She Persists
Celes’ chipped fingernails dig into her patchwork overalls, bunching the threadwork into small, starchy peaks. ‘Look at me.’Her tired eyes rise.Overseer Stry-C9 glowers back. From their throned console, the adept need…
Facts and Fighters
Gerebix Rho sat before the video terminal that connected him to the main cogitator in the Adeptus Administratum, searching for a file that had been entered some years before about…
For Cadia We Live, For Cadia We Die
‘By the Emperor!’ Lyrian flinched as another explosion echoed nearby. ‘We're here at the worst possible moment. It was so peaceful back at our forge. Why did they send us…
Warhawk Skies
Jagged peaks of shattered rock streaked below his view like the teeth of a great beast, as glacial rivers glinted in the pale sunlight like old battle scars. Above, the…
No Mistakes, Princess
The patrician Lord Swaban Von Hardenberg screamed in agony as Kira finished crucifying him.‘...the wretched Red Princess,’ he spat through bloodied lips and unleashed a stream of curses at the…
Fors’d by Fate
Asper doubted. His sweet Thusia, thin, trembling, ecstatic, who always had to wear a headscarf so no one would see stripes on her head. She stood next to him, pressing…
The Eternal War
It is only when I dream, that I forget that I am dead.In those moments, I remember the Astartes that I once was. I can see the colours of the…
Enough
Soot rained from Oadou’s burning skies onto Tahrk’s bone and black armour. The Tauran marine scowled beneath his helm at the far-off screams of traitorous voidcraft as they tore through…
Never Alone
The wolves gave chase and Eofor ran. He did not know the land. It was cold here and only the uncaring stars cast a chill gleam upon the ground. Trackless…
Paragon
‘What a piece of work is a man.’The warden…paused. Auramite boots scuffed ash and detritus, tiny dust storms billowed into the dark, unseen, unremarked. It took Hera a moment to…