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Death Comes to Sarador

An Imperial world is about to face its own extinction: a massive Ork space hulk has crashed from the warp and into the Sarador system. Can a rag-tag alliance of soliders, civilians and a Mechanicus fleet stop the Orks, or will yet another world be struck from the Imperial roster? The attack on Sarador could prove to be man's darkest day, or will it be our finest hour? You can help decide. Check the Critique forum and submit your story.

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This Week's New Fiction

Our new story for this update has been awaiting publication for some time. It's a fantastic Warhammer tale which manages to combine the mystery, violence and humour that makes Warhammer so special, and there's some top notch writing too!

If you want to do something original while remaining within Games Workshop's mythos, it's easily done. Why not introduce a new threat for your heroes to face? There are plenty of hidden terrors lurking between worlds in the 40K universe, and who knows what creatures dwell far from the eyes of Sigmar's Empire? As long as your new threat doesn't overshadow the existing ones - so your new villian can't put a C'Tan over his knee and smack its naughty backside - the possibilites are endless!

Last updated: 12/02/2012.M2

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The Forums Come to Life

We've only been here a couple of weeks and there are more new topics on the go than we've had in a couple of years. Please feel free to start a topic about anything you fancy, Imp Lit is a community and you are welcome to join. While there has been a lot of debate about moving away from Games Workshop fanfiction, nearly all of the new fiction we're seeing is still set in the Warhammer and 40K universes, proving there is plenty of mileage in it yet. Why not chime in to let us know what you think?

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The Proving Ground: Revival of Writing Workshops -- UPDATED

For my first official update, I'd like to invite everyone to make their way over to The Proving Ground, which replaces the old Writers' Workshop forum. There's a new workshop entitled "It's Cold Outside" which you need to check out.

The writing workshop has already proven popular so please feel free to join in. There's no rush, if there is sufficient interest this worksop will run til the end of March; if it gets stagnant, let's just say I've already got the next workshop planned!

PLEASE NOTE: You can actually post your work-in-progress fiction within the thread and edit your post in response to feedback if necessary. It's something I am interested to trial. You can get "live" feedback this way which you can't if you're using the Writing Dashboard.

So what are you waiting for, Roboute Guilliman to come back to life? Click that link, soldiers!

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Updated Story Tags list

Budding authors should head over to the Story Tags thread in order to look at the slightly revised list of tags. Let's make sure each story uses all relevant tags in order to increase their potential audience. The fewer tags you have, the less "free advertising" your story gets!

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Shattered Skies: Revival

In the meantime, have you checked out the Shattered Skies Project yet? Imperial Literature was making its own paperback anthology, and while the project has stalled, we may be able to get it published as an e-zine if sufficient interest is revived. Note to the project's owner, we may need to discuss modifications to the project in order to attract more interest, so expect an email or a Facebook poke soon! Project authors will eventually be contacted to continue their stories as well.

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Submit Your Stories

Unleash your creative spirit on the world! Post your fiction in the relevant forums, or send a PM or email to myself in order to get your stories on Imperial Literature. Make sure to have a quick check of the Legal and IP page which now opens in a new window.

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The Archive

Below you'll find the most recently published story, then the all-time top 10 most-commented stories, followed by options for those who want something specific.

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As The Dwarf Tunnels

Posted on February 12th, 2012 by greywulf

There were webs everywhere. They billowed like tattered sails from rotting branches, tangling round the infected tree trunks like ghostly wedding veils.

Cal pulled at some of the sticky mesh that had ensnared his pack, cursing as it wrapped even tighter in spite of, or as a result of, his actions. His knees sank with an ugly slurp into the damp ground with each tug. “Balls to this accursed place,” he muttered, tugging at the knot of webbing. “It’s like it doesn’t want us to leave.” Continue reading →