The Case of the Stolen Savant
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…
I, Greenskin
Art by Noah Miller +++ THE BOY +++ The rumors started slow and built like a landslide, until panic gripped the streets. PDF satellites detected an object: a massive, lumbering derelict,…
Anthology VIII
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Fast Fiction IX
Terrible Things 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. Lux in…
Lux in Tenebris
Once the Sleep of Reason had been a slaughter-ship, delivering fresh grox to the hives of Choalea IV until outbreaks of tongue-rot had retired her. Now she delivered pilgrims to Terra. More pilgrims made it home than grox had, but only barely.
The Most Terrible Thing on This Planet is Us
Reed had been the next to die. They were already weak from the lack of food, their actions less nimble, less certain, than they needed to be. He'd cut his…
On to the Next One
Matron Josmene looked to her assistant. Catching her eye, Cal uncovered the patient. A girl, with bright-green eyes that snapped between Josmene, and the dark room.Cal moved his bioscanner across her…
For the Price of a Heartbeat
It's Getting Pretty Grimdark In Here... The following story includes themes of abuse which some readers may find disturbing. Reader discretion is advised. × Dismiss alert Serenity entered the Scholam’s…
Again
Five days of this hell. It seemed longer but Marcel’s chrono-watch still worked. A useful device when in the warp: it counted the days its wearer had lived. A gift…
Charnel Waves
The cocktail of artificial adrenals and deep pressure medication being pumped directly into Lethio’s bloodstream made it impossible to distract himself from the nightmarish flight. Twenty minutes spent in absolute…
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