Friend to the Martyred
The village would have once been described as quaint. Situated in idyllic, sun-drenched lands with gently rolling hills, it nestled securely in their shade. Its streets were clean-cut and well-maintained,…
Dust Devil
Once, a lifetime ago, he had been Corporal Orton Merryk, an upstanding member of the 55th Almorian Grenadiers. Now, he was Gash. And the gods were cruel to him. He sighed…
Hunt
The wolves hunted at night.Or that’s what I thought they were. They were elusive shapes, shadows that moved fluidly. Always hunting, picking at the lost, the stragglers, the exiled. We…
Bend the Knee, or Die Screaming
Agoria. Federation Capital world. Nighttime.‘Kira Coriolanous of the House Coriolanous, sobriquet: Red Princess, age: 21, accreditation: Rogue Trader [foreign title/unrecognised] and master of the Terra’s Stride, displacement: sprint frigate/Galleon-class, archeotech…
Gifts of the Garden
In a place that's near to nowhere, yet never far away, There blooms a wondrous garden, a haven of decay. No map can mark its borders; no chart can show…
The Sin of Memory
Our only sin was memory. We remembered our transformations, not as the holy apotheosis that was preached to us by the Dark Angels, but as the warping and the mutilation…
Unlikely Allies
‘The worms that walk,’ Khait of Prospero said, scholarly surprise tingeing his transhuman baritone.‘We do no—’A fist clad in ceramite the colour of dried blood smashed through the creature's approximation…
They Hunger
‘No one thinks about the grades of corpse starch.’ A small, elderly man by the name of Esurian Semper told a group of trainees hoping to become Mortis Keepers, the…
Injustice
After thirty-four years standard of doing menial work in the Archivum of the Holy Inquisition, two highly trusted and valued menials—a fellow named Falden and myself—were called in for special…
Fast Fiction XXI
Featured Story The Featured Story is the grand winner of this theme’s contest. They are chosen by a judging panel including Cold Open Stories Creative Director and Community Judges. Good Business Good Business…
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