Australian Author

Tom
Bell

Stories about people who see through
the systems built to contain them
and what it costs.

Tom Bell, author
The Author

Quietly building worlds that don't behave.

Tom Bell writes across science fiction, fantasy, thriller, and crime — not because he can't decide, but because the same question haunts every genre: what happens to the person who sees the machinery beneath the surface?

His characters are not chosen heroes. They are inconvenient witnesses — people who notice the wrong thing at the wrong time, in worlds that have a strong preference for not being noticed.

Based in Australia. Writing dark fiction one uncomfortable truth at a time.

Fiction

The Books

The White Fire — cover art showing a child facing a great white beast on a snowy mountain

Dark Fantasy · Science Fantasy

The White Fire

The mountain is not a god. It is a machine. And it has been waiting a thousand years.

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Pig Marine — cover art showing an armoured soldier standing in a teal underwater environment

Hard Science Fiction · Military Sci-Fi

Pig Marine

Trapped at the edge of starless space, one soldier holds the line — not knowing his own fate is tied to both sides of the war.

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Coming Soon
🎞️ If At All

Period Thriller · Romance

If At All

A doomed love story set against the grain of 1980s Australia. Some things end before they begin.

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🌾 Deep Seated

Contemporary Australian Crime

Deep Seated

Some crimes are not committed in the dark. They happen in plain sight, in small towns, by people you already know.

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