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Alec Worley

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The United Kingdom

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Horror, Science Fiction, Fantasy

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Angela Carter, Mervyn Peake, Garth Ennis, Stephen Hunter, and a bunch ...more

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Alec Worley is an author from South London.

He writes stories for readers (and listeners) of all ages who like smart, funny and - above all - thrilling tales of fantasy, horror and sci-fi.

If you're into stories about swords, fangs and lasers, then you're in luck!

Best known for his work on 2000 AD (the home of Judge Dredd), Star Wars and Games Workshop's Warhammer, he's also created many stories of his own.

He is the co-creator of apocalyptic werewolf saga Age of the Wolf (with Jon Davis-Hunt for 2000 AD), paranormal comedy Dandridge (with Warren Pleece for 2000 AD), and plenty more either in the pipeline or waiting to be announced... ...more

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	The Watcher in the Rain by Alec Worley (Goodreads Author), Matthew Hunt (Narrator), Deeivya Meir (Narrator) 4.17 avg rating — 793 ratings — published 2019 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Wraithbone Phoenix 4.07 avg rating — 294 ratings — published 2022 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Judge Anderson: Year One (Judge Anderson: Rookie #1-3) 3.73 avg rating — 313 ratings — published 2017 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Perdition's Flame by Alec Worley (Goodreads Author), Andrew Wincott (Narrator), Grace Andrews (Narrator) 3.81 avg rating — 290 ratings — published 2019 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Dredge Runners 4.09 avg rating — 232 ratings — published 2020 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Star Wars Adventures: Smuggler's Run by Alec Worley (Goodreads Author) (Adapter), Ingo Römling (Illustrations), Greg Rucka 3.60 avg rating — 103 ratings — published 2019 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Repentia (Warhammer 40,000) 4.22 avg rating — 83 ratings — published 2018 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Whispers (Warhammer 40,000) 4.13 avg rating — 60 ratings — published 2017 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Heartbreaker (Judge Anderson: Rookie #1) 3.82 avg rating — 60 ratings — published 2014	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Realm of the Damned: Tenebris Deos by Alec Worley (Goodreads Author) (Illustrator), Simon Parr (Illustrator) 3.36 avg rating — 66 ratings — published 2016 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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We Need To Stop Being Weird About Theme in Stories

Barton Fink (1991) © Circle Films

Stories don’t mean shit without theme.

Theme is what your story is really about, beneath all the starfighter battles, lovelorn androids, and moody wanderers jabbing fools with a broadsword. It’s the writer’s emotional and/or intellectual connection to the material. It’s how they feel about the characters and what they’re up to. If the writer can’t connect to a s

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The Short Stories/The First Forty-nine Stories With a Brief Preface by the Author: The First Forty-nine Stories With a Brief Introduction by the Author

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Dungeon Crawl Classics RPG Core Rulebook

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First and Only (Gaunt's Ghosts, #1)

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“To break with ritual is to break with faith, brother...”
― Alec Worley, Stormseeker

tags: faith, grimdark, ritual, space-marines, the-black-library, warhammer-40000, warhammer-40k

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“We are what they've made us, aren't we?”
― Alec Worley, The Watcher in the Rain

tags: the-black-library, warhammer-horror

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