Bøger af Alan Baxter

A Scottish metal detectorist looks back on a successful career in unearthing artefacts from the country's turbulent history, from coinage to jewellery and other items from centuries past, accompanied by full-colour photography.

Alan began beekeeping in the Loire Valley in France, where he lived and worked for 23 years. His apiary there was the target of heavy predation by Asian Hornets.He moved to England in 2020 and now manages 20 colonies and breeds queens in 3 apiaries in Hampshire.He serves as Hampshire Beekeepers Association Asian Hornet Coordinator and is the author of the Hampshire AH Contingency Plan.Alan writes regular blogs and articles, and gives talks around the country on Beekeeping, the Asian Hornet, the Wines of the Loire Valley, and the 1982 Falklands War.He is blissfully married to the disability advocate, speaker, author and blind baker Penny Melville-Brown OBE.

Ghost is possibly the best bounty hunter in the universe and he always gets the job done. At least, that's the reputation that he rides on. When the DAP employ him to track down and capture a rogue Magicker who's running across the galaxy killing anyone who gets in his way, Ghost realises that this is a job that could cost him his reputation. It's also a job that could cost him his sanity. A sci-fi noir novella from the author of RealmShift and MageSign.

From cosmic terrors in underground caverns to warrior nuns protecting humanity to invisible aliens decimating a faraway world, within these pages you'll find six stories of military horror. Taken from the pages of (or inspired by) the SNAFU anthology series, where the remit is for stories crammed with extreme action, monsters, and military mayhem, everything here will leave you breathless.Lock and load, people. It's going to be intense.This volume includes: "In Vaulted Halls Entombed" - originally published in SNAFU: Survival of the Fittest, Cohesion Press 2015, Winner of the Australian Shadows Paul Haines Award for Long Fiction 2015, translated into German in Best of SNAFU, (Festa, 2018), and adapted for S3 of the Netflix Original Series LOVE, DEATH + ROBOTS"Raven's First Flight" - originally published in SNAFU: Black Ops, Cohesion Press 2016, Finalist for the 2016 Aurealis Award for Best Fantasy Novella"The Throat" - originally published in SNAFU: Last Stand, Cohesion Press 2019"The Demon Locke" - originally published in SNAFU: Medivac, Cohesion Press 2020"And Fire Poured Forth" - original to this collection, previously unpublished"Under Calliope's Skin" - originally published in SNAFU: Future Warfare, Cohesion Press 2016

The Jade Dragon protected Long-En for centuries - until it was taken.When the Jade Dragon is stolen from the temple in the quiet village of Long-En, the locals are stunned. The very idea of such a theft is unimaginable. And without the protection of the powerful icon, what awful fate might befall the peaceful hamlet?Two young cousins, Li Yong Fa, a martial monk recently returned from years of training at the Shaolin Temple, and Li Zi Yi, a potent geomancer, team up to track down the thief, recover the priceless statue, and return it safely to Long-En. Little do they know how far afield they will be taken, and what dangers they will face in strange and inhospitable lands, before they even get close to their goal.A short historical fantasy novella from award-winning, Alan Baxter.

Something is wrong in the small outback town of Morgan Creek.

Strange things happen in The Gulp.The residents have grown used to it.Welcome to The Gulp, where nothing is as it seems.

From the Introduction by Tabatha Wood: "What follows is a varied collection of dark canine tales that will excite, thrill and captivate readers, while supporting a truly worthwhile cause. And above all else, you know the dog won't die."CONTENTS:Foreword by Alan BaxterIntroduction by Tabatha WoodNero by Shannon Elizabeth Gardner (Artwork)Hunted by Dion Winton-Polak (Poem)Black Cloud Sunshine by Dan RabartsThe Dead Way by J.C. HartVision Thing by Matthew R. DavisShifting in the Black by L.L. AsherSynaesthete by Melanie Harding-ShawFossil Bluff by P.J. Blakey-NovisA Handshake in Darkness by Miranda Crites (Artwork)Night Wolves by Tabatha WoodThe Honeymoon's Over by E.E. KingBlack and Tan by M.E. ProctorDing Dong Bell by Steve Dillon (Poem)The Gaze Dogs of Nine Waterfall by Kaaron WarrenPark Life by Ian J. MiddletonGrey Dog by John Linwood GrantUse a Shovel by Galina TrefilBanjo by Chloe Herczeg (Artwork)I am Become by Hari NavarroYellow Dog by Alan BaxterRedbone by Justin GuleserianThe Feather Wall by Octavia CadeThis Dog's Life by Dion Winton-Polak (Poem)And Don't You Ever Look Back by Falco Verholen (Artwork)From the Foreword by Alan Baxter: "As the stories in this book point out, dogs are the best, and we should all try to be a little bit more like them. Except the butt-sniffing. We don't need that. Unless it's your personal kink, in which case, enjoy! Meanwhile, read this book, be transported by the dark tales, and enriched by the wagging tails. And remember, you are awesome."17 short dark fiction stories, some poems, some illustrations. featuring dogs that you know won't die...

Gay For Pay, Arlene's Descent and Casting Stones are contentious plays. In our daily lives, most of us go out of our way to avoid explosive, crass and bigoted people. But in these plays, such characters are fascinating to watch. In one play, A San Francisco father, Justin Scott, finds out that his 19-year old son has probably run away from home, only to find out that he has become lost in the pornographic world of Montreal, Canada. When Scott arrives in the Quebecois city, he has an encounter with a film producer, Jack Hemmings, whom he had a strange relationship within his California high school. In the other, Arlene Price never recovered from her Best Actress Oscar defeat twenty years ago. Determined to be celebrated and remembered by the Academy and her fans alike, Arlene begs her friend Jeff to write another script. Yet such a request has devastating results. In the last play, The Reverend Paul Keebler, a minister of a progressive Christian Church in 1968 in Washington, D.C., is caught in a tight dilemma. Located in the ground zero of the riots following Martin Luther King's assassination, Paul must contend with very vociferous protestors, as well as a dysfunctional marriage in his own personal life.

"Alan Baxter's poetry explores with clarity our deepest and most personal feelings-----the right touch of nature laced with human nature." -Evie Ivy, author of The First Woman Who Danced and host of the Green Pavilion Alan Baxter's poetry is a delightfully eclectic, enlightening smorgasbord of humor, pathos, and social commentary----with spicy, often playful variations of rhythm, rhyme, precise imagery, and poetic form. Alan's poetry always leaves me with a heightened sense of the spirituality and ethics of everyday life, everyday people, extraordinary moments in life, and extraordinary people. Wonderfully subversive yet sincerely compassionate, this book is sure to inspire." -Robin Small-McCarthy, Co-founder and Co-host of Kairos Poetry Café, Poet, Singer-Songwriter