Adrian Tchaikovsky

23 Series

Adrian Tchaikovsky, the pen name of British author Adrian Czajkowski, is known for his fantasy and science fiction novels, including the Shadows of the Apt series. He studied Zoology and Psychology at the University of Reading and later became a legal executive. Tchaikovsky developed his writing from his roleplaying game, Bugworld, and uses similar methods along with LARPing for his action sequences. He resides in Leeds, England, with his wife and son.

Adrian Tchaikovsky's anthology features a diverse collection of stories across multiple volumes. "Dark Currents" includes contributions from authors such as Nina Allan and Aliette de Bodard. "Hauntings" contains works by Paul Kane and Tanith Lee, among others. "Looking Landwards" showcases stories by J.E. Bryant and Storm Constantine. "The Girl at the End of the World, Book 2" and "The Private Life of Elder Things" feature additional narratives from various writers. "Reading Between the Lines" is co-authored with Janine Ashbless.

Shadows of the Apt

Empire in Black and Gold

(2008)

Dragonfly Falling

(2009)

Blood of the Mantis

(2009)

Salute the Dark

(2010)

The Scarab Path

(2010)

The Sea Watch

(2011)

Heirs of the Blade

(2011)

The Air War

(2012)

War Master's Gate

(2013)

Seal of the Worm

(2014)

Children of Time

(2015)

Children of Ruin

(2019)

Children of Memory

(2023)

Dogs of War

(2017)

Bear Head

(2021)

Echoes of the Fall

The Tiger and the Wolf

(2016)

The Bear and the Serpent

(2017)

The Hyena and the Hawk

(2018)

Expert System

The Expert System's Brother

(2018)

The Expert System’s Champion

(2021)

The Final Architecture

Shards of Earth

(2021)

Eyes of the Void

(2022)

Lords of Uncreation

(2023)

Tales of the Apt (with Juliet E. McKenna, John Gwynne, Frances Hardinge)

Grimdark Magazine: Issue #1

(2014)(By: Adrian Collins)

Spoils of War

(2016)

A Time for Grief

(2017)

For Love of Distant Shores

(2018)

The Scent of Tears

(2018)(With: Juliet E. McKenna,John Gwynne,Frances Hardinge)

The Tyrant Philosophers

City of Last Chances

(2022)

House of Open Wounds

(2023)

Days of Shattered Faith

(2025)

After The War

Redemption's Blade

(2018)

Salvation's Fire

(2018)(By: Justina Robson)

The Tales of Catt and Fisher

(2020)(With: Justina Robson,Freda Warrington,Juliet E McKenna)

Made Things

Precious Little Things

(2017)

Made Things

(2019)

Imaginings

Colder Greyer Stones

(2012)(By: Tanith Lee)

Last and First Contacts

(2012)(By: Stephen Baxter)

Stories from the Northern Road

(2012)(By: Tony Ballantyne)

Objects in Dreams

(2012)(By: Lisa Tuttle)

Microcosmos

(2013)(By: Nina Allan)

Feast and Famine

(2013)

Twember

(2013)(By: Steve Rasnic Tem)

Strange Visitors

(2014)(By: Eric Brown)

Saint Rebor

(2015)(By: Adam Roberts)

Sleeps With Angels

(2015)(By: Dave Hutchinson)

The Light Warden

(2015)(By: Liz Williams)

Mementoes

(2016)(By: Keith Brooke)

Terrible Worlds: Destinations

Walking to Aldebaran

(2019)

One Day All This Will Be Yours

(2021)

And Put Away Childish Things

(2023)

Terrible Worlds: Revolutions

Ironclads

(2017)

Firewalkers

(2020)

Ogres

(2022)

Queen of the Night

(2012)

The Chains of Helleron

(2013)

Family Business

(2013)

Low Energy Economy

(2020)

The Long and Hungry Road

(2023)

Short Story Collections

Terrible Worlds: Revolutions

(2023)

Warhammer: Age of Sigmar

The Gates of Azyr

(2015)(By: Chris Wraight)

The Gnawing Gate

(2015)(By: Joshua Reynolds)

Six Pillars

(2015)(By: Joshua Reynolds)

The Unending Storm

(2015)(By: Nick Kyme)

By the Horns

(2015)(By: Rob Sanders)

The Gift of Khorne

(2015)(By: Guy Haley)

Daemon of the Deep

(2015)(By: Rob Sanders)

The Crystal of Fate

(2015)(By: Guy Haley)

