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Read more about the article Fire in the Blood

Fire in the Blood

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He blinked; the stygian hall still stretched away from him. Lumens shone dim and crimson from recessed alcoves. Their light caught edges of friezes carved into the stone walls, the…

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A Touch of Heaven

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I was lost.I’m not sure how it happened; one moment I was on the transport to … wherever they were sending me, the next moment, I was swallowed by Chaos.…

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Neverchosen

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Blood sprayed across his ceramite chestplate and the chapel walls in equal measure as Zalayt drove his chainsword deep into the ogryn’s chest. The beast looked absurd in long, flowing,…

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The Cut

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‘Sigma-33/Mars, fire at that flying Tyranid.’My mistress, Magus Anydrus, simply gives the order. Her voice echoes through all my circuits, and obedience is immediate. I use my Lascannon on the…

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The Price of Paper

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He had sold his sister’s body for corpse-starch and sworn never to be that kind of bastard again. Now, he was damning strangers for the price of a meal-token.Against every…

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Egg

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Lethia had a friend. She didn’t exactly call it a “friend”, more like a “pet”. But where she lived, she didn’t have many friends, and she was glad to find the…

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Little Eye

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The towering halls of Vivessi Thricul were home to great and terrible works of art. Vivessi herself was the artist. She was a flesh sculptor, a blood painter, a composer…

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The Shaking

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Lorn was strong. That was all that mattered.An Ogryn’s worth was in his arms and shoulders, in how many rocks he could split digging the trenches, how many heavy shells…

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Read more about the article An Old Bolter’s Requiem

An Old Bolter’s Requiem

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Long have I served he whom they call The Emperor. I have no name but that which they gave me: 43. That was stamped on me in a time so…

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The Eye

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Chloe paced carefully through the dark-wood pews, her footsteps a small echo in the tiny chapel devoted to Saint Elana the Unbroken.She approached the plain and simple altar and delicately…

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