Cold Hard Hugs
A young man and a young woman share a house. She is a living-machine. He is not.It seemed like a good idea at the time.…
Warmachine
Short, pulpy, unrelated chunks of mech-suit based violence. Abrupt, harsh and largely meaningless they are exactly what they set out to be. At least I think so. Bloodthirsty soldiers, ensconced in the fluid embrace of their Machines, murdering their way through those arrayed against them; could anything possibly slow them down? The earth shakes, rockets fill the air, buildings collapse and barrels glow with the heat of firing. To what end? Does it even matter? Did it ever?…
Bread Basket
War for fun! War for profit! War for the tangible benefits and flexible pay scheme!Given the limited career options available to me back in the people-choked hellhole that is the Arcology, becoming a mercenary - sorry, 'Corporate Defence Assistant' - seemed a very good choice at the time. Free food, free rent, free drugs and at least half of my medical bills covered is a deal anyone in my position would be crazy not to consider. All they ask in return is to stick a chip in my head, a gun in my hand and have me risk messy death somewhere for the bottom line of some faceless megacorp I've probably never heard of.If I can avoid the robots, the corporate shock troopers, the sentient vapours and the surprisingly unhappy locals I'll even get a completion bonus! Assuming my paperwork is in order.I fail to see how any of this could go wrong for me.…
My Violent Heart
We take this opportunity to remind that space travel is completely safe.Nothing will go wrong.You are in the hands of competent captains and engineers, for whom your safety is their primary concern.Relax. Nothing will go wrong.…
The Pulse Rifle
Much was lost following the Catastrophe. If humanity is ever going to be great again it must salvage what it can from wreckage and learn the mistakes of the past. These are the logs, diaries and journals of those enterprising members of the Insitute charged with delving deep into the ruins, the dark places and the lost corners to search for that which can be of use. Of course, not all that they find is benign. After all, the Catastrophe happened for a reason...…
Tales of Nonsense Space
A lot of nonsense happens in space, because there's people out there, and where people go nonsense follows.…
Evil in you
Antti is but a humble and worthless servant. He knows that his flesh is weak and corrupt, that he can never come close to his Lord's radiance and that, deep inside, he is incurably evil. Despite all this he serves with devotion, as to give into his nature would be to destroy himself. It is his Lord's divinely-ordained duty to cleanse the Heathen, it is Antti's duty to assist his Lord.When his Lord and Master's household comes under attack by the same Heathens that his Lord has been fighting for years, there is only one thing Antti can do: serve. Even one so profane and corrupt as he can still be useful in the grand plan.So, taking up his Lord's blessed powered-armour, that is what he does.-Inspired - obviously, right? - by Kalmah's wonderful song Evil in You. The bits are even named after the verses! The story, of course, has nothing whatsoever to do with the song. But who's keeping track?That cover picture is hilariously misleading, too. It's a double-header! Go me.…