Cold Open Stories

Cold Open Stories

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Cold Open Stories episodes

  • The Echo of Satellite 66b

     “Echo” is an Imperial Navy echographer, a technician who helps ships detect threats before they arise using spaceborn electronic acoustics. When war breaks out, he hopes to use his skills to help in the navy, but is assigned to a dead-end forensic mission – and a mystery which will damn him forever.

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    This Warhammer 40,000 audio drama is 100% unofficial and in no way endorsed or supported by Games Workshop.

    26 min
  • A Cog In Crimson - Part 4 [Warhammer 40,000 Audio Drama - Fanmade]
    Theolen Al-Amir is a an interstellar pirate who travels the lost fringes of the galaxy. Embroiled in a campaign of war profiteering, he encounters a sect of machine-venerating cultists led by Heironomyia Bosch, a priestess of the secretive Adeptus Mechanicus. Coerced into her service, the pair are fascinated by each others’ motivations and abilities but ideological differences soon test their alliance as the cultists’ pilgrimage draws closer to their promised land – the holy forge world of Mars.
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    This audio drama is 100% unofficial and in no way endorsed or supported by Games Workshop.
    © Copyright Games Workshop Limited 2019. GW, Games Workshop, BL Publishing, Black Library, Forge World, Citadel, White Dwarf, The Horus Heresy, The Horus Heresy Eye logo, Space Marine, 40K, Warhammer, Warhammer Digital, Warhammer 40,000, the ‘Aquila’ Double-headed Eagle logo, Warhammer Age of Sigmar, Battletome, Stormcast Eternals, and all associated logos, illustrations, images, names, creatures, races, vehicles, locations, weapons, characters, and the distinctive likenesses thereof, are either ® or TM, and/or © Games Workshop Limited, variably registered around the world. All Rights Reserved.
    21 min
  • A Cog In Crimson - Part 3 [Warhammer 40,000 Audio Drama - Fanmade]
    Theolen Al-Amir is a an interstellar pirate who travels the lost fringes of the galaxy. Embroiled in a campaign of war profiteering, he encounters a sect of machine-venerating cultists led by Heironomyia Bosch, a priestess of the secretive Adeptus Mechanicus. Coerced into her service, the pair are fascinated by each others’ motivations and abilities but ideological differences soon test their alliance as the cultists’ pilgrimage draws closer to their promised land – the holy forge world of Mars.
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    This audio drama is 100% unofficial and in no way endorsed or supported by Games Workshop.
    © Copyright Games Workshop Limited 2019. GW, Games Workshop, BL Publishing, Black Library, Forge World, Citadel, White Dwarf, The Horus Heresy, The Horus Heresy Eye logo, Space Marine, 40K, Warhammer, Warhammer Digital, Warhammer 40,000, the ‘Aquila’ Double-headed Eagle logo, Warhammer Age of Sigmar, Battletome, Stormcast Eternals, and all associated logos, illustrations, images, names, creatures, races, vehicles, locations, weapons, characters, and the distinctive likenesses thereof, are either ® or TM, and/or © Games Workshop Limited, variably registered around the world. All Rights Reserved.
    20 min
  • A Cog In Crimson - Part 2 [Warhammer 40,000 Audio Drama - Fanmade]
    Theolen Al-Amir is a an interstellar pirate who travels the lost fringes of the galaxy. Embroiled in a campaign of war profiteering, he encounters a sect of machine-venerating cultists led by Heironomyia Bosch, a priestess of the secretive Adeptus Mechanicus. Coerced into her service, the pair are fascinated by each others’ motivations and abilities but ideological differences soon test their alliance as the cultists’ pilgrimage draws closer to their promised land – the holy forge world of Mars.
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    This audio drama is 100% unofficial and in no way endorsed or supported by Games Workshop.
    © Copyright Games Workshop Limited 2019. GW, Games Workshop, BL Publishing, Black Library, Forge World, Citadel, White Dwarf, The Horus Heresy, The Horus Heresy Eye logo, Space Marine, 40K, Warhammer, Warhammer Digital, Warhammer 40,000, the ‘Aquila’ Double-headed Eagle logo, Warhammer Age of Sigmar, Battletome, Stormcast Eternals, and all associated logos, illustrations, images, names, creatures, races, vehicles, locations, weapons, characters, and the distinctive likenesses thereof, are either ® or TM, and/or © Games Workshop Limited, variably registered around the world. All Rights Reserved.
    18 min
  • A Cog In Crimson - Part 1 [Warhammer 40,000 Audio Drama - Fanmade]
