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Read more about the article Lux in Tenebris

Lux in Tenebris

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https://youtu.be/979qE7_Agbo Once the Sleep of Reason had been a slaughter-ship, delivering fresh grox to the hives of Choalea IV until outbreaks of tongue-rot had retired her. Now she delivered pilgrims…

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Read more about the article The Most Terrible Thing on This Planet is Us

The Most Terrible Thing on This Planet is Us

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Reed had been the next to die. They were already weak from the lack of food, their actions less nimble, less certain, than they needed to be. He'd cut his…

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Read more about the article On to the Next One

On to the Next One

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Matron Josmene looked to her assistant.  Catching her eye, Cal uncovered the patient. A girl, with bright-green eyes that snapped between Josmene, and the dark room.Cal moved his bioscanner across her…

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Read more about the article For the Price of a Heartbeat

For the Price of a Heartbeat

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It's Getting Pretty Grimdark In Here... The following story includes themes of abuse which some readers may find disturbing. Reader discretion is advised. × Dismiss alert Serenity entered the Scholam’s…

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Read more about the article Again

Again

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Five days of this hell. It seemed longer but Marcel’s chrono-watch still worked. A useful device when in the warp: it counted the days its wearer had lived. A gift…

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Read more about the article Charnel Waves

Charnel Waves

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The cocktail of artificial adrenals and deep pressure medication being pumped directly into Lethio’s bloodstream made it impossible to distract himself from the nightmarish flight. Twenty minutes spent in absolute…

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Read more about the article The Mournful

The Mournful

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Art by Noah Miller The vox recorder had taken a beating over the years, but so had Inquisitor Corrodus. He had to bang the thing against the side table to…

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Read more about the article Sal of the Hive

Sal of the Hive

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It's Getting Pretty Grimdark In Here... The following story includes themes of abuse (physical, emotional, sexual) which some readers may find disturbing. Reader discretion is advised. × Dismiss alert Do…

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Read more about the article Peace, in Quiet

Peace, in Quiet

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I sat alone in my little hovel, fifty kilometers beneath the surface of Tarsian Secundus. Vidfeeds circled me, keeping a close watch on the complex web of pipes that funneled…

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Read more about the article The King’s Muse

The King’s Muse

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The king sighed, his vox-grille flexing in and out like flesh with the motion. It was a lovely day. The Imperial city of Heritus was unprepared when the sky began…

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