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Read more about the article Mark of the Beast

Mark of the Beast

  • Post category:Anthology XI/Short Fiction

The mark of the beast.Eyes of crimson ruby. A perpetual snarl cast in bronze—a countenance as much of an angel's as that of a devil's.With trembling fingers, Isaria reached out…

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Read more about the article Illusions of Choice

Illusions of Choice

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The old woman had always known that it was only a matter of time before the darkness came for her grandson.  She had done all she could to push it…

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Hourglass

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I Death’s eye dipped below the horizon and Tobekh walked into the desert. The air was still warm, and no-one paid any mind to his departure. He simply put down his…

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Read more about the article A Test of Faith

A Test of Faith

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‘We give thanks to you, oh Father, who are in Terra, for this festival we are to partake in. Bless the hands that wrought it and toiled in its making.…

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Read more about the article The Burden of Command

The Burden of Command

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It occurred to Nilla, while her eyes detailed the sky above and the seemingly unique and ever expanding cloud, that maybe, this planet did not have any other kind of…

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Read more about the article Behind the Veil

Behind the Veil

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The vile creatures stood before her. Breathing through her mouth, she choked on the rancid smell. Putrid and pestilent, the oversized mutant oozed pus from various lacerations. A large flap…

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Cano’vas

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Another assignment, another challenge. Lovely. I took my case from my desk and headed towards Research Pod 6, where recently O'Tsua'm had brought back some strange alien under isolation. A previously…

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Read more about the article The Wheel Must Turn

The Wheel Must Turn

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A Soul of Theseus I put two bullets in the captain's brain pan and ended six years of friendship. He squealed a syllable of unidentifiable noise, and died with a…

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Read more about the article Pain is Only Fair

Pain is Only Fair

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I The rain fell upside down in the orange sunset as I looked at the corpse of my partner. The anti-grav engines of the hover tank above me parted the…

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Read more about the article The Case of the Wayward Warehouse Worker

The Case of the Wayward Warehouse Worker

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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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