Gorechosen

(2015)(By: Andy Clark)

The Eighth Victory

(2015)(By: Graeme Lyon)

Godless

(2015)(By: David Guymer)

Call of Chaos

(2015)(By: Nick Kyme)

Lord of the Cosmic Gate

(2015)(By: Gav Thorpe)

Fyreslayers

(2016)(By: Guy Haley)

The Scarlet Lord

(2016)(By: Joshua Reynolds)

Bladestorm: Righteous Blood

(2016)(By: Matt Westbrook)

Skaven Pestilens

(2016)(By: Joshua Reynolds)

To Cross the Bridge of Smoke

(2016)(By: Joshua Reynolds)

Mighty Battles

(2016)(By: Nick Kyme)

The Sulphur Citadel

(2016)(By: Joshua Reynolds)

Black Rift

(2016)(By: Joshua Reynolds)

Bladestorm: Battle for Splitskull Pass

(2016)(By: Matt Westbrook)

Labyrinth of the Lost

(2016)(By: Andy Clark)

Sylvaneth

(2016)(By: Gav Thorpe,Rob Sanders,Joshua Reynolds,Robbie MacNiven)

The Road of Blades

(2016)(By: Joshua Reynolds)

Bear Eater

(2016)(By: David Guymer)

Pantheon

(2016)(By: Guy Haley)

Legends of the Age of Sigmar

(2017)(By: Rob Sanders)

The Hardest Word

(2017)(By: David Guymer)

The Volturung Road

(2017)(By: Guy Haley)

Heartwood

(2017)(By: Robbie MacNiven)

Gods' Gift

(2017)(By: David Guymer)

The Witch Takers

(2017)(By: C.L. Werner)

The Dance of the Skulls

(2017)(By: David Annandale)

Nagash: The Undying King

(2017)(By: Joshua Reynolds)

Four Thousand Days

(2018)(By: David Guymer)

Path to Glory

(2018)(By: Evan Dicken)

Shattered Crucible

(2018)(By: David Annandale)

The Sands of Grief

(2018)(By: Guy Haley)

Wrathspring

(2018)(By: Gav Thorpe)

The Sea Taketh

(2018)(By: David Guymer)

The Keys to Ruin

(2018)(By: David Annandale)

The Resolute

(2018)(By: Joshua Reynolds)

Soul Wars

(2018)(By: Joshua Reynolds)

The Lightning Golem

(2018)(By: Nick Kyme)

From The Deep

(2018)(By: Jaine Fenn)

The Tainted Heart

(2018)(By: C.L. Werner)

Blacktalon: When Cornered

(2018)(By: Andy Clark)

The Learning

(2018)(By: David Guymer)

Shadespire: The Mirrored City

(2018)(By: Joshua Reynolds)

Sacrosanct & Other Stories

(2018)(By: Guy Haley)

First Mark

(2018)(By: Andy Clark)

Blood Gold

(2018)(By: Gav Thorpe)

The Deeper Shade

(2018)(By: C.L. Werner)

Acts of Sacrifice

(2018)(By: Evan Dicken)

Scourge of Fate

(2018)(By: Robbie MacNiven)

Gods and Mortals

(2019)(By: David Annandale,Joshua Reynolds,Evan Dicken,Guy Haley,Robbie MacNiven,David Guymer,Andy Clark,Nick Horth,CL Werner)

Rulers of the Dead

(2019)(By: David Annandale,Joshua Reynolds)

Hamilcar: Champion of the Gods

(2019)(By: David Guymer)

Redeemer

(2019)(By: Guy Haley)

Obsidian

(2019)(By: David Annandale)

Force of Personality

(2019)(By: David Guymer)

Shiprats

(2019)(By: C.L. Werner)

Blacktalon: Hunting Shadows

(2019)(By: Andy Clark)

Ashes of Grimnir

(2019)(By: Michael J. Hollows)

The Garden of Mortal Delights

(2019)(By: Robert Rath)

Myths & Revenants

(2019)(By: David Annandale)

Blessed Oblivion

(2019)(By: Dale Lucas)

Gloomspite

(2019)(By: Andy Clark)

Bossgrot

(2019)(By: Eric Gregory)

No Honour Among Vermin

(2019)(By: C.L. Werner)

Neferata: The Dominion of Bones

(2019)(By: David Annandale)

The Iron Promise

(2019)(By: Joshua Reynolds)

Warcry: The Anthology

(2019)(By: David Annandale)

Fangs of the Rustwood

(2019)(By: Evan Dicken)

