A flash mob took place in Edinburgh a couple of days ago. There is nothing overly remarkable about this, except for the fact that none of the participants have any memory of agreeing to participate. Everything points to supernatural influence, but to what purpose? What first seems like a curious …
The rundown Fairground has stood deserted on the outskirts of town for nearly 5 decades. The place has a grim and distressing past. The year is 2013. Snow lies deep. In the earlier hours of the morning two parents search through the dark and snowy fairground for their missing children. …
Groombridge 1618 is a small colony world, settled with the blessings and support of the Turing Protectorate. The Protectorate has identified it as having important strategic potential, probably to stop the influence of the Genies spreading too far. As a result, plans are underway to upgrade the systems in the …
Britannia is a land of petty kings and warlords, squabbling in the void left after the withdrawal of Rome. The light of civilisation is fading as a Dark Age descends amidst the chaos of the rapacious Angle and Saxon invaders. One tiny oasis, preserving some of the ways of old …
Something sinister is stirring on the rain soaked streets of Mort. Reports of civil unrest, insanity and murder have reached the ears of Head Office and they have taken note. The locus of this disruption has been identified as a housing block in Bomnid Sector, Downtown, a labyrinthine place of …
Thirteen generations ago, the ambitious first Duke of Magnussen made a fell pact with an unknown power, who asked for but one thing in return: the thirteenth daughter born to a Magnussen Duke.Now, generations hence, the daughter of Duke Magnussen XIII is stolen away by a hooded executioner riding a …
The Matsu are intent on reclaiming their ancestral family castle of Toshi Ranbo from the Doji family. There has been much debate in the Imperial Court but it seems war is unavoidable. Old grudges are hard to ignore and the Matsu are tired of living with this embarrassment. In a …
The fences of Punjar are infamous for their cunning and greed, and Ogo is no exception. Operating under the guise of a jeweller, Ogo does a brisk trade in stolen goods, enjoying the protection of a gang of bravos and thugs. But even the wary eye of a gang boss …
As darkness falls a strange fog rolls into New York City; red as blood and deadly to all who come into contact with it leaving each victims face burned and twisted into a gruesome scarlet death-mask. Stranger still are the legions of silent Hydra soldiers who appear like ghosts out …
“Have you ever been to the Moon? That’s right old Earth’s Moon? In fact who has apart from a couple of Yanks back in the pre-Exodus days? Why do you think that is? They were meant to build a moon base after the moon landings, but suddenly they cancel the …
You can’t remember how long it’s been since you breathed fresh air. The vile Crescent overseers are all too free with the whip and you know you will die down here unless you escape. The drum keeps pounding, the whip keeps lashing and you keep rowing. Surely, in the name …
Elizabethan England has many enemies. The Guardians of Gloriana are responsible for England’s safety. Allegedly reporting to the Queen’s principal secretary Sir Francis Walsingham and her Court Astrologer Dr John Dee, the guardians are tasked with finding and thwarting the various plots that devious foreign powers have against the Crown. …