What Price Conviction?
Jaryon lay sweating, his fitful mind questing for the calm of the craftworld. He felt himself a discordant note without its song, an aberration marring some foreign melody. The world…
Siren
He steps into a quiet forest beneath a hidden sky. His feet press against the soft undergrowth; birdsong fades and the breeze stills. Behind him the portal pulses, flickering towards…
Fools and Lovers
She slips from a golden tear in the fabric of night, light feet landing on lifeless white soil. The Little Fools – blind, as always, to consequence – have stripped…
The Scream That Steals
Your time here is finished.She doesn’t respond. Her breath was ragged, still, shaky exhalations echoing in the darkness. There was a faint odour as she breathed out, lingering for a…
When the Curtains Fall
When the curtains fall, the Masque of the Crimson Edge do not congratulate themselves on their performance, nor do they head off in celebration as another troupe would do. Instead,…
No Mask Is Perfect
'She came here to beg for their lives!' the Commissar had chortled with delight.'She said that this world could be shared, that they would not trouble us!' He had spat…
Our Last Night
As Isha dreams, she drools. When Isha drools, Kurnous cannot resist smiling.This is something only a lover knows of their beloved. Not a detail found on any celebratory fresco of…
Stars Grown Cold
Nylean was named after a star in the Eldar’s empire of old. It was said that the star was growing cold, but the Eldar artificially extended its life through technology.…
A Peaceful Life
'I am certain I just misheard. Could you please repeat that?' Atem’yoq, noble emissary of Biel-Tan, stood aghast. It had been scarcely three local days since his delegation had arrived at…
The Cure in Her Hands
She had it. She had found the cure. Or at least that's what the voice told her. Taelisia stumbled through the dense foliage of the forest. The strange suit of bone…