The Heart of the Fallen

(2019)(By: Sarah Cawkwell)

Ghoulslayer

(2019)(By: Darius Hinks)

Beastgrave

(2019)(By: C.L. Werner)

The Warden in the Mountain

(2019)(By: Eric Gregory)

The Serpent's Bargain

(2019)(By: Jamie Crisalli)

A Tithe of Bone

(2019)(By: Michael R. Fletcher)

Reflections in Steel

(2019)(By: C.L. Werner)

Strong Bones

(2019)(By: Michael R. Fletcher)

The Court of the Blind King

(2019)(By: David Guymer)

The Sanguinalia Day Massacre

(2019)(By: Justin D. Hill)

Beneath the Rust

(2020)(By: Graeme Lyon)

Blood of the Flayer

(2020)(By: Richard Strachan)

The Harrowing Deep

(2020)(By: Miles A. Drake)

Oaths and Conquests

(2020)(By: Eric Gregory,William King,Evan Dicken,David Guymer,Richard Strachan,Anna Stephens,Graeme Lyon,Robert Rath,Jamie Crisalli,Miles A. Drake,Michael J. Hollows,Dale Lucas,Michael R. Fletcher)

Fist of an Angry God

(2020)(By: William King)

The Book of Transformations

(2020)(By: Matt Keefe)

The Siege of Greenspire

(2020)(By: Anna Stephens)

The Unlamented Archpustulent of Clan Morbidus

(2020)(By: David Guymer)

Galene Of Ulgu

(2020)(By: Timandra Whitecastle)

The Method of Madness

(2020)(By: Peter McLean)

The Manse of Mirrors

(2020)(By: Nick Horth)

Lady of Sorrows

(2020)(By: C.L. Werner)

Ghosts of Khapthar

(2020)(By: Miles A. Drake)

Death on the Road to Svardheim

(2020)(By: Darius Hinks)

Trials of the Mortal Realm

(2020)(By: Nick Horth)

The Threshold

(2020)(By: David Annandale)

Ties of Blood

(2020)(By: Jamie Crisalli)

Realm-Lords

(2020)(By: Dale Lucas)

Warcry Catacombs: Blood of the Everchosen

(2020)(By: Richard Strachan)

Covens of Blood

(2020)(By: Anna Stephens,Jamie Crisalli,Liane Merciel)

Buyer Beware

(2020)(By: Gav Thorpe)

Direchasm

(2020)(By: Graeme Lyon)

The Offering

(2020)(By: Andy Clark)

The Dead Hours

(2020)(By: David Guymer)

Champions of the Mortal Realms

(2021)(By: Darius Hinks,Evan Dicken,Robbie MacNiven,Nick Horth)

Stormvault

(2021)(By: Andy Clark)

The Perfect Assassin

(2021)(By: Gary Kloster)

The End Of Enlightenment

(2021)(By: Richard Strachan)

Cursed City

(2021)(By: C.L. Werner)

Gitslayer

(2021)(By: Darius Hinks)

Oracle

(2021)(By: Liane Merciel)

Archmage

(2021)(By: Evan Dicken)

Dark Master

(2021)(By: Richard Strachan)

Everqueen

(2021)(By: Noah Van Nguyen)

God of Earthquakes

(2021)(By: Phil Kelly)

Dominion

(2021)(By: Darius Hinks)

Thunderstrike & Other Stories

(2021)(By: Dave Gross)

Warhammer Underworlds: Direchasm

(2021)(By: Graeme Lyon)

The Vintage

(2021)(By: David Annandale)

The Wolf And The Rat

(2021)(By: C.L. Werner)

The Lost Karak

(2021)(By: Guy Haley)

Beasts

(2021)(By: John French)

The Interrogator

(2022)(By: Richard Strachan)

Tower of Empty Mirrors

(2022)(By: John French)

Krenkha Gorogna

(2022)(By: Guy Haley)

Kragnos: Avatar of Destruction

(2022)(By: David Guymer)

Hallowed Ground

(2022)(By: Richard Strachan)

A Dynasty of Monsters

(2022)(By: David Annandale)

Soulslayer

(2022)(By: Darius Hinks)

Godsbane

(2022)(By: Dale Lucas)

The House Of Moons

(2022)(By: Jeremy Lambert)

The Low Road

(2022)(By: Evan Dicken)

Soul Warden

(2022)(By: Miles A. Drake)

Cauldron Of Blood

(2022)(By: Chris Thursten)

