Alan Baxter
Alan Baxter is a British-Australian writer living on the south coast of NSW, Australia. He writes dark fantasy, sci fi and horror, reviews music for Metal As Fuck, blogs, rides a motorcycle and loves his dog. He also teaches Kung Fu. Read extracts from his novels, a novella and short stories, as well as heavily biased opinion, at his website – http://www.alanbaxteronline.com – and feel free to tell him what you think. About anything.
Articles by Alan Baxter
Counterpunch: I’m an author, take my stuff for free
Digital Rights Management doesn’t work. DRM is a method of locking digital media so it can’t be shared. Except it…... Read more
Man’s best friend is the product of its owner
It’s illegal to teach your children responsibility by buying them a dog to look after. At least, that’s what my…... Read more
Thrash metal and video games don’t make you a killer
Many Norwegian stores have removed violent video games from their shelves after Christian Fundamentalist terrorist Anders Breivik claimed he prepared…... Read more
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In my sports column on The Punch tomorrow: why Eurovision was easily the best game on the weekend. Mummy bloggers, you'll like this one!
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Five sparky ideas from a revolutionary talkfest
If the weekend of provocative public talks TEDxSydney accepted your application to be part of their 800-strong…
Are you and your vitamins meant to be friends forever?
If you are anything like me, the ever-growing vitamin and mineral section of the pharmacy or supermarket…
Punch on: Open thread 28/05/2012
There were two skydiving incidents reported over the weekend. VIDEO: Granny’s shocking skydive…
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choice ringside rantings
From: They must pay for one’s bitter disappointments
Michael S says:
"A teacher at Geelong Grammar had criticised her for using words that were too long, which had left her confused and had made her doubt her ability to write essays. She became ''quite distressed'' when her English marks began to fall." I can sympathise. My scholastic mentors conveyed to me a causal relationship… [read more]From: Welfare for breeders is a bonus for everyone
Change Up! says:
I have no problem paying my taxes. As a single, childless person on a very decent income, I can afford it and not have my life severely altered. Plus I understand that my taxes paying for things like schools, childcare and infrastructure is ultimately a good thing. A better community is better for me… [read more]Gentle jabs to the ribs
They must pay for one’s bitter disappointments
A private school girl’s family is sueing her elite, extremely expensive private school for not… Read more
