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…
Grotterdammerung
Grukbaz sat on the low hill overlooking the camp and took a long swig out of the bottle of squig brew, before silently passing it to his companion. Bolzog took…
Greenie’s Big Day
'Wassup, Guv'ner?'Governor Abdomo rubbed his red eyes and let out a weary sigh.'The children are playing again. I can't sleep like that,' he admitted. He hadn't been able to figure…
Winds of Blood
A sun, like burning embers, rose on this day of fate, a blood-red sky to spell the end. With the wind in her back, Torindreth stood upon the cliff’s edge,…
The Thrush
‘This droning,’ growled Ulreddar into his comms array, ‘is incessant.’‘Oh aye,’ came the crackling response from Ôboryn. ‘And to think you called this “the perfect extraction” before it started. Ha!’At…
Awaken My Brother
The pressure of the ocean depths accurately reflected the feeling of the moment. My head Technomancer and I watched anxiously as the Canoptek labourers removed the coral growths to reveal…