Oi Dat’s My Hand
‘Oi! Dat’s my hand! Give it back.’ Ugnug barely felt the pain when the choppa took off his hand. He was mostly just annoyed at losing his new shoota, which…
The Spiral
‘You’ll never get chosen if this is the best you can do!’ Shouted Chen as she vaulted another conduit.Mariz clambered across behind her, red-faced and panting. Sweat sheened his round…
The Rendezvous
Archon Drarizar smiled indulgently at the spectacle in front of him. Commissioning the Harlequin Troupe had been costly, but the artistic grace unfolding in front of him could not have…
Destroyer
Life moves too quickly for her liking. She calls her children in from the encroaching night as the sun begins to set. She sighs as the boys protest, slowly making…
The Creed Beneath
Renate Glaserman I shuffle my feet, trying to keep my balance as the Valkyrie lifts off the ground and hurls itself towards the light cruiser in low orbit.Those first few…
Burning the Devil
It was a long walk into the fens. The pull of the cart didn’t make the journey any easier; the weight shifted whenever the wheels hit shell craters or caught in…
Blue Fulminate
In the Antila star system, more than twenty millennia ago, the Interex built a great hub of commerce on the system’s fifth planet; but war with the Imperium destroyed their…
The Scream That Steals
Your time here is finished.She doesn’t respond. Her breath was ragged, still, shaky exhalations echoing in the darkness. There was a faint odour as she breathed out, lingering for a…
When the Curtains Fall
When the curtains fall, the Masque of the Crimson Edge do not congratulate themselves on their performance, nor do they head off in celebration as another troupe would do. Instead,…
No Mask Is Perfect
'She came here to beg for their lives!' the Commissar had chortled with delight.'She said that this world could be shared, that they would not trouble us!' He had spat…