The Billion Skulls of Inquisitor Corvin Fane
I look up at storm-wracked skies, but only because I no longer have a neck to turn my head away. Hot winds parch me, but when the blood rain falls…
The Phantom Hands of Time
My heart hammered against my chest. The visceral sound of a chainsword arcing toward me drove into my bones, igniting my will to survive. My eyes squeezed shut, and I…
The Value of Ignorance
‘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…
One Hundred and Fourteen Kilos
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…
The Echo of Satellite 66b
WRITTEN BYCOLYN DEGRAAFFDIRECTED BYCOLYN DEGRAAFFMUSIC BYROBERT RENATO HACK COVER ART BYORNIRIS TERENSI NARRATOR/ECHOCOLYN DEGRAAFF GREGORY LAPARRKARL WILLERS NAVAL INTELLIGENCE OFFICEROMAR NEGRON THE INQUISITORBRANDON RICHARDS ADDITIONAL VOICESERIK & MARK – LOREHAMMERJON,…
Ouroboros
Henrik stepped into the cave and looked around. The Guardsman’s dim stab-light revealed scratch-marks on the walls and bones of past explorers on the floor. The air carried a trace…
The Blind Seer
Adeptus Ministorum The room was small, cold with a tense lingering atmosphere devoid of any sense of intimacy. The droning hum of a floating servo-skull dispelled any illusion of calm,…
Legacy
Seated behind his desk, Tern gauged the approach of the lone woman entering his office, and reminded himself that Baldachins did not feel fear.No, he thought. That icy shiver was…
Unstoppable
Adeptus Ministorum Shivering with anticipation, Mercy crouched, ready to pounce from the darkness. The ceiling cavity was hellishly hot, lined with heated water pipes, and insulated from the cool corridor…
Emperor Forgives
NegativePositivePositive A horror in ink. I placed the reports on the table, quickly covering it with a cloth when I heard the door unbolt and a chuckle from around the corner.…