Lament for the Archon’s Seventeenth Child
There is no room for sentiment in my position. I have always known this. Emotions – fear, wrath, boredom, affection – colour reality. One is blinded by them. My eyes…
Stray
'So, Alai Therin Fallstar, ai'elethra of the Eshairr, what say you?'He looked up at the sightless face, the sockets where its eyes should have been puckered, bloody holes. Behind it,…
The Initiation
Speed, adrenaline, the sharp, metallic taste of blood in the air; these were the greatest joys of life in Commorragh. The whining hiss of jetbikes cut through the air, drowning…
The Favourite’s Gamble
The child’s wide and stupid eyes regard Ezurath, its black pupils wet and sparkling in the dim white light.His hand tightens around its thin throat, enough to feel the blood…
Splintered
As I wake, I find myself embraced by darkness. Where before there was a void, now I am. A consciousness born out of oblivion. I don’t have a name, a…
Ivory Souls
Do you trust me?Even a few days ago, I’d have sneered at the red-haired alien’s question.Of course, that was before my fellow guardsmen tried to cut my throat.I don’t remember…
Three Chances
WRITTEN, DIRECTED & PRODUCED BYCOLYN DEGRAAFFINCLUDES MUSIC BYROBERT RENATO HACKCOVER ART BYORNIRIS TERENSI IZENZON, SON OF THE DRAGONJOSEPH TWEEDALE TREZABAEL, DAUGHTER OF THE DRAGONSALLA VÄKEVÄINEN SHAVISTÉ, THE DREAD ARCHONSARAH MCMANUS OR'IVOR, THE HAEMONCULIKAILYNN…
Pain is Only Fair
I The rain fell upside down in the orange sunset as I looked at the corpse of my partner. The anti-grav engines of the hover tank above me parted the…
Reaping Agony
Vilyxnar ran a pallid, claw-tipped hand through his greasy white hair. He tapped the runes on the lower console, resetting the device with his other two hands. Taris opened her eyes.…
The Price of Power
Archon. It is a word that radiates power. Even the slave races comprehend it, in a fashion. Not the intricacies of our tongue, of course. But they understand. With its…