The Favourite’s Gamble
The child’s wide and stupid eyes regard Ezurath, its black pupils wet and sparkling in the dim white light.His hand tightens around its thin throat, enough to feel the blood…
False Salvation
Nhigều Do Sinn stood within the highest spire of his voidship situated in the Sanctuary of Divination. Held within an outstretched hand was a thread tied to a dangling plasteel…
Dissimulo Mors
Blood, both sacred and profane, flowed into the sigils cut into the stone floor. Van Saar Archeotek Stratto Cheynne’s screams echoed in the mirrored chamber. Strapped naked to the rack,…
The Parousia of WR-175
The ship’s hatch blasts open, followed by the searchlights of three Guardsmen rifles. They sweep the room, verifying it’s clear before motioning their Sergeant in. They’re following up on a…
Fast Fiction XVIII
Just One of Many Featured Story The Featured Story is the grand winner of this theme’s contest. They are chosen by a judging panel including Cold Open Stories Creative Director and Community Judges.…
The Importance of Proper Ritual Conduct
‘We'll do it properly this time,’ Kurum said. Nia, his right-hand woman, nodded and they dragged the dead body to the side. The rest of the cultists wisely decided not…
True as Wrought
/Loading…/Error: Critical memory error detected! Eminent system termination.!Admin ctrl. Hêtynn6718256 !Override.!Q: Are we safe?The chilled fane air swirled around the ancestor core. Grymnyr Hêtynn Gâard waited for the Votann’s answer, stroking…
The Penitence Enduring
‘He’s slipping… we’re losing him.’ The voice is distant, part of an abstract memory, dust-covered and forgotten until now. His consciousness rises with the beginnings of remembrance, swimming up from…
Around the Corner
AgainA bird call echoed in his head.Silas rounded the corner at a sprint, nearly tripping over a discarded lasgun, a dagger gripped in his hand. Its crude leather-bound handle drew…
Time and Time Again
My ocular implants settle upon the wonders of my latest creation, and I permit the bellows serving as my lungs to take in a modicum of recycled air in a…
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