Alex Stewart (writer)
Alexander Michael Stewart is a British writer. His best known work is fiction written under the pseudonym Sandy Mitchell—Warhammer and Warhammer 40,000 novels, including the Ciaphas Cain series.
A full-time writer since the mid-1980s, the majority of his work has been tie-in fiction for Games Workshop's Warhammer fantasy and Warhammer 40,000 science fiction lines, as well as a novelisation of episodes from the high tech thriller series Bugs, for which he also worked as a scriptwriter under his real name.
He has also contributed some Warhammer roleplaying game material as well as a number of short stories and magazine articles.
He lives in the North Essex village of Earls Colne, with his wife and daughter.
As a member of the Midnight Rose Collective he edited the Temps and EuroTemps collections of short stories with Neil Gaiman.
Selected works
Warhammer 40,000
In the Warhammer Universe, as ISFDB catalogues it, Sandy Mitchell is the sole author of Ciaphas Cain and Dark Heresy series.;Ciaphas Cain series
Novels, all published by Black LibraryFor The Emperor Caves of Ice The Traitor's Hand Death or Glory Duty Calls Cain's Last Stand The Emperor's Finest The Last Ditch The Greater Good Ciaphas Cain: Choose Your Enemies Ciaphas Cain: Vainglorious
Omnibus editions: Ciaphas Cain: Hero of the Imperium, the first three novels plus short fiction; Ciaphas Cain: Defender of the Imperium, the next three novels plus short fiction. Ciaphas Cain: Saviour of the Imperium followed, collecting a further three novels. An anthology reprinting Ciaphas Cain short stories is due to be released in early 2025.
Short fiction:
- "Fight or Flight", first published in the Black Library magazine Inferno! ; collected in Hero of the Imperium
- "The Beguiling", Inferno! ; in Hero of the Imperium
- "Echoes of the Tomb", Inferno! ; in Hero of the Imperium
- "Sector 13", Bringers of Death, anthology; in Defender of the Imperium
- "Traitor's Gambit", limited edition chapbook for UK Games Day; in Defender of the Imperium
- ''Innocence Proves Nothing''
Other
;Short fiction- "A Mug of Recaff" - published in Hammer and Bolter 20 Old Soldiers Never Die - to be released in November 2012.
- "The Smallest Detail" - published in Black Library Weekender
- "The Little Things" - published during the Black Library Weekender 2012
;Other
- " Good Man" - published in Sabbat Worlds
- "Hidden Depths" - published online in April 2014
- "Shooting the RIFT" - published by Baen in 2016