Welcome to the Worlds of Simon J. Phillips
Author of epic fantasy, psychological sci-fi, and timelines broken by power.
Who I Am
I’m a British author based in Japan, writing between worlds, both real and imagined. My work spans from ancient realms governed by silent gods to distant futures haunted by alien intelligence.
Whether I’m building the divine-political spires of Ældorra or piloting the Nyx Vindicator through deep space horror, I write to explore the cost of power, the collapse of certainty, and the spiral between what was and what might be.
The Burning of Lindisfarne (793): The Viking Raid That Began the Viking Age
In 793 Viking longships appeared off Lindisfarne, attacking one of the most sacred monasteries in Anglo-Saxon England. The Burning of Lindisfarne shocked Christian Europe and marked the beginning of the Viking Age in Britain.
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Stone Age Fantasy and the Memory of the First Civilisations
Across the earliest age of humanity, long before kingdoms rose and long before memory was carved into stone, small tribes moved across a vast red desert where the wind carried stories older than language.
There, half buried beneath shifting dunes, a broken monument waited.
Its black stone blocks rose from the sand like the bones…
Immortality Before Empire: A Literary Vampire Novella of Memory, Erosion, and Early Britain
Before empire fixed its roads across Britain, there were men who believed their lives would rise and fall within the memory of their kin, carried in voice and soil and ritual. Marcus Vale remembers that world as something communal and land-bound, shaped by seasons rather than conquest. He remembers the day survival altered its rhythm…
Writing updates, lore drops, behind-the-scenes, and short stories. Posted weekly.
Current Projects
🛡️ The Veil of Kings and Gods
An epic fantasy novel where divine silence unravels kingdoms and a new magic rises to break prophecy.
🛰️ The Nyx Vindicator
A slow-burn sci-fi horror novel set aboard a retrofitted warship after the gate system collapse. AI, alien technology, and psychological unraveling await.
⏳ Time Strip
In a future overrun by alien forces, a scientist is sent back through a dangerous time portal to discover the truth behind humanity’s evolution, and its test.
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Fragments of prophecy, myth, and memory from my novels and timelines.
These short stories and lore entries expand the Spiral—both forward and backward.
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