The Burden of Purpose
A storm raged against the walls of the yurt like a titanic battle was taking place in low orbit. Each rumble of thunder was like an engine's roar and the…
Confirmation
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…
Her Angel
A rat scurried along the edge of the single room sewer home. Resso winced as her mother combed another tangle out of her wild hair.'Where does God live?' Resso asked.'Far…
Foundations
The medical bay was dimly lit, the lumens set to the night cycle cast wan light over the gleaming ceramic surfaces. The lone patient lay supine on a table in…
Blind Faith
When the gunfire started, the sounds of the crashing waves below were immediately drowned out. Sergeant Helega of the Valhallan 801st took a quick look over the rampart before quickly…
The Avatar of Flies
Maximillian Ampoh strode down the shuttle ramp with an excitement he had thought lost. It had been decades. Decades spent scraping out a life between the aliens and heretics in this back end of the galaxy.
Caesura
Listen. The voices that define this universe, those that speak the language of power, are never heard.
Everyone’s Seen It
Adeptus Ministorum Interrogator Lorne strode into the dingy room, dataslate in hand. The center of the cramped space was dominated by a sturdy plascrete chair occupied by a slight man…
Thinly Veiled Dagger
Aloysio Vysterian slipped inside the palace undetected. Formerly it was simply an Imperial Bastion, before then-governor Marcala had renounced Terra’s authority, proclaimed himself Supreme Regent and declared Edoran’s secession from…
The Good Citizen
Everyone knew he was up to something. Lupern had to be the one to do the right thing. It’s just who he was. There are so many good men and…