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Read more about the article An Endless and Unfathomable Void

An Endless and Unfathomable Void

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Pink clouds meant that the rain had passed and the morning had come. Shifting grey mist floated through the shrine, as water dripped silently from the green tiled eves. The…

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Our Song

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It's Getting Pretty Grimdark In Here... The following story includes depictions of body horror that some readers may find disturbing. Reader discretion is advised. × ‘I was not born here,’…

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Read more about the article The Chronomancer’s Apprentice

The Chronomancer’s Apprentice

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Hakulek winced as another crash reached his audio receptors. Even through layers of shielding, both esoteric and mundane, the noise was getting louder.

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Read more about the article Calculated Mischiefs

Calculated Mischiefs

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Created by potrace 1.16, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2019 'Kill-kill the interlopers!' Ghree screeched and fired his fusil until his digits had gone numb. The cacophony of chaotic combat surrounded…

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Read more about the article The Blind Seer

The Blind Seer

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Adeptus Ministorum The room was small, cold with a tense lingering atmosphere devoid of any sense of intimacy. The droning hum of a floating servo-skull dispelled any illusion of calm,…

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Vox Dei

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‘It was his time to go,’ the Guildmaster said. ‘It was a good funeral.’Perhaps, in the old days, scattered ashes would have painted sparkling diamonds across the Core. A glittering…

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Deadline

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‘Sixty seconds,’ the lieutenant spoke over the vox.  ‘Sixty?’ I said to Obed, my loader. ‘Until the next wave,’ he stared at me aghast. The next wave out of how…

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Read more about the article Our Flag Means Deff

Our Flag Means Deff

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Graka da Oddmek knew bombs – loved ‘em. Knew humans too – but didn’t like ‘em at all. It only took him a moment to decide that the shiny console with the flashing screen was definitely a human bomb. He gave it a quick thump to see if it’d stop.

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Anthology XI

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Read more about the article Mark of the Beast

Mark of the Beast

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The mark of the beast.Eyes of crimson ruby. A perpetual snarl cast in bronze—a countenance as much of an angel's as that of a devil's.With trembling fingers, Isaria reached out…

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