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Read more about the article Pain is Only Fair

Pain is Only Fair

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I The rain fell upside down in the orange sunset as I looked at the corpse of my partner. The anti-grav engines of the hover tank above me parted the…

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Read more about the article The Case of the Wayward Warehouse Worker

The Case of the Wayward Warehouse Worker

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My name is Quintus Atticus Agrippa. A name long on words and short on meaning. I’m just a man trying to get by in His Imperium like everyone else. I…

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Read more about the article Six For One

Six For One

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Created by potrace 1.16, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2019 Overhead burned a hot white star that made the heat rise from the pavement in sheets of crystal-white flame. A thick…

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Citation Day

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Corporal Pak slid into the passenger seat of the staff car with a dull thud.‘Why the long face, Junho?’ Beside him, Sergeant Major Pan grinned and revved the engine a…

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Canary

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Her eyes opened to stare into the cold grey metal above her bunk, and immediately, she knew something was deeply wrong.The meagre light from the door indicators provided a break…

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Read more about the article Through Morkai’s Gate

Through Morkai’s Gate

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I: Arun We were born in the Fenrisian snow. Twin boys dumped out onto the coldest rock in the Imperium, in a time of winter's bitter fall. Born to the warrior-queen Rena,…

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Read more about the article The Severance Of Asher Kor

The Severance Of Asher Kor

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Nameless The warband didn’t have a name. They couldn’t conceive of the concept of names. They were World Eaters. Servants of Khorne. They were Khorne’s madness taken to its perfect…

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Read more about the article Motes Dancing In The Silver Light

Motes Dancing In The Silver Light

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The Engines of Vaul will smite them, and bring fire upon them, and in agony they will depart this realm, their souls screaming into the black void that awaits their…

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Read more about the article Grander Victories, More Monstrous Defeats

Grander Victories, More Monstrous Defeats

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Four months of blood had inexorably woven itself into each individual fibre of the once pallid habit Marakeen wore.Four months of perpetual disease, decay, and death had dulled the scent…

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Read more about the article Broken Heroes

Broken Heroes

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The Dead Head launched itself up the tower wall, powerful front claws ripping at the stone and crumbling masonry as it tried to reach them. The thing was the size…

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