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Taking The Blame

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Sergeant Ullis had been the bane of my time as a commissar: too competent to demote but too crass and full of demerits to actually advance. Ullis knew it too,…

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Gilith

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‘My beloved Gilith, there is no safety hiding in the depths of your mind, for you will only find there exquisite pain and excruciating pleasure. Surrender your mind to me,…

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Out of Fear

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'Don’t go.'Elam froze in the doorway of their meagre hab-apartment. He looked back at the wreckage of his wife. Her skin was grey, her hair lank and unwashed, her cheeks…

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Conflicting Duties

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It hurt to wear her smile.She wore it every second of every day. It was like a mask she could not remove, bolted permanently into place. Yet sometimes – right…

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Oi Dat’s My Hand

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‘Oi! Dat’s my hand! Give it back.’ Ugnug barely felt the pain when the choppa took off his hand. He was mostly just annoyed at losing his new shoota, which…

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A Guide to Transactional Leadership

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‘I must say, Lord-Chairman, I’m very impressed.' Solana smiled, sitting as he gestured to the chair opposite his desk. It was soft and smelled of rich, smoky leather.'I aim to…

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Mine

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It was a long way down from the spires of the hive. Alena shifted her skirt over the curve of her hip: not an enticement but a warning, a declaration…

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Is Someone There?

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Norvan Taram had a problem.This was not an uncommon position for a scholam headmaster. Familiar roads that led here, though they usually had more to do with budget, turnover of…

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Red Lines

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Now:To serve in a squadron is to live an entire life in miniature. You join like a child, with all life open and waiting for you. You start out, and…

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Betrayal

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The rain came down hard, mixing the blood and the mud together into something wholly worse than either. I stood there panting from exertion. We just barely beat back the…

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