Condemned to Failure
He was ready to die.Standing, in front of a baying crowd of individuals, his life literally hung like a thread around his neck. The adamantium knotweed held taught as he…
Family Lost and Found
Together we sing the song of the angels and the cosmos sings back in joy. The song is beautiful and hungry, yet one voice sings louder than the rest creating disharmony.…
However Small, However Hidden
WRITTEN BYCOLYN DEGRAAFF & STEPHEN RHODESDIRECTED BYCOLYN DEGRAAFFMUSIC BYROBERT RENATO HACK COVER ART BYORNIRIS TERENSI CONNOR DALYJON WATERS IMOGEN DALYHANNAH HELLWIG JATRUS DALYMIKE DENT CROSS, THE THRALLMATT DESCHUITENEER ANITA CORRUSKENNADY RAY MAG…
Spore
Mother suspended herself in the upper stratosphere. Manifest in many brilliant forms— slender, seething and corpulent—her terrifying generosity knew no bounds. She poured herself upon the surface of Photon. Oceans boiled…
Grandpapa’s Visit
I crawl out of the nest of my sleeping brothers and sisters, taking care not to wake any of them. I'm good at that, moving quietly, making myself unseen and…
Ascend
The clouds burned as God forced its way through the atmosphere. He watched with awe, she watched with fear. He was Quinnus, Magus of the Congregation of the Exalted Sun,…
Children of the Hive
Mardrax strode through the streets. His body blending into the shadows, his skin mostly hidden beneath a long coat. The keenest of observers would have seen a strange glow to…
The Creed Beneath
Renate Glaserman I shuffle my feet, trying to keep my balance as the Valkyrie lifts off the ground and hurls itself towards the light cruiser in low orbit.Those first few…
Burning the Devil
It was a long walk into the fens. The pull of the cart didn’t make the journey any easier; the weight shifted whenever the wheels hit shell craters or caught in…
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 labors. My eyes…