Vermillion
A thundering bow wave in the Warp jerks Astropath Secundus Calchas awake. He rattles in his choir-cradle fearfully. A missive is coming. His withered arms press gently against restraints as…
Trachiniae
The first place I die is a rooftop. Tin under my bare feet. Warm from the day’s sun. The hive wind tastes of rust and promethium. I am eight. I have a name.
Eye of the Storm
When the madness came, it consumed Xiophe's world all at once.The Plunger groaned around her. The void vessel's superstructure twisted impossibly as a torrent of unreality washed over its metal…
False Salvation
Nhigều Do Sinn stood within the highest spire of his voidship situated in the Sanctuary of Divination. Held within an outstretched hand was a thread tied to a dangling plasteel…
Nine Hundred and Ninety-Nine Chains
I shuffle forward two paces. The chains on my wrists and ankles rattle with every movement. The air is heavy with emotion, mostly fear, desperation and anger, but all I…
The Blind Seer
Adeptus Ministorum The room was small, cold with a tense lingering atmosphere devoid of any sense of intimacy. The droning hum of a floating servo-skull dispelled any illusion of calm,…
Illusions of Choice
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…
The Voyage
The Gamma in the next cell won’t stop crying. Not silent tears like my own, but great wracking sobs.
The Voice In The Void
Sirens wailed. Red lumen globes span wildly, splashing their light in waves across the grey bulkheads. Sealed into an alcove beside the docking bay door a servitor, a mere head…