Prince Maesa

(2022)(By: Guy Haley)

The Vulture Lord

(2022)(By: Richard Strachan)

The Skyborne Grudge

(2022)(By: Guy Haley)

Blood Bond

(2022)(By: John French)

The Hollow King

(2022)(By: John French)

The Arkanaut's Oath

(2022)(By: Guy Haley)

Hamilcar Champion of the Gods

(2022)(By: David Guymer)

Grombrindal: Chronicles of the Wanderer

(2022)(By: David Guymer)

Crown of Flames

(2022)(By: Noah Van Nguyen)

The Successors

(2022)(By: Gary Kloster,Graham McNeill,Aaron Dembski-Bowden,Ben Counter,Guy Haley,David Guymer,Peter Fehervari,Edoardo Albert,Chris Forrester,Callum Davis)

Memories of Blood and Sand

(2022)(By: Gary Kloster)

Anger and Ash

(2022)(By: Gary Kloster)

The Orphan of Pale Harbour

(2022)(By: Richard Strachan)

The Ancestors' Hall

(2022)(By: David Guymer)

Conquest Unbound: Stories from the Mortal Realms

(2022)(With: David Annandale,Eric Gregory,Gav Thorpe,Gary Kloster,Darius Hinks,Evan Dicken,David Guymer,Sarah Cawkwell,Andy Clark,Mile A Drake,Noah Van Nguyen,C L Werner,Rhuairidh James,Michael R Fletcher)

Hammers of Sigmar: First Forged

(2022)(By: Richard Strachan)

Boss Of Bosses

(2022)(By: Luke Scull)

The Waste, The Worm And The Witch

(2022)(By: Gary Kloster)

Harrowhand

(2022)(By: Evan Dicken)

Godeater's Son

(2023)(By: Noah Van Nguyen)

Angron: The Red Angel

(2023)(By: David Guymer)

The Long Run

(2023)(By: Chris Thursten)

Zograt

(2023)(By: Andy Clark)

Bad Loon Rising

(2023)(By: Andy Clark)

The Road to Helsmarch

(2023)(By: Luke Scull)

Past Returns

(2023)(By: Hal Wilson)

Heir of Shadows

(2023)(By: Taylor Roberts)

Grimnirsson

(2023)(By: Graham Thomas Wilcox)

The Last Volari

(2023)(By: Gary Kloster)

False Dawn

(2023)(By: Christopher Allen)

Blightslayer

(2023)(By: Richard Strachan)

Leviathan

(2023)(By: Darius Hinks)

Children of Teclis

(2023)(By: Evan Dicken)

Arcady Prime

(2023)(By: Justin D Hill)

The Crown Of Karak-Khazhar

(2023)(By: Darius Hinks)

The Eyeless Mask

(2023)(By: Liane Merciel)

Shadow Of The Eighth

(2023)(By: Justin D. Hill)

Minka Lesk: The Last Whiteshield

(2023)(By: Justin D Hill)

The Fall Of Cadia

(2023)(By: Robert Rath)

Warriors Of The Freeguilds

(2023)(By: Joshua Reynolds,Evan Dicken,Nick Horth)

Krakenbane's Curse

(2023)(By: Jon Green)

The Thorn Mile

(2023)(By: Rhuairidh James)

Of Blood And Guts

(2023)(By: Gary Kloster)

The Abominations Of Kriik Weirdpaw

(2023)(By: C L Werner)

Genefather

(2023)(By: Guy Haley)

Legend of the Doomseeker

(2023)(By: David Guymer)

Untamed Realms

(2023)(By: Gary Kloster,Evan Dicken,David Guymer,Richard Strachan,Luke Scull,Jeremy Lambert,Noah Van Nguyen,Chris Thursten,Miles A Drake,Colin B Harvey)

Blacktalon

(2023)(By: Liane Merciel)

Temple Of Silence

(2023)(By: Richard Strachan)

The One Road

(2023)(By: David Guymer)

Web of Ruin

(2023)

Cannibal Gate

(2024)(By: John French)

The Beast of Grey Gardens

(2024)(By: David Guymer)

The Ghosts of Barak-Minoz

(2024)(By: Guy Haley)

Callis and Toll

(2024)(By: David Annandale)

Lioness of The Parch

(2024)(By: Evan Dicken)

Anvils of the Heldenhammer: The Ancients

(2024)(By: Dale Lucas)

On the Shoulders of Giants and Other Stories

(2024)(With: Liane Merciel,Nick Horth,Matt Keefe,Christopher Allen,Noah Van Nguyen,Hal Wilson,Anna Stephens)

