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Injustice

  • Post category:Anthology XV/Short Fiction

After thirty-four years standard of doing menial work in the Archivum of the Holy Inquisition, two highly trusted and valued menials—a fellow named Falden and myself—were called in for special…

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Turnkey

  • Post category:Fast Fiction/FFXIX - The Key

As he stoically paced down the oppressive corridors of the Ordo Malleus facility of Golgotha-III, snaking tendrils of psychic energy from the prison inmates sought his mind, finding no purchase.…

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Read more about the article The Billion Skulls of Inquisitor Corvin Fane

The Billion Skulls of Inquisitor Corvin Fane

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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…

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Read more about the article The Phantom Hands of Time

The Phantom Hands of Time

  • Post category:Fast Fiction/FFXVI - A Costly Mistake

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…

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Read more about the article The Value of Ignorance

The Value of Ignorance

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‘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…

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Read more about the article One Hundred and Fourteen Kilos

One Hundred and Fourteen Kilos

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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…

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Read more about the article The Echo of Satellite 66b

The Echo of Satellite 66b

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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,…

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Read more about the article Ouroboros

Ouroboros

  • Post category:Fast Fiction/FFXIII - A Matter Of Time

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…

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The Blind Seer

  • Post category:Fast Fiction/FFXIII - A Matter Of Time

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,…

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Legacy

  • Post category:Fast Fiction/FFXII - Traitors

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…

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