No More Hiding
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…
The Burning of Sebastian Chiara
All my life I prayed for proof of my faith. Now, everyone can see it.They tied Sebastian Chiara to the husk of a tree, his arms lashed outstretched to the…
The Eye on a Distant World
The hole in the world appeared three rotations prior to when the Arbitrators of Thrax brought Janus, the discoverer of the phenomena in for interrogation. Half the planet knew about…
Abomination
The klaxon’s call rises through the factory like the bellowing of an enraged giant, summoning the teaming millions who cling to life among the Rez-stacks to their labours. My eyes…
An End to Inequity
'Everyone can see it.... the... the... inequality.' The words sputtered out of Evara’s mouth into the upturned face of the clergyman, as he hung from a meat hook speared through his shin.
The Blade of Change
Long had it waited for The Hand That Was Promised, and long had the motion of time and coincidence conspired to produce a being suited to wield it. For only…
Family
'So what’s it gonna be kid? You gonna stay hidin', cowardly like your old ma, or you gonna come out?' Kassa didn’t flinch from behind the barricade. No grox-brained enforcer…
Prime Helix
It had been a long and bloody dawn. They had struck as the first golden light crept across the savannah, melta charges and mines detonating simultaneously at multiple points along…
The Return of Empire
The Tau Pathfinders picked their way through the burnt out ruins of the village. The buildings seemed more organic than made by any sentient hand. They were now cracked open,…
Jail Break
The sound of bolter fire thundered down the corridor, punctuated here and there by the shriek of Torcmunda’s plasma pistol and the howling of Urdak’s jump pack. Bodies littered the…