The High Branches of Alder
‘I will tell you a tale,’ said the stranger, holding his hands out towards the fire. ‘In gratitude for your hospitality.’Sharp faces leant forward into the circle of firelight. The…
The Fat Cook
Cook’s journal, day 1:I am proud to have been chosen by Lead Explorer J. Y. Causton to serve as cook for the 60-day exploration of the old submerged mine works…
The Deep Halls
This grim occupation hadn’t been one Lesthel would have chosen. Through his life, Lesthel has been a soldier, a miner, a thief, a corsair and a murderer. It wasn’t until the council sentenced him to life in the deep halls that he’d found his true calling.
The Anomalous Return of Captain Evidandro
Captain Evidandro returned to us a year and a day after vanishing in the tyranid-infested hell of the distant Corolis meatgrinder. He staggered naked from the Fractured Peaks wilderness to…
Rust & Iron
J05-HAU awoke in darkness. The Man of Iron couldn’t move. Pain spikes jammed into his neurocore. Whenever he started to have a coherent cogitation, a spike interrupted. The last thing…
Reversing Fate
She dreamed of a strange, barren landscape, pocked by craters and run through by endlessly repeating patterns. Alexis had been having strange dreams ever since the accident.
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.
Not Even in Death
Pain was the first sensation. So in birth, alike in rebirth. It clung to wakening like babe to mother, surged electric through phantom limbs and breathed fresh life into the…
MIA
Katya ducked as a plate spun past her head and smashed on the wall behind her. Shards of cheap ceramic peppered her greatcoat, the dust turning the black to a…
Dead Language
‘Hey, lieutenant,’ said Trooper Garn with his usual grin, though he’d been dead two weeks. ‘What’s the good word?’ ‘Go away,’ was the response from under the covers.
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