What a Drag
Dust drifted through the shattered streets, turning the morning sun into pale streaks of light that bled through the haze. Private Tomas Grell sat with his back against a mound of shattered stone.
Nothing Significant to Report
Lieutenant Cobral Janner was bored. Eight years on a deathworld, guarding a secret fortified warehouse containing a strategic stockpile of spare clothing, equipment, weapons and vehicles, and he had yet to fire his lasgun in anger.
A Simple Fix
The explosion lifted Gerebrix Rho several feet into the air, but still not above the head of the angry Adeptus Astartes warrior immediately to his left.
Heresy
The bunker door slammed shut, dulling the wail of sirens and thunder of shell impacts to a low hum and faint thudding.
Pending Refit
The sand had teeth on this world. They’d been a jungle regiment once. Their fatigues were still a blotched green, unsuited to this sun-blasted hellhole.
Twin Souls of Destiny
Bray Primus burned.From the armaglass viewport on the battlebarge Kyd’s Revenge, Chief Librarian and Master of Philosophy, Thomus More watched as the battle for the system came to its end.…
Inner Daemons
I coughed up blood while staring up at Darleah as she applied pressure to the bullet wound in my abdomen. The firelight glistened in her concerned, amber eyes. Above the…
Tinnitus
The jungle spewed the stench of wet loam, burning ozone, and freshly spilt blood. The Tyranid swarm's cacophony was absolute, a relentless tide of alien shrieks tearing through the canopy.…
Failsafe
‘Subject: Malach. Determine loyalty.’The sanctioned psyker murmured the words to himself before lifting his gaze to the figure restrained within the chamber. The Astartes stood motionless, dark armour heavy with…
Across the Vast and Lonely Void
Of the four beings present at your birth, none were fully cognizant of it. For your mother’s part, the drug-induced stupefaction was administered against her will. The fraying attention of…