After Summer is a story about change. About how choices are influenced by both things we have no control over and those that we do. It's a story about life and death and what we'll become when we die.

At last, the architect of the Imperium’s recent woes is revealed… or one of them at least. The strange malady that has befallen planets and vessels alike is part of a plan being enacted by Illuminor Szeras of the Necrons… but he isn’t working alone, and the grand scheme has only just begun… Prepare to discover a terrible truth in the final tale from the Psychic Awakening.

Colyn and I have a short chat about Cold Open Stories and fan-fiction in general, and what it is about the 40k universe that allows for fan works to be more accepted than other works.

On the world of Mesmoch, Imperial forces struggle to hold back the encroaching jungle – but a new threat has arrived that draws their attention. Ships full of mysterious refugees land, bringing danger that the Arbitrators of the planet will be hard-pressed to keep at bay.

Read the story here: https://www.warhammer-community.com/2020/05/11/psychic-awakening-port-in-the-storm/

This is something new for me. It's a bit of reading from the latest (2020) Sisters of Battle codex, a little insight into my own life, with a bit of pseudo-psychology tossed in.

This is something new for me. It's a bit of reading from the latest (2020) Sisters of Battle codex, a little insight into my own life, and some pseudo-psychology.

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Of all the Imperium’s weapons, the agents of the Officio Assassinorum are perhaps the strangest – and deadliest. A retaliation strike has been called, and an Execution Force will answer. Discover now how each Assassin prepares for the mission ahead…

Delio reads another 40k story, this time with some Sister of Silence and the big boys in gold.

Even among the fleets that ferry Primaris reinforcements across the Imperium to their Chapters, heresy can be found. For the fleet carrying the Brazen Drakes to meet their battle-brothers on Khassedur, this will have dire consequences for all…

Fabius Bile has plans, and nothing will get in the way of his completing them – not the Death Guard, who want back something he stole, not even his own allies… Find out the lengths to which the Primogenitor will go to achieve his goals in this latest tale from the Psychic Awakening.

Plus Del shares some thoughts on the story itself and how to stay sane during the lockdown of the world.

A Sister of Battle goes looking for a book in the endless subterranean libraries on Palma Alternum, accompanied only by a servo-skull.

This story was one of my submissions to Cold Open Stories and the one that got selected for publication.

Read it here: https://www.coldopenstories.com/between-the-lines/