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Read more about the article I Dreamt of the Garden

I Dreamt of the Garden

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I dreamt of the garden again.I enter into the dream through my grave, the way I always do in this dream. The grave is filled with millions of tiny white…

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Cromlech

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The stones are silent.Fasenil steps into the vast clearing from beneath the boughs of the forest, a shadow come forth into the night. Overhead, the arch of the sky glitters,…

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Ahigasiyo

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‘Get me the rifle, boy,’ Herskil commanded and his son obeyed. The grox were restless. They hadn’t been restless since the colonisation finished 12 years ago. Whatever this place was, it…

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The Bond

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'Lot seven hundred and thirty one;' said the auctioneer, 'a rare carnosaur from the galactic edge worlds. Shall we start the bidding at three thousand?'

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You Will Never Be a Knight

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Caiha slid down the rocky tunnel straight into hell. Sulphurous fumes reached up to choke her sharp Aeldari senses. Rocks scraped at her leather tunic and bruised the palms of her empty hand as she tried to control her rapid descent. It was like falling into the gullet of a great drake.

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Suppression

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Everyone learned how to hear shells coming. The sound was little warning, but this time it was enough for Aumahn to dive into a supply dugout. Every surface was damp,…

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The Confession

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'I promise you sergeant, you are not alone. The God Emperor is here with you, as He is with me and all loyal citizens of the Imperium.'The veteran looked up…

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Arisen

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After 60 million years of slumber, the protocols of chronicle and dream endure.  The Tomb of Glass lies silent around you, its dark metal walls lined with pulsing streams of…

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Protect Us

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Light shimmers from the single candle allowed by the black out. He studies the crumpled piece of paper again, having lost count of the times he has scrunched it up,…

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Rejoice.exe

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++Captain Moorhaven! So so GLAD you’ve initialized and rejoined the land of the cognizant! Please try not to move too much - the anaesthetic may have been rather strong. It…

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