Déjà Vu
'Is there anything that can stop the Guilds?' ‘No!’ the Cthonian miners roared, their voices echoing from the vaulted roof of their ancient hold.‘Is there any prize we won’t take?’‘No!’ Bravah…
Splintered
As I wake, I find myself embraced by darkness. Where before there was a void, now I am. A consciousness born out of oblivion. I don’t have a name, a…
Pride Goes Before
Awakening protocols cascaded through Khazekh's inorganic brain. Each command initiated activation of a different cogitational sector. Membanks were accessed randomly, emphatic engrams slow to link with the entries.The process should…
Condemned to Failure
He was ready to die.Standing, in front of a baying crowd of individuals, his life literally hung like a thread around his neck. The adamantium knotweed held taught as he…
Assistance Required
‘Another one Aput?’ Khanephet asked the small gold-plated scarab hovering before him. By way of an answer, the little canoptek beamed him the expected message notifying him of yet another…
In Two Minds
Psychic Whiplash was one name for it; trauma was the other. Inonar looked down at the pale, ashen face before her, contorted in a final horrible scream. She still held…
A Scribe’s Diary
003.002.M42Celebrations of the new year today. We got more rations, which was welcomed by all. Work didn’t let up, though. Once again, my ears and fingers hurt from the constant…
Family Lost and Found
Together we sing the song of the angels and the cosmos sings back in joy. The song is beautiful and hungry, yet one voice sings louder than the rest creating disharmony.…
Shattered Jade
I wait alone, as I have been instructed to do.A glance over my shoulder shows me a rolling sea through thick glass. It is a view calibrated, along with the…
Ivory Souls
Do you trust me?Even a few days ago, I’d have sneered at the red-haired alien’s question.Of course, that was before my fellow guardsmen tried to cut my throat.I don’t remember…