Injustice
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…
Turnkey
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.…
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
“Echo” is an Imperial Navy echographer, a technician who helps ships detect threats before they arise using spaceborn electronic acoustics. When war breaks out, he hopes to use his skills to help in the navy, but is assigned to a dead-end forensic mission – and a mystery which will damn him forever.
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…