Unlikely Allies
‘The worms that walk,’ Khait of Prospero said, scholarly surprise tingeing his transhuman baritone.‘We do no—’A fist clad in ceramite the colour of dried blood smashed through the creature's approximation…
The Emperor’s Mercy
'Your imperium deserves to die.' A voice like a claxon swept the room, echoing off the tall monitors that lined the walls.Sister Petronilla’s eyes swept the screens before her, reflecting…
Possession
It had been the moment of Tza’tchaka’s ultimate triumph when the daemon would finally breach the veil separating the warp from reality. He had planned for this – for when…
Oubliette
‘You feculent, cantankerous, oafish excuse for an Astartes. My eyes are stinging from your disease-ridden aura alone, and you want me to join my mind with yours? Is your brain…
Flesh and Iron
'Bio matter,' thought Lotros Annorax as he prodded at the brown plod on the hardened desert floor. 'Fecal,' he confirmed as the steam emanating from the freshly dropped turd formed…
Traitor’s Sight
Dogma once blinded Kyser Tremon, and now fate was intent on doing the same, though in this case more physically than spiritually. He knew not what had detonated, and frankly, it did not matter.
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A philosopher of Old Earth - his name long lost with the passing of the Age of Terra - once wrote that in Heaven, all is either silence or music; in Hell, there is only noise.
Dissimulo Mors
Blood, both sacred and profane, flowed into the sigils cut into the stone floor. Van Saar Archeotek Stratto Cheynne’s screams echoed in the mirrored chamber. Strapped naked to the rack,…
The Importance of Proper Ritual Conduct
‘We'll do it properly this time,’ Kurum said. Nia, his right-hand woman, nodded and they dragged the dead body to the side. The rest of the cultists wisely decided not…
Around the Corner
AgainA bird call echoed in his head.Silas rounded the corner at a sprint, nearly tripping over a discarded lasgun, a dagger gripped in his hand. Its crude leather-bound handle drew…