Tag Archives: Dark

Splinterjack

They call me Splinterjack. I am number forty-six. I am going to tell you a little something about myself. To begin with, I will explain, in a roundabout way, the nature of my existence. I am a creature of immaculate … Continue reading

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Pyramid [20K version]

[Author's note] This is a revised and slightly updated version of my story “Pyramid”, modified to bring it into line with my 20K universe. ++ EARTHWATCH EYES ONLY ++ Author: Albert Lamm Location: ++ Location denied ++ Transmission Time: 210017/M20 … Continue reading

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Documenting A Necron Invasion

Do not trust anything I say in this vox log. What you hear will be hard to take. I speak the truth, and the truth is a lie.

I am a survivor. My name…I’m not going to tell you that. It’s important they don’t know who I am. Oh Throne, oh Throne…they won’t get me in here. They can’t. They don’t know me, they don’t know what I know. I can feel them searching for me! It brushes against me like fingers down a chalkboard, like fingernails being drawn along the curve of my spine. That reaching mind…like a searchlight beam sweeping the foliage, looking for hidden soldiers.

Toy soldiers, all in a line. All dead without their skins or their faces. Meat for the machines.

Hahahahaha! Continue reading

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Sinner’s Island

Make him bleed… The fog was so thick now that I could barely see my hand in front of my face, let alone the back of the Correction Officer I was meant to be following. A small after-tremor shook the … Continue reading

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The Wars

The world has lost its color. A long time ago, my eyes started to fail me. Not just my eyes, I suppose. My mind too. Colors started to fade. I don’t know why. Things happened the way they happened. I … Continue reading

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Angel

$100 Contest Entry by considered_by_night I smiled. It felt good to smile again. It had been a very long time since my spirit had been sheathed in heavy flesh, and I took almost childish pleasure in its unfamiliarity. The slightest … Continue reading

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I Drink

Have you ever had a really, really bad thought? Totally uncharacteristic, out of nowhere, for no reason, just a momentary impulse to do wrong, to be a… a bad person. To lie and cheat and steal and murder. To let … Continue reading

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