Can a handful of security agents overcome the greatest corporate conspiracy and reach the stars? In the last decades of the twenty-first century, the wealthiest, most powerful families on Earth choose to escape the increasingly failing planet by constructing ten vast ships that would ferry mankind to colonize Mars. It was a lie. Angel pieces …
Author: Andy McKell
A guy who writes speculative fiction, between doing a bit of acting
Paradisi Chronicles Anthology
The latest in a long line of Chronicle Worlds Anthology best sellers just hit the Amazon electronic shelves! Another world. Another chance... In the last decades of the twenty-first century, seeking to escape a devastated Earth, ten families focus on constructing spaceships to colonize the world they call New Eden, in the Paradisi System. But the …
A Beginner’s Tale #3
It has been a long journey, but here I stand on the verge of publishing my first novel. I always wanted to write, but my first High School English teacher convinced me I was barely literate. I think he resented me being taller than him, as a later (taller) teacher promoted me from bottom of the class to …
Spooky Times
Well, that Brexit thing was a blast. Britain will pull out of the EU (European Union). To some, it's like Hawaii pulling out of the US of A. (It isn't.) And lots of lies on all sides, it seems. Gosh! Anti-establishment folk, politicians and urban elites telling lies? Unbelievable! Spooky times! And there's so much …
So this is what 65 feels like?
I hit 65 last month. Let's try interviewing me. How does it feel? Well, pretty much the same as when I was younger. You know, 64, 63... It happened to me while I was in the UK, so I could celebrate my birthday with my mother for the first time in too many years. She …
Janus and June
CELEBRATION ! Another hectic month. June started with a week in the UK, celebrating my middle daughter's graduation (huge congrats!). It ended with a week at a German spa! In between, I managed to start work on my beta-readers' responses to my novel, "FACES OF JANUS". Why "FACES OF JANUS" as a title? Well... …
My, The Force Was Strong
What a wonderful month May was. Family The first big event was my eldest daughter's engagement party in sunny Romania. It was wonderful to see her take the next step in life, and to meet her friends and her fiance's family. She looked, as ever, so lovely. My middle daughter then announced her graduation grade: an …
Plot Sketch #4635
So Many Ideas, So Little Time... (I have too short a lifespan to produce a full story from every idea I get, so will occasionally throw up out a plot sketch so you can see what you are missing...) Plot Sketch #4635 Earth is the only planet in the galaxy where chocolate and coffee grow, due …
So Where Have I Been?
I took a long break between posts this year. I'm sure you noticed. So where have I been? Among other things, my acting hobby took over for a while with a sudden rush of auditions, resulting in a few days filming ("Toy Gun" and "A Storm In Their Stars"). Audition readings to prepare, lines to …
Mancunicon (Eastercon 2016)
I'm still recovering from a splendid few days at the annual British Science Fiction Convention, held at Easter and generically named Eastercons. 2016 was the turn of Manchester, England to host 1200 sci-fi and fantasy fans, and a fine job the organising team did. For four days the hours between 10 am and falling-over-with-exhaustion-time were filled …
Andy McKell, Speculative Fiction Author 
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