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Nov 5, 2024 | 
shepherd.com | Tananarive Due |Alan Baxter |Coy Hall |Kev Harrison
My favorite read in 2024 I'd heard good things about this book going in, so wondered if it could live up to the hype but, within a short few pages, I was so totally sucked into the story that those fears were swiftly dispelled. It's a difficult read in places, eye opening for someone from the UK who doesn't understand the context of the Jim Crow United States as well as someone who lives there.
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Jan 22, 2024 | 
cosmichorrormonthly.com | Alan Baxter
by Alan BaxterFrom CHM #42 December 2023Sitting on the neatly upholstered chair in the tiny office I try not to let my frustration show. “Really, nothing at all?”“Not in town.” The real estate agent’s face is apologetic. “With the flower festival on it’s our busiest time of year.”“There must be something.”“It’s our own fault, Jim,” Mary says, putting a hand on my knee as she smiles at the agent. “We just don’t have distances like this in England.
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Jan 11, 2024 | 
alanbaxter.substack.com | Alan Baxter
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Jan 11, 2024 | 
alanbaxter.substack.com | Alan Baxter
This is the last time I’ll be sending an email from Substack. If you need to understand why, you can check out this post that explains it all. I wasn’t planning to send another missive from here at all, but there’s been one tiny hiccup with the transition to a new system. It was supposed to be seamless, but what really is these days, eh?
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Dec 27, 2023 | 
alanbaxter.substack.com | Alan Baxter
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Dec 27, 2023 | 
alanbaxter.substack.com | Alan Baxter
This is the problem with definitives like “this is my last newsletter for 2023” - something always comes along to fuck it up. In this case, nazis. Honestly, there was a world war that should have been the final word on nazis and yet here we are. In short, it’s been known for a while that Substack not only platforms nazi and far right voices, but actively promotes them in order to profit from them even as they profit from their hate.
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Dec 21, 2023 | 
alanbaxter.substack.com | Alan Baxter
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Dec 21, 2023 | 
alanbaxter.substack.com | Alan Baxter
Hello fiendsWell, 2023 was a year, wasn’t it? I mean, it kinda feels like every year is a bigger struggle just lately, but I think there’s also a sense of false nostalgia that can affect us. There’s this thing called hiraeth. It’s a Welsh word meaning a homesickness for a home to which you cannot return, perhaps a home which maybe never was. I absolutely love the concept of that and I think it’s something to always keep in mind, especially the second part of the definition.
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Nov 23, 2023 | 
alanbaxter.substack.com | Alan Baxter
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Nov 23, 2023 | 
alanbaxter.substack.com | Alan Baxter
Hello fiendsWell, damn, it’s been a long time between newsletters. Sorry about that. I do have a few excuses. Firstly, have I told you lot about our new dog yet? That’s him above. His name is Maximo and for some reason he likes to sit on my shoulders. He’s a delight and also a complete monster. He’s just turned 6 months old, so we let him get away with a lot right now while we’re also training him to be better.
