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Andy Monk

I currently live in Suffolk in the United Kingdom and am fortunate enough to be able to devote my time to my three great loves - writing, photography and daydreaming.

As a writer of dark speculative fiction I have published the following novels,

The King of the Winter, A Bad Man's Song, Ghosts in the Blood and the Love of Monsters which form the In The Absence of Light series - a dark vampire fantasy set in 18th century London

The five book Hawker's Drift series - set in a small town in what may, or may not, be the 19th Century American West and follows a disparate cast of characters and their interactions with the town's Mayor. Who may, or may not, be The Devil.

In the Company of Shadows, an ongoing series featuring separate stories set in the same world as In the Absence of Light

The standalone fantasy novel The House of Shells.

Two free novellas, The Burning & A House of the Dead can be obtained via my website www.andymonkbooks.com.

2020 will see the following works published;

Rumville - a three book cycle set within In the Company of Shadows - is the tale of a alcoholic street prostitute dying of syphilis in the slums of 18th century London, who is mysteriously given a second chance to relive her misbegotten life. With the help of a crippled ex-soldier, she attempts to understand what has happened to her and escape her wretched life in the gutter, while discovering all gifts come with a price...


“It is not the love a man of God should feel. It is a dark, bleak, consuming love. It is a cold fire that withers me from within. A love based on lust and hunger, a love born of base instinct and animal craving. It is Mephistopheles’ love.”
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“There are no monsters in the world, only men and other beasts...”
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“We are all lunatics... ‘tis only the manner of our asylum that differs.”
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