A Traitor Twice Over
Chained to the chair in the dimly lit cellar with the Ork Warboss looming over me, I knew I had about a minute to live. Maybe longer if I was really unlucky.
The Avenger
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=33n9GuDKoBQ&t=2s Captain Prabu turns the pistol over in his hand, thinking: my men. Then, resolved: my village.In front of him, Tower K rises black and monolithic in the soft Rijan…
Reminiscing
Honraz Abalax stood before the smoking mass of the only drop pod that missed the landing zone. The serenity of the post-battle scene was broken by the stirring of debris and loud coughing. His soot-covered thrall soon emerged from the wreckage holding a black sphere.
The Lone Ranger
If the Marshal had still had lips, the top one would have curled in disgust when he saw the shuttle dropping from the stratosphere. But his lips were long gone, along with a whole load of other shit no sane person really needed, so he contented himself with vocalising a kind of sigh through the vox-grill occupying the site of his former mouth.
The Pale Moon
Reality tore open with a sound like ripping fabric and the echo of a gunshot. The gaping hole bled colours no living being could name, and from it bloomed the…
Fast Fiction XII
Traitors 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. Reminiscing Download the…
Anthology X
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Six For One
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…
Citation Day
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…
Canary
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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