Like the Angel
That afternoon, because it was midsummer and too hot to work in the fields, the village children went up the hill to see the Angel. A path had been worn…
That afternoon, because it was midsummer and too hot to work in the fields, the village children went up the hill to see the Angel. A path had been worn…
Adeptus Ministorum I – The Door That Eats Souls Sairi Nevara thumped her hands on the ornate door. She was swiftly running out of ideas and patience. She glanced behind…
Adeptus Ministorum 'There are places that man ought never explore. No one, including you.' Ventis Sturluson, Scion of Seventh Spire, carried a tray of two golden goblets. A sea was…
I Sleep was sporadic at the best of times. An affliction that, Rouj de Hautevoyle concluded, was a consequence of prolonged interstellar travel. Whilst he had acclimatised to the boredom, the…
+++After Action Report++++Incident: Loss of Imperator Class Engine – Rubello Arcanum++For the attention of: Lord Warmaster Kincaid++Ancillary Consideration: Fleet Admiral Lanctanius, Exulted Council of Legio Cattalan+-+Interview Subjects+[Princeps Majoris Maigret —…
Sergeant Ullis had been the bane of my time as a commissar: too competent to demote but too crass and full of demerits to actually advance. Ullis knew it too,…
‘My beloved Gilith, there is no safety hiding in the depths of your mind, for you will only find there exquisite pain and excruciating pleasure. Surrender your mind to me,…
'Don’t go.'Elam froze in the doorway of their meagre hab-apartment. He looked back at the wreckage of his wife. Her skin was grey, her hair lank and unwashed, her cheeks…
It hurt to wear her smile.She wore it every second of every day. It was like a mask she could not remove, bolted permanently into place. Yet sometimes – right…
It was a long way down from the spires of the hive. Alena shifted her skirt over the curve of her hip: not an enticement but a warning, a declaration…