Our Own Hands
Ambrecht slammed the fish down on the table at the centre of the cafeteria. It stank in the muggy heat; the windows were all sealed to keep out the eastern…
A Peaceful Transfer of Power
Eminence Reaves looked out his window at the plaza below, the glasscrete pane reflecting his age-worn, but not unkindly, visage over the assembled. They’d packed in every space at the…
Is Rogal Dorn the One with Wings?
‘Rogal Dorn is absolutely the one with the wings,’ said Dmitri.Howls of protest erupted from Governor Lorenzo and his entourage as though they had been struck by an overseer’s electrolash.…
She Persists
Celes’ chipped fingernails dig into her patchwork overalls, bunching the threadwork into small, starchy peaks. ‘Look at me.’Her tired eyes rise.Overseer Stry-C9 glowers back. From their throned console, the adept need…
The End
The end.The end does not exist.It’s more of an end.Only those who are no longer of use and are of weak spirit enjoy the peace granted by the end.I am…
The Funeral-Goer
Today is the Feast of the Emperor’s Ascension, and I am at a funeral. Istar Korthos Icilius – minor local celebrity, an artist most subtle – has brought us together.…
Hunt
The wolves hunted at night.Or that’s what I thought they were. They were elusive shapes, shadows that moved fluidly. Always hunting, picking at the lost, the stragglers, the exiled. We…
The Rat of G-Secundus
Deep in the power core of asteroid mining station G-Secundus, a small framed servitor designated E777, or E-triple seven, squeezed through a narrow maintenance tube. It reached hand over hand,…
Condemned to Failure
He was ready to die.Standing, in front of a baying crowd of individuals, his life literally hung like a thread around his neck. The adamantium knotweed held taught as he…
Muted Existence
What would you be willing to risk to save a child?Gad Thaddeus Skark was presented with this question.As a factory worker in the middle-hive, he had a more comfortable life…
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