It’s like Shakespeare met Lovecraft in a pub and said, “Let’s rewrite history but make it wild.

Andy Darby
Andy Darby

Meet Andy, psychonaut, lover of heavy metal, cat dad, singer of sword songs and dreamer of the fantastic. He writes fantasy, sword & sorcery, weird tales, and grimdark, he also has a bit of an obsession with historical fiction.

Andy lives on the north coast of Cornwall in the UK. 

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The Blade in the Angel’s Shadow

Book #1 from the series: The Books of Lament

Condemned and caged, swordswoman Captain Lament Evyngar awaits her fate in the Tower of London: execution for heresy and attempted regicide. But the edge of death is just the beginning of her journey.

Brought before Dr John Dee, Queen Elizabeth I’s court sorcerer, Lament finds herself thrust into a dark pact. Dee’s grand design—to shape a...

Me and The Monkey: Chronicles of The Monkey God Volume 2

Chronicles of The Monkey God Volume 2
Book #2 from the series: Chronicles of the Monkey God

”...the lovechild of Hunter S. Thompson and Terry Pratchett” this is an alcohol and cigar fuelled thrill ride. Booze, ghouls, guns, magic, black holes, and the Illuminati - need I say more? The Ritual Blog on Volume 1

“Well, they couldn’t leave us alone, could they? Now we have to go off to Tibet, via South Africa – don’t ask – and apparently,...

The Paddington Incident (Chronicles of The Monkey God)

Coming back to life was always like looking at the world through a bruise. Although it wasn’t really coming back to life, it just felt like it.

Eyes gradually focused on the shapes around him and then William Chapman was back in the room and focusing on the form in front of him. Lounging on the cot opposite, two semi-naked girls draped around...

Other Writing

An Unexpected True History of Dr Dee Dr Dee features as a main protagonist

Dr Dee features as a main protagonist in my novel The Blade in the Angel's Shadow, the catalyst for all that happens to Lament and Pieter. But his real life as the astrologer/advisor to Queen Elizabeth I, and one of the leading mathematicians, mages, and astronomers of his age is an adventure in its own right.

For your delectation, here is a brief fly by of the life of this extraordinary man who first created the idea of the British Empire and worked tirelessly towards that aim with the aid,...