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Vox Dei

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‘It was his time to go,’ the Guildmaster said. ‘It was a good funeral.’Perhaps, in the old days, scattered ashes would have painted sparkling diamonds across the Core. A glittering…

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Deadline

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‘Sixty seconds,’ the lieutenant spoke over the vox.  ‘Sixty?’ I said to Obed, my loader. ‘Until the next wave,’ he stared at me aghast. The next wave out of how…

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Our Flag Means Deff

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Graka da Oddmek knew bombs – loved ‘em. Knew humans too – but didn’t like ‘em at all. It only took him a moment to decide that the shiny console with the flashing screen was definitely a human bomb. He gave it a quick thump to see if it’d stop.

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Anthology XI

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Mark of the Beast

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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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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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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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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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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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