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Read more about the article Agtrill, The Counterfeit Blade

Agtrill, The Counterfeit Blade

  • Post category:Audio Drama

WRITTEN BYCOLYN DEGRAAFF SCRIPT EDITED BYSTEPHEN RHODESDIRECTED & PRODUCED BYCOLYN DEGRAAFFINCLUDES MUSIC BYROBERT RENATO HACKCOVER ART BYORNIRIS TERENSI BENNERUINELIZABETH PLANT GONTELARMAX SMITH JAERIELA (THE THRICE-BLESSED)TARA LANGELLA LANTHRILAQ (THE SWIFT)PHILLIP SACRAMENTO IMHORATAINICK…

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Read more about the article The Chronomancer’s Apprentice

The Chronomancer’s Apprentice

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

Hakulek winced as another crash reached his audio receptors. Even through layers of shielding, both esoteric and mundane, the noise was getting louder. He hurried to the command nexus, tapping…

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Read more about the article Hourglass

Hourglass

  • Post category:Anthology XI/Short Fiction

I Death’s eye dipped below the horizon and Tobekh walked into the desert. The air was still warm, and no-one paid any mind to his departure. He simply put down his…

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Read more about the article Sacrifices

Sacrifices

  • Post category:Fast Fiction/FFXII - Traitors

Tap tap tap went the mind shackle as Gal-8Θ worked. It sat just at the edge of her consciousness, observing her thoughts with the dispassionate air of an adept watching…

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Read more about the article Brothers at Arms

Brothers at Arms

  • Post category:Fast Fiction/FFX - Was It Worth It

Shepseskaf loomed over the dusty red sands as they slowly swallowed the bodies of the fallen. Articulated legs scuffed the rock beneath him as he waited, impatiently, for a report.…

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Read more about the article To Make the Stars Tremble

To Make the Stars Tremble

  • Post category:Anthology VIII/Short Fiction

Zu’lasa Craftworld, Eldar: There is no information on this lost Craftworld in Imperial records other than the fact that it once existed. -Ordo Xenos records, known xenos gatherings +++ +Suranas, 657.2 Years…

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Read more about the article Heart of the Tomb

Heart of the Tomb

  • Post category:Fast Fiction/FFVIII - Through Alien Eyes

Click-clack. Click-clack. Click-clack. From the depths of a mountain pass, humanoid figures clad in red robes looked up to scan a darkness so profound that human eyes had no hope of…

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Destroyer

  • Post category:Fast Fiction/FFVI - The Stars Are Cold

Life moves too quickly for her liking. She calls her children in from the encroaching night as the sun begins to set. She sighs as the boys protest, slowly making…

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Read more about the article Arisen

Arisen

  • Post category:Fast Fiction/FFIII - A God Somewhere

After 60 million years of slumber, the protocols of chronicle and dream endure.  The Tomb of Glass lies silent around you, its dark metal walls lined with pulsing streams of…

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Read more about the article Caesura

Caesura

  • Post category:Fast Fiction/FFIII - A God Somewhere

https://youtu.be/PsWfL0imIjc Listen.The voices that define this universe, those that speak the language of power, are never heard.They are whispers on quantum foam. They are flickers in time with distant constellations.…

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