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…
Silver Dream
+++ I +++ ‘She was a guardswoman,’ Demar’s mother, the Lady Oscyllia de Vrjier snarled, her lined and weathered face inches from her son’s. ‘She was a menial. She was fodder.…
The Case of the Stolen Savant
My name is Quintus Atticus Agrippa. A name long on words and short on meaning. I’m just a man trying to get by in His Imperium like everyone else. I…
The Most Terrible Thing on This Planet is Us
Reed had been the next to die. They were already weak from the lack of food, their actions less nimble, less certain, than they needed to be. He'd cut his…
On to the Next One
Matron Josmene looked to her assistant. Catching her eye, Cal uncovered the patient. A girl, with bright-green eyes that snapped between Josmene, and the dark room.Cal moved his bioscanner across her…
For the Price of a Heartbeat
It's Getting Pretty Grimdark In Here... The following story includes themes of abuse which some readers may find disturbing. Reader discretion is advised. × Dismiss alert Serenity entered the Scholam’s…
Again
Five days of this hell. It seemed longer but Marcel’s chrono-watch still worked. A useful device when in the warp: it counted the days its wearer had lived. A gift…
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