Blue Fulminate
In the Antila star system, more than twenty millennia ago, the Interex built a great hub of commerce on the system’s fifth planet; but war with the Imperium destroyed their…
The Last Hours of Merrick Dahler
The cell door opened with a squeal of rusty hinges, and the prisoner looked up, squinting into the light after endless days of darkness. A voice barked from the blinding…
Howling Mountains
Prologue – Skyfall The sky rained fire upon Valrypso. Such sights were not as rare as they used to be, for this was the Imperium Nihilus. Yet this was neither…
After the Craftworld
'All pulsar batteries lock on to the Worthy Tides! Destroy it the moment you have a firing solution!' yelled Alara as she sprinted through the wraithbone corridors of the voidcraft.'I...yes…
Our Last Night
As Isha dreams, she drools. When Isha drools, Kurnous cannot resist smiling.This is something only a lover knows of their beloved. Not a detail found on any celebratory fresco of…
Arna Blassow’s Four Visitors
The knock at the door was firm but not frantic. I looked up from inspecting the tumbler of my favourite amasec and my eyes narrowed. Nobody knocked on my door…
Fear Itself
'The oldest and strongest emotion of mankind is fear.'-Konrad Curze And they shall know no fear. The words carried in the heart of every Astartes, a creed reminding them of their…
Of Duty and Ash
Adeptus Ministorum Dawn brought fear, ash, and worse to Hypatia II. Atop the Hive’s brooding peak, the man’s cloak swirled like black mist as his Valkyrie returned to the stars.…
The Corianton Effect
Emergency runes flashed across his vision, warning him of VSG burnout. He could feel the residual energies crackle over his skin. The overload had been sudden and rapid, and would…
Beneath the Surface
'What is the T'au?' the new auxiliary asks me.He chatters while we work, when he should be focused on his task. I do not know why he has been assigned…