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Read more about the article Angel of Retribution

Angel of Retribution

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‘Capture an enemy. Hurt him. Make him suffer; make him bleed. Expose the target with his comrade's anguish and in that distraction, strike. This is the lesson.’ -- Codex Umbra…

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The Silk Spire

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< Back to Short Fiction The Silk SpireAn unofficial Warhammer 40,000 Short StoryWritten by Jenny Strath[rt_reading_time label="Reading Time:" postfix="minutes" postfix_singular="minute"] 'The good die first,' thought Dazia as she dragged hungrily…

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Those Who Remain

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A few days ago the trap might have worked. It was simple, well hidden, and completely lethal. But Tanii had learntfast since she’d fled into these woods. She scoured the…

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The Creed Beneath

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Renate Glaserman I shuffle my feet, trying to keep my balance as the Valkyrie lifts off the ground and hurls itself towards the light cruiser in low orbit.Those first few…

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The Mowing-Devil

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Adeptus Ministorum The first sign of the Inquisition was a smoke-signal, across the sky: the vapour trail of an armoured landing craft. The wheat forest rippled as the craft passed,…

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Rebirth

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He was upright, for the first time in years it felt like. The limbs he was adorned with were not his own; the scars that sketched a tale of agony…

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Windows to the Soul

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'Are you the one they call Eyebane?'Lirratus looked up from his interrupted game of Regicide, cocking his head slightly and sizing up his questioner: another power armor-clad giant clad in…

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Read more about the article The Gutter Pearl

The Gutter Pearl

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Pyrrho woke on the cobbles, the cool mud a balm for his blistered face. Cracking weary eyes, he watched the second-shift workers pass like shadows on a sundial, unmoved by…

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Burning the Devil

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It was a long walk into the fens. The pull of the cart didn’t make the journey any easier; the weight shifted whenever the wheels hit shell craters or caught in…

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Valkyrie

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'Tell me again.'Sister Aoife looked up at the Interrogator. She had been intent on the bindings that secured her wrists. Not looking for an escape, she knew there was no…

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