The Rat of G-Secundus
Deep in the power core of asteroid mining station G-Secundus, a small framed servitor designated E777, or E-triple seven, squeezed through a narrow maintenance tube. It reached hand over hand,…
Verity
You wake up this morning as you do every morning, at the sound of the bull grox grunting in the fields. You go through all the essential ablutions, washing your…
His Voice
++ From the blasphemy of the fallen, ++++ Our Emperor, deliver us, ++++ From the begetting of daemons, ++++ Our Emperor, deliver us, ++++ From the curse of the mutant,…
The Cull
As she walked beneath the tall marble halls of Aegis, residence of House Strategos, Sister Lepida decided that Canoness Ismene had done quite well for herself. The Strategos had been…
Winds of Blood
A sun, like burning embers, rose on this day of fate, a blood-red sky to spell the end. With the wind in her back, Torindreth stood upon the cliff’s edge,…
Fifteen Lashes
The woman had felt each of those fifteen lashes dig into her skin and muscles. The executor, one of the cadet commissars, had been anything but slacking in his task.…
The Thrush
‘This droning,’ growled Ulreddar into his comms array, ‘is incessant.’‘Oh aye,’ came the crackling response from Ôboryn. ‘And to think you called this “the perfect extraction” before it started. Ha!’At…
On Auru One
Segmentum ObscuraNachmund SectorAgriworld Auru OneAurun 22nd Regiment, Imperial Guard Trooper Dwyer rolled the filter of his tabac stick between his fingertips, before bringing it to his lips. He patted his camo…
Duty’s Burden
++ Do not look to us for kindness. Do not look to us for hope. We are not the kind children of this new age. We are the rocks of…
The Shadow in the Dark
The sea of the Ethereals swarmed with relentless wisps of agony, missed opportunities and the regrets and fears of millions unborn. The eddies bracketed her ancient vessel as a creature…