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Read more about the article A Touch of Heaven

A Touch of Heaven

  • Post category:Fast Fiction/Fast Fiction XXIV - The Enemy Within

I was lost.I’m not sure how it happened; one moment I was on the transport to … wherever they were sending me, the next moment, I was swallowed by Chaos.…

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The Sin of Mercy

  • Post category:Fast Fiction/Fast Fiction XXIV - The Enemy Within

Funerary bells resounded through the nave of St. Semina, and rows of black-robed sisters bowed their heads beneath white veils. Four of their number bore a shrouded bier upon their…

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The Lost Sister

  • Post category:Fast Fiction/FFXXII - No Limits

Faith is my shield. Purpose is my sword. The Emperor Protects, even in this eternal night. I repeat this mantra as I ride a cargo elevator from the spaceport towards the…

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Friend to the Martyred

  • Post category:Anthology XV/Short Fiction

The village would have once been described as quaint. Situated in idyllic, sun-drenched lands with gently rolling hills, it nestled securely in their shade. Its streets were clean-cut and well-maintained,…

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The Example of Saint Marthine

  • Post category:Anthology XIV/Short Fiction

‘Even the lowliest individual – the least pious, the most deserving of scorn – still possesses one thing to be offered up in service to the Imperium of Man: their…

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His Voice

  • Post category:Anthology XIII/Short Fiction

++ From the blasphemy of the fallen, ++++ Our Emperor, deliver us, ++++ From the begetting of daemons, ++++ Our Emperor, deliver us, ++++ From the curse of the mutant,…

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The Cull

  • Post category:Anthology XII/Short Fiction

As she walked beneath the tall marble halls of Aegis, residence of House Strategos, Sister Lepida decided that Canoness Ismene had done quite well for herself. The Strategos had been…

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Read more about the article Trials of a Sister

Trials of a Sister

  • Post category:Fast Fiction/Fast Fiction XV - The Long Road

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JxIuAkKQJPs ‘Ex-excuse me, Sister Magdala, when can I go home?’ asked the small hesitant voice.  ‘The Schola Progenium is your home now,’ replied the Sororitas. The child extended her tiny hand…

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In Search of Peace

  • Post category:Fast Fiction/FFXIV - Everything Ends

The heavy bolter thunders, eye-smiting flares belching from the barrel, the grips skinning palms already red-raw and slicked with blood. The fusillade is devastating; her skull throbs, her eyes burn…

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The Last Sun

  • Post category:Fast Fiction/FFXIV - Everything Ends

I can’t help but laugh.I shake my head and smile a weary smile through cracked lips. The hopelessness of it all keeps the grin on my face a moment longer.…

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