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Coins & Blood

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Created by potrace 1.16, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2019 Silver-paved queues, divided across three ornate wooden stands by Nightweave silk, covered the hall and filtered us all through. I was…

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Honour & Blood

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'I was already a man when he came, heralded by a red star in the sky. I had barely proven myself as a part of my ser’s retinue when I…

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Read more about the article Regrets Are All We Have

Regrets Are All We Have

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The fishing line soared through the still air, arcing gracefully. It plunged into a lake of water, so still it could have been a mirror. Snow-capped mountains were reflected in…

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Read more about the article To Make the Stars Tremble

To Make the Stars Tremble

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Zu’lasa Craftworld, Eldar: There is no information on this lost Craftworld in Imperial records other than the fact that it once existed. -Ordo Xenos records, known xenos gatherings +++ +Suranas, 657.2 Years…

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Read more about the article Fear & Loathing in Commorragh

Fear & Loathing in Commorragh

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+++ I +++ Pyotr Alexei Raskolnikov – Raskol, to those who cared to know – hadn’t always had a secret patch of the lightless deep void to himself. Out here, lying…

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Citizens

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‘Come on,’ Jakob whispered. ‘Come on. Come on.’It was all he could do to stop himself screaming. To stop himself from throwing down his tools. To stop himself from getting…

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Read more about the article Silver Dream

Silver Dream

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+++  I  +++ ‘She was a guardswoman,’ Demar’s mother, the Lady Oscyllia de Vrjier snarled, her lined and weathered face inches from her son’s. ‘She was a menial. She was fodder.…

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Read more about the article The Case of the Stolen Savant

The Case of the Stolen Savant

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My name is Quintus Atticus Agrippa. A name long on words and short on meaning. I’m just a man trying to get by in His Imperium like everyone else. I…

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I, Greenskin

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Art by Noah Miller +++ THE BOY +++ The rumors started slow and built like a landslide, until panic gripped the streets. PDF satellites detected an object: a massive, lumbering derelict,…

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