Once
I was your acquaintance once. Oh, how I respected you then. Your poise and command ran through every communication like ribbons of gold in veins of quartz. Through courier and…
I was your acquaintance once. Oh, how I respected you then. Your poise and command ran through every communication like ribbons of gold in veins of quartz. Through courier and…
By the time I step from the landing pad onto the swaying surface of Rig 7, a crowd has gathered to watch. It’s almost as if they’ve never seen a woman before.
The knock at the door was firm but not frantic. I looked up from inspecting the tumbler of my favourite amasec and my eyes narrowed. Nobody knocked on my door…
Light shimmers from the single candle allowed by the black out. He studies the crumpled piece of paper again, having lost count of the times he has scrunched it up,…
The missionary’s running footfalls echoed into the dark, cavernous underhive chamber before he came into view from the adjoining passageway. Trauma grinned at the thin, young man as he raced…
In the darkness of his office, Father Henry clicked on the vid-feed screen. Staticky images and shadows battled across his walls. For the past month his city had been a…
He had always been different. Not special: ‘special’ was a good word, a positive word. But until the ships came for him, he didn’t know just how different he was.He…
Click here for the audio drama Day 465‘Going live in 10, 9…’Blinking in the floodlights, Katya stole a look at the figure beside her. Eduard Domaris. She still couldn’t quite…
On the shrine world of Palma Alternum was Little Rat, a wiry girl just nine years old. She lived in the alleys, the places between the basilicas with towering spires that brushed the clouds, and churches as big as cities on other planets.
'Damn it girl, don’t be so stingy with the port thrusters,' an annoyed voice uttered, 'They are there for a reason.' Chaia Wisona heard the irate tone and her nose crinkled in resentment at being told what to do, but she obeyed anyway and corrected her course.