Trapped
The ship’s sirens wail - and the cycle begins again. In the galley, Dana and her daughter stare up at the flashing red lights, eyes wide. Dana picks Sara up…
The Morrigan Door
Adeptus Ministorum I – The Door That Eats Souls Sairi Nevara thumped her hands on the ornate door. She was swiftly running out of ideas and patience. She glanced behind…
Out of Fear
'Don’t go.'Elam froze in the doorway of their meagre hab-apartment. He looked back at the wreckage of his wife. Her skin was grey, her hair lank and unwashed, her cheeks…
A Guide to Transactional Leadership
‘I must say, Lord-Chairman, I’m very impressed.' Solana smiled, sitting as he gestured to the chair opposite his desk. It was soft and smelled of rich, smoky leather.'I aim to…
Is Someone There?
Norvan Taram had a problem.This was not an uncommon position for a scholam headmaster. Familiar roads that led here, though they usually had more to do with budget, turnover of…
Thrice Damned
‘Accursed Devil, thrice damned is all thy race’ - Johannes Miltonus, M2The shuttle descends out of the sun, its slab sides resolving from dark shadow into the familiar blue and…
Angel of Retribution
‘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…
Rebirth
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…
Windows to the Soul
'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…
Old Oaths and New Gods
‘Pressure, here, quickly!’ Yersin followed Surgeon Clepis’ orders, placing his hands in the guardsman’s sucking chest wound. Over the last week, the imperial lines had been pushed back, and the battlefront…