Efficiency
Nathaniel hesitated before loading the shotgun. The shell was one of Engineer Abimelech’s personal creations. It housed an inverted cone of vectordet behind a copper plate, which inverted into a molten slug upon detonation.
Chain of Command
Major Hale sighed and knocked back his recaff. He grimaced as the stone-cold liquid hit his tongue and stepped over to the tiny ablutions alcove to pour the dregs away…
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, and she was Arbites Helena, of Cambridge Hive, 3rd Precinct.
Allies of Desperation
Once more, Rulf rotated the blade in his hand, weighing the merits of murder. The medic ran a finger down the engraving on the hilt, ‘Suffer No Xeno,’ and rapped…
All Artifice
The great work was done - glory to the Omnissiah and Far-Mars! Facilitator-Magos Kanam-2-1 expleted a burst of jubilant code that drew wary gazes from the nearest technicians. Productivity had never…
A Beginning
It's Getting Pretty Grimdark In Here... The following story includes graphic, pregnancy-related body horror, which some readers may find disturbing. Reader discretion is advised. × Dismiss alert Indriss Voss dragged…
A Beautiful Dream
Governor Septimus Aurelian reached for the golden belt buckle sitting on his side table. As their sign of office, a governor was expected to wear the buckle with pride, to…
Honour & Blood
'I was already a man when he came, heralded by a red star in the sky. I had barely proven myself as a part of my ser’s retinue when I…
Regrets Are All We Have
The fishing line soared through the still air, arcing gracefully. It plunged into a lake of water, so still it could have been a mirror. Snow-capped mountains were reflected in…
Citizens
‘Come on,’ Jakob whispered. ‘Come on. Come on.’It was all he could do to stop himself screaming. To stop himself from throwing down his tools. To stop himself from getting…
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