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Read more about the article The Handbook

The Handbook

  • Post category:Fast Fiction/FFXVI - A Costly Mistake

Sergeant Cooper dropped his lasrifle, turned his back and ran for the toilet. He went for the last made in the freshly-digged trenches, the one he had previously assigned Private…

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The Value of Ignorance

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‘All he said was, “Don’t look, I’ve seen them before. If you see it, you’re already damned. If you hear it, run. Ignorance is your only salvation.” Then he ate…

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Read more about the article One Hundred and Fourteen Kilos

One Hundred and Fourteen Kilos

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ISD M41.03.02.148Sentus Auxilla Classification: Civilized WorldPrefecture Able, Subsector IsulisAngelos Hive, Sub Level 12, Precinct 77 +++ Ordinate Quaestor Sera Centis studied the man before her. The man was relaxed, smiling easily, holding…

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Read more about the article The Cull

The Cull

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As she walked beneath the tall marble halls of Aegis, residence of House Strategos, Sister Lepida decided that Canoness Ismene had done quite well for herself. The Strategos had been…

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Fifteen Lashes

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The woman had felt each of those fifteen lashes dig into her skin and muscles. The executor, one of the cadet commissars, had been anything but slacking in his task.…

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On Auru One

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Segmentum ObscuraNachmund SectorAgriworld Auru OneAurun 22nd Regiment, Imperial Guard  Trooper Dwyer rolled the filter of his tabac stick between his fingertips, before bringing it to his lips. He patted his camo…

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Read more about the article Duty’s Burden

Duty’s Burden

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++ Do not look to us for kindness. Do not look to us for hope. We are not the kind children of this new age. We are the rocks of…

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Read more about the article The Shadow in the Dark

The Shadow in the Dark

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The sea of the Ethereals swarmed with relentless wisps of agony, missed opportunities and the regrets and fears of millions unborn. The eddies bracketed her ancient vessel as a creature…

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Bait

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Now: ‘Hyades! Hyades! Hyades!’ howls the monster in the void.  The voice of the Daemonship – hot with fury, rank with spite – screams across every spectrum, defying the silence…

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Read more about the article The Emperor’s Faithful

The Emperor’s Faithful

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‘T’ was the last letter Agnes drew with her quill. She indulged herself for a moment as she regarded her work.‘Si hoc legere potes, nimium scis et occidi oportet,’ was…

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