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…
The Emperor’s Mercy
'Your imperium deserves to die.' A voice like a claxon swept the room, echoing off the tall monitors that lined the walls.Sister Petronilla’s eyes swept the screens before her, reflecting…
Possession
It had been the moment of Tza’tchaka’s ultimate triumph when the daemon would finally breach the veil separating the warp from reality. He had planned for this – for when…
Oubliette
‘You feculent, cantankerous, oafish excuse for an Astartes. My eyes are stinging from your disease-ridden aura alone, and you want me to join my mind with yours? Is your brain…
Flesh and Iron
'Bio matter,' thought Lotros Annorax as he prodded at the brown plod on the hardened desert floor. 'Fecal,' he confirmed as the steam emanating from the freshly dropped turd formed…
Good Business
The bag landed on Bravian Staur’s desk with a thud followed by several soft clanks as the contents shifted. The rogue trader raised an immaculately curated eyebrow and stared down…
Divine Intervention
The bells did not ring on Apate V. The shrines were covered in black cloth, the preachers silent in their pulpits. Even the famed Novum Choir simply droned sorrowful dirges…
And the Mountain Fell
Magos Telleos stood inside the Gargant's idol-like head and knew he was a heretic. He cared little; his peers would grovel for his forgiveness when the Omnissiah’s blessed work was…
Peace in Hell
Farseer Baranduin awoke to great unease, his soul feeling encompassed within a smothering shroud, burying any glimpses of the future he tried to manifest.'You’ll find your witchery ineffective,' came a…
Monkeigh’s Best Friend
The ground trembled underfoot, as long clawing shadows stalked his flight through the labyrinth of rubble and shattered bodies. The last of his craftworld kin, Eldrenniel, moved cautiously, driven by…
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