Monstrous Little Voices

Coral Bones

(2016)(By: Foz Meadows)

The Course of True Love

(2016)(By: Kate Heartfield)

The Unkindest Cut

(2016)(By: Emma Newman)

Even in the Cannon's Mouth

(2016)

On the Twelfth Night

(2016)(By: Jonathan Barnes)

Monstrous Little Voices: New Tales from Shakespeare's Fantasy World

(2016)(With: Jonathan Barnes,Emma Newman,Kate Heartfield,Foz Meadows)

The Afterblight Chronicles

School's Out Forever

(2002)(By: Scott K. Andrews)

The Culled

(2006)(By: Simon Spurrier)

School's Out

(2007)(By: Scott K. Andrews)

Kill or Cure

(2007)(By: Rebecca Levene)

Dawn Over Doomsday

(2008)(By: Jaspre Bark)

Arrowhead

(2008)(By: Paul Kane)

Operation Motherland

(2009)(By: Scott K. Andrews)

Death Got No Mercy

(2010)(By: Al Ewing)

Broken Arrow

(2010)(By: Paul Kane)

Children's Crusade

(2010)(By: Scott K. Andrews)

Arrowland

(2010)(By: Paul Kane)

Blood Ocean

(2012)(By: Weston Ochse)

Hooded Man

(2013)(By: Paul Kane)

Orbital Decay

(2014)(By: Malcolm F. Cross)

Dead Kelly

(2014)(By: C.B. Harvey)

Journal of the Plague Year

(2014)(By: ColinHarvey)

The Bloody Deluge

(2014)

Fall Out

(2015)(By: Simon Guerrier)

Even in the Cannon's Mouth

(2016)

Children of the Cull

(2016)(By: Cavan Scott)

Inferno!

Inferno! Volume 1

(2018)(By: David Annandale)

Inferno! Volume 2

(2019)(By: Guy Haley)

Inferno! Volume 3

(2019)(By: Rik Hoskin,Joshua Reynolds,Nate Crowley,Guy Haley,John French,David Guymer,Graeme Lyon,Matt Keefe,MattSmith,Rob Leahy,Stephen B. Fischer)

Inferno! Volume 4

(2019)(By: Edoardo Albert)

Inferno! Volume 5

(2020)(By: Gary Kloster,Gareth Ryder-Hanrahan,Ben Counter,Guy Haley,Anna Stephens,Rob J. Hayes,Graeme Lyon,Ben Galley,Marc Collins,Michael R. Fletcher,Sean Grigsby,Gavin G. Smith)

Inferno! Volume 6

(2021)(With: Dave Gross,David Guymer,Matt Smith,Liane Merciel,Gavin G Smith,Eric Fomley,Noah Nguyen,Miles A Drake)

The Emperor’s Finest

(2022)(By: Marc Collins)

Solaris Rising Anthology

Solaris Rising

(2011)(By: Pat Cadigan,Mike Resnick,Stephen Baxter,Lavie Tidhar,Ken MacLeod,Peter F. Hamilton,Ian Watson,Eric Brown,Adam Roberts,Paul Di Filippo,Alastair Reynolds,Tricia Sullivan,Ian Whates,Richard Salter)

Solaris Rising 1.5

(2012)(By: Paul Cornell,Tanith Lee,Mike Resnick,Aliette de Bodard,Adam Roberts,Paul Di Filippo,Ian Whates,Gareth L. Powell,Sarah Lotz,Philip Vine)

Solaris Rising 2

(2013)(With: Kristine Kathryn Rusch,Paul Cornell,Liz Williams,James Lovegrove,Robert Reed,Eugie Foster,Nancy Kress,Nick Harkaway,Norman Spinrad,Vandana Singh,Kim Lakin-Smith,Ian Whates,Paul Cornell, Jr.,Kay Kenyon,Martin Sketchley,Allan Steele)

Legends (with Tanith Lee, Juliet E. McKenna, Storm Constantine, Stan Nicholls, Ian Whates, Joe Abercrombie, Gaie Sebold, Jonathan Green, Jan Siegel, James Barclay)

Legends: Stories in Honour of David Gemmell

(2013)(With: Tanith Lee,Juliet E. McKenna,Storm Constantine,Stan Nicholls,Ian Whates,Joe Abercrombie,Anne Nicholls,Gaie Sebold,Jonathan Green,Jan Siegel,James Barclay,Sandra Unerman)