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
• Tradition's Last Breath (Short Story) - published in White Dwarf 454 in June 2020
• 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
• Aaron Dembski-Bowden on Reddit (See Aaron Dembski-Bowden/Sources)
• Aaron Dembski-Bowden on Bolter & Chainsword (Supposed account/See Notes)

Notes

The following information is not to be regarded as officially sanctioned and/ or is not written from an in-universe point of view. A detailed explanation of the term "Trivia" as used in the Lexicanum can be found here.

Aaron Dembski-Bowden has stated on his Wordpress blog that he has a Bolter and Chainsword account, of which he has made roughly 2000 posts. There is an account on the site that claims to be him, extant since 2009, with a post count roughly matching that stated on his Wordpress blog. It cannot be linked from Wordpress as explicitly his, but does not appear to have been challenged as an impersonating account.