hard people try to convince us having empathy is wrong, it is right. No matter how hard people try to convince us that diversity is a weakness, it is a strength. No matter how hard people try to convince us that love is limited, it is unlimited.

if you didn't follow the VA governor race you didn't know that Earle-Sears ran like a billion anti-trans campaign ads and Spanberger didn't flinch or pull a Newsom. going all-in against trans people is a losing move, especially when the federal government has made harming and killing us a priority.

The correct and only response to this question.

"I wish Andrew Cuomo only the best in private life, but let tonight be the last time I utter his name" is a biblical-ass curse. that is CONTEMPT

While at FAN EXPO recently, horror legend, John Carpenter, confirmed that he is currently working on a sequel to his classic 1982 movie, The Thing. "We're working on it now," he said. 😯🤯 What's it going to be called? I'm voting for: And Another Thing

Nice to see some good news out of America for a change.

Don't forget that Zohran Mamdani spent his entire campaign standing proudly beside the trans community. He went to trans rights rallies just to show support. He proudly waved trans rights flags without hesitation. He refused to back down in support of trans rights. That makes me happy.

Texas - AUSTIN! Heads up.

mamdani is human. he'll fuck up and fail, especially with a hostile press and the giant mess that is nyc's politics. but today is a great day for the brave women who told what cuomo did, and for those of us who care that it should matter. that power shouldn't go to those who hurt the poweless.

Huge thanks to John Durgin for reading an early draft of THE RISE: Tales From The Gulp 3, and saying kind things about it. Coming in February 2026, pre-orders up soon.

For some people, the absolute best thing they can do for the world is leave it.

Good man!

Good. Next!

Ursula K Le Guin's schedule - an inspiration to us all.

Huge thanks to John Durgin for reading an early draft of THE RISE: Tales From The Gulp 3, and saying kind things about it. Coming in February 2026, pre-orders up soon.

I don't normally drink during the week but I'm of a mind to get fucked up on good whisky tonight. 🥃

My dog just did a shit on the lawn and the turd immediately endorsed Cuomo.

To disarm the truth, in fact.

remember when there was journalism?

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You can't help but lament state education when you get an email from the school with the subject line "School photo's".

Or do like I've done and show all your books in your pinned post with a link to your website. You do have a website, my author pals, right? Riiight?

Disappointed that they were round after all.

When I'm at cons, I like to think that I'm pretty civil, i like listening to people doing their spiels. But there is something really freeing when someone hands you their book with an AI cover and you just know straight up "lol you're a chump, you're not even worth humoring"

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