    Theolen Al-Amir is a an interstellar pirate who travels the lost fringes of the galaxy. Embroiled in a campaign of war profiteering, he encounters a sect of machine-venerating cultists led by Heironomyia Bosch, a priestess of the secretive Adeptus Mechanicus. Coerced into her service, the pair are fascinated by each others’ motivations and abilities but ideological differences soon test their alliance as the cultists’ pilgrimage draws closer to their promised land – the holy forge world of Mars.
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    This audio drama is 100% unofficial and in no way endorsed or supported by Games Workshop.
    © Copyright Games Workshop Limited 2019. GW, Games Workshop, BL Publishing, Black Library, Forge World, Citadel, White Dwarf, The Horus Heresy, The Horus Heresy Eye logo, Space Marine, 40K, Warhammer, Warhammer Digital, Warhammer 40,000, the ‘Aquila’ Double-headed Eagle logo, Warhammer Age of Sigmar, Battletome, Stormcast Eternals, and all associated logos, illustrations, images, names, creatures, races, vehicles, locations, weapons, characters, and the distinctive likenesses thereof, are either ® or TM, and/or © Games Workshop Limited, variably registered around the world. All Rights Reserved.
    17 min
  • When All Lights Have Gone Out [Warhammer 40,000 Audio Drama - Fanmade]
    M36-M37. The Adepta Sororitas are an all-female division of the Imperial Cult, a galaxy-spanning faith that has held humanity together for thousands of years. But before they became known and feared, on the shrine world of Antiqua Resolve, four Sororitas arrive to a crumbling basilica and discover the city’s history, sparking a tense manhunt across the city and a battle of faith versus nihilism.
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    This audio drama is 100% unofficial and in no way endorsed or supported by Games Workshop.
    © Copyright Games Workshop Limited 2019. GW, Games Workshop, BL Publishing, Black Library, Forge World, Citadel, White Dwarf, The Horus Heresy, The Horus Heresy Eye logo, Space Marine, 40K, Warhammer, Warhammer Digital, Warhammer 40,000, the ‘Aquila’ Double-headed Eagle logo, Warhammer Age of Sigmar, Battletome, Stormcast Eternals, and all associated logos, illustrations, images, names, creatures, races, vehicles, locations, weapons, characters, and the distinctive likenesses thereof, are either ® or TM, and/or © Games Workshop Limited, variably registered around the world. All Rights Reserved.
    50 min
  • March For Mars [Warhammer 40,000 Audio Drama - Fanmade]
    A ravenous alien swarm known as the Tyranids are closing in on an Imperial outpost, leaving it up to three Imperial Knights (giant brutish robots piloted by humans) to escort a convoy of dropships by land when anti-air makes lift-off impossible. Big freaking robots square off against implacable swarms of insectoid horrors as the personalities of the three knights bristle against – and work with – each other.
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    This audio drama is 100% unofficial and in no way endorsed or supported by Games Workshop.
    © Copyright Games Workshop Limited 2019. GW, Games Workshop, BL Publishing, Black Library, Forge World, Citadel, White Dwarf, The Horus Heresy, The Horus Heresy Eye logo, Space Marine, 40K, Warhammer, Warhammer Digital, Warhammer 40,000, the ‘Aquila’ Double-headed Eagle logo, Warhammer Age of Sigmar, Battletome, Stormcast Eternals, and all associated logos, illustrations, images, names, creatures, races, vehicles, locations, weapons, characters, and the distinctive likenesses thereof, are either ® or TM, and/or © Games Workshop Limited, variably registered around the world. All Rights Reserved.
    18 min
  • The Echo Of Satellite 66b [Warhammer 40,000 Audio Drama - Fanmade]
    “Echo” is an Imperial Navy echographer, a technician who helps ships detect threats before they arise using spaceborn electronic acoustics. When war breaks out, he hopes to use his skills to help in the navy, but is assigned to a dead-end forensic mission – and a mystery which will damn him forever.
    ----
    This audio drama is 100% unofficial and in no way endorsed or supported by Games Workshop.
    © Copyright Games Workshop Limited 2019. GW, Games Workshop, BL Publishing, Black Library, Forge World, Citadel, White Dwarf, The Horus Heresy, The Horus Heresy Eye logo, Space Marine, 40K, Warhammer, Warhammer Digital, Warhammer 40,000, the ‘Aquila’ Double-headed Eagle logo, Warhammer Age of Sigmar, Battletome, Stormcast Eternals, and all associated logos, illustrations, images, names, creatures, races, vehicles, locations, weapons, characters, and the distinctive likenesses thereof, are either ® or TM, and/or © Games Workshop Limited, variably registered around the world. All Rights Reserved.
    26 min

About Cold Open Stories

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Cold Open Stories is an online storytelling community and publishing platform that features original short fiction, immersive audio dramas, and a large collection of unofficial fan narratives. Its key features include: