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…
A Riddle in Three Parts
'A riddle, then: Name an invisible thing that everybody can see.'Three crew sit in the command module of the freighter Wings of Deliverance. The ship putters across the icy gulf…
First Redoubt
After a while, the pounding of the drums creeps under your skin and plays a tattoo on your soul. I haven’t slept for days. None of us have. Reveille, when…
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…