Aaron Dembski-Bowden

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Aaron Dembski-Bowden

Aaron Dembski-Bowden lives and works in Northern Ireland. Prior to writing for BL Publishing, he had worked as a writer for various RPGs and video games.

Since 2022 he has worked as the head of narrative at Games Workshop.^[3]

Warhammer 40,000 Literature

Black Legion

• Extinction (Short Story) - published in Games Day Anthology 2012/2013 in 2012, re-published in Crusade + Other Stories (Anthology) in October 2017
• Abaddon: Chosen of Chaos (Short Story) - published online in December 2013, re-published in Renegades of the Dark Millennium (Anthology) in March 2014
• Abaddon: Talon of Horus (Novel) - published in September 2014
• The Wonderworker (Short Story) - published as a bonus for Abaddon: Talon of Horus Limited Edition in September 2014
• Black Legion (Novel) - published in August 2017

Gaunt's Ghosts

• Regicide (Short Story) - published in Sabbat Worlds (Anthology) in 2010
• Arnogaur (Short Story) - published in Sabbat Crusade (Anthology) in November 2014

Horus Heresy

Novels and Novellas

• The First Heretic (Novel) - published in November 2010
• Aurelian (Novella) - published in October 2011, re-published in Eye of Terra (Anthology) in March 2016
• Prince of Crows (Novella) - published in Shadows of Treachery (Anthology) in September 2012, re-published online in May 2014
• Betrayer (Novel) - published March 2013
• Master of Mankind (Novel) - published in November 2016

Short Stories and Audio Dramas

• Savage Weapons (Short Story) - published in Age of Darkness (Anthology) in 2011
• Butcher's Nails (Audio Book) - published in May 2012, re-published two times, including in Legacies of Betrayal (Anthology) in October 2014
• Lord of the Red Sands (Short Story) - published online in March 2013, re-published four times, including in War Without End (Anthology) in January 2016
• The Underworld War (Short Story) - published in Mark of Calth (Anthology) in April 2013
• Heart of the Conqueror (Short Story) - published in May 2014, re-published in Legacies of Betrayal (Anthology) in October 2014
• Howl of the Hearthworld (Short Story) - published in Death and Defiance (Anthology) in October 2014, re-published in War Without End (Anthology) in January 2016
• The Long Night (Audio Drama) - published in November 2014, re-published in Eye of Terra (Anthology) in March 2016
• Massacre (Short Story) - published in Eye of Terra (Anthology) in March 2016
• Into Exile (Short Story) - published online in December 2016, re-published two times, including in The Burden of Loyalty (Anthology) in February 2018
• A Rose Watered with Blood (Short Story) - published in December 2018
• Bringer of Sorrow (Short Story) - published in February 2019

Horus Heresy: The Primarchs

• The Abyssal Edge (Short Story) - published in March 2018 in Sons of the Emperor (Anthology), re-published online in March 2019

Horus Heresy: Siege of Terra

• Echoes of Eternity (Novel) - published in September 2022
• The Carrion Lord of the Imperium (Short Story) - published in Era of Ruin (Anthology) in 2025

Space Marine Battles

• Helsreach (Novel) - published in May 2010
• Blood and Fire (Novella) - published in July 2013
• Armageddon (Anthology) - published in July 2013, collects Helsreach and Blood and Fire. The two stories were also collected in War for Armageddon: The Omnibus in August 2018.

Night Lords

• Shadow Knight (Short Story) - published as part of Black Library Live! in 2009, re-published five times, including in The Best of Hammer and Bolter: Volume One in June 2012
• Soul Hunter (Novel) - published in March 2010
• Throne of Lies (Audio Drama) - published in 2010, re-published in Treacheries of the Space Marines (Anthology) in September 2012
• The Core (Short Story) - published in Fear the Alien (Anthology) in September 2010
• Blood Reaver (Novel) - published in May 2011
• Void Stalker (Novel) - published in April 2012
• Night Lords: The Omnibus - published in June 2014, collects Shadow Knight, Soul Hunter, Throne of Lies, Blood Reaver, The Core and Void Stalker.

Imperial Guard

• Cadian Blood (Novel) - published in October 2009, re-published in Honour Imperialis (Omnibus) in April 2014

Miscellaneous Novels and Novellas

• The Emperor's Gift (Novel) - published in May 2012
• Ragnar Blackmane (Novel) - published in August 2015, re-published in Sagas of the Space Wolves: The Omnibus in March 2020
• Spear of the Emperor (Novel) - published in November 2018

Miscellaneous Short Stories

• One Hate (Short Story) - published in Heroes of the Space Marines (Anthology) in 2009, re-published in There Is Only War (Anthology) in January 2014
• At Gaius Point (Short Story) - published in Legends of the Space Marines (Anthology) in 2010, re-published four times, including online in November 2016
• For the Fallen (Short Story) - published in 15th Birthday Collection (Anthology) in March 2012
• Without Fear (Short Story) - published in Call of Chaos in 2015
• The First Primaris (Short Story) - published in The Successors (Anthology) in October 2022
• Son of the Storm World (Short Story) - published in The Successors (Anthology) in October 2022

Warhammer 40,000 Video Games

• Credited as a writer for Warhammer 40,000: Chaos Gate - Daemonhunters - published in May 2022

Podcast appearances

• VoxCast – Episode 17: Aaron Dembski-Bowden

See also

• List of authors

Sources

• Old Black Library Biography (saved archive page, dated 4 May 2012, last accessed 25 April 2025)
• Goodreads: Aaron Dembski-Bowden
• 3: Linkedin (last accessed 19/7/2025)

External Links

• Aaron Dembski-Bowden's Wordpress blog
• Aaron Dembski-Bowden on Facebook
• Aaron Dembski-Bowden on Twitter