Open The Vault!

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The short story ARMY OF ONE.


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My publisher Black Library have just opened what they call 'The Vault'- a place for rare titles from the archives. These include a number of short story collections containing short stories from yours truly. You'll have to be quick, however, as they seem to be selling fast! Available from 'The Vault' are the following collections:

The Imperial Truth - containing my Horus Heresy short story The Hands of the Emperor.


Space Marines: Angels of Death - containing my Excoriators short story Bastions.


Renegades of the Dark Millennium containing my Night Lords short story Bring the Night.


Enjoy!


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'I can no longer contain the carnage I am about to wreak. I am Eversor. And I become vengeance.'

From the short story ARMY OF ONE.

EXCORIATORS!

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The short story BASTIONS.


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Just wanted to share these fantastic miniatures of the Excoriators Space Marines Chapter, 5th Company. The Excoriators feature in my novel Legion of the Damned. They were a chapter I built up pretty much from scratch and so had a great opportunity to give them their own character. One of those features were the way in which the Excoriators repair their armour but leave the blemishes and bolt craters as a reminder of the battles they have fought and the failures they have endured. As a Second Founding Imperial Fists chapter I felt that this form of censure and remembrance went well with their character. Each nick, scorch and bolt blast is annotated on the plate with the date and place of its occurrence.


Gamer and modeller Deathspectersgt7 has devoted some time to bringing the Excoriators 5th Company to the table top with his interpretation of the chapter. I thought they were fantastic and decided to share them here on the blog. I hope you like them too. Deathspectersgt7's ongoing work with the Excoriators can be found HERE. If you haven't read about the Excoriators you can find them in the novel Legion of the Damned and the short story Bastions. Check them out!









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'The Space Marine's face was barely clinging to his blood-stained skull. What flesh remained was ragged putrescence framing the perfection of lipless teeth and a bone-fused bionic eye. The optic glowed with a life its owner clearly no longer possessed.'

From the short story BASTIONS.

PLAY 'CLEANSE AND BURN' - A SPACE HULK STRATEGY GAME

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The novel ARCHAON: EVERCHOSEN


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You are a member of the 1st Company Terminator Space Marines, Crimson Consuls under Captain Bolinvar. During the events of the short story The Long Games at Carcharias, Bolinvar is tasked with clearing the space hulk the 'Revenant Rex' of various xenos infestations. During a cleanse and burn mission in a section overrun by genestealers you have become separated from the other Crimson Consuls and Captain Bolinvar. A corridor collapsed and you must make your way back to your battle brothers by a different route.


Starting at the arrow positioned on the grid at A2 on the MAP (below), move through the labyrinthine environs of the space hulk. Every time you encounter one of the blips on the MAP you must click on its grid designation below to discover the outcome of the encounter. You might be fortunate. It might just be a single monster. This section of the hulk is overrun with xenos abominations, however, and alone you will not escape a swarm of the monstrosities.

You prime your storm bolter. It takes a sustained blast from the weapon to put down a fully grown genestealer. You have enough ammunition remaining for 12 such blasts. Keep track of how many you use as you go along. If you encounter a single genestealer then it is assumed that a single blast from your storm bolter can handle the abomination. You destroy the creature and move on. This section of the hulk is overrun, however, and you cannot afford the time it would take to destroy the creatures one by one with your power glove. If you run out of ammunition and encounter even a single genestealer, it is assumed that you will be overwhelmed by other creatures in the time it takes to destroy it. You will have been torn to pieces and failed your mission. Return to the MAP if this happens, replenish your ammunition and try again.


You are searching for a way to reach Captain Bolinvar and the other Crimson Consuls. You can regroup at one of the section exits location on the edge of the MAP. Bolinvar and your battle brothers can only be found at one of them. Work methodically, use your instincts or choose at random - either way you must reach Bolinvar before you run out of ammunition. Avoid genestealers where you can. Remember - every time you run into a blip you must click on the appropriate grid designation to discover the outcome of the encounter. Follow the instructions you are issued there.


A10
A20
D4
D14
D24
F8
H16
J1
J19
L8
L25
M4
N1
N12
P7
P15
P22
R12
T4
V12
V16
V20
X8
X11
X17
X20
Y2
Y18
X25

Electric Shoeboxing #7

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The short story HANDS OF THE EMPEROR in 'The Imperial Truth'


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That's right. Electric Shoeboxing is back. Haven't touched this one for a while. The general idea is that I'm trying to sift the internet (the whole of it, pretty much) for topical feedback to my work. My feeling is that if someone has been kind enough to read one of my novels or short stories and taken the time to write a little about it then the least I can do is acknowledge the kindness. I do this by collecting them here. I have a 'Reviews' section for formal critiques and casual comments tend to go in the 'From the Web' - although I struggle to keep up! Shorter reviews and extended observations tend to go in 'Electronic Shoeboxing' - a blog version of a shoebox containing cuttings and clippings etc. Here is today's. Thanks to Tarl Hoch for this one.

'The Serpent Beneath' by Rob Sanders was a fun story about the Alpha Legion. I have to say, this story surprised me the most. What seems like a standard mission of the Alpha Legion's preference, there is a whole lot more going on in this story. I can't even talk about it for fear or wrecking it for anyone who reads it. Even the ending left me impressed at Sanders' writing and ability to weave more than one surprise into this story. Highly enjoyable, and I can't wait to see what happens with the plot lines set forth from this story!'


For more ELECTRONIC SHOEBOXING click HERE.

D4

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The novel THE LEGION OF THE DAMNED


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You are swarmed by genestealers. You destroy many horrors with your storm bolter but as the weapon clunks empty the abominations overwhelm you with sheer numbers. Your armour is rent open and you are torn to pieces by the xenos. You have failed your mission. Return to the section entrance on the MAP, replenish your ammunition and try again.

F8

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The short story THE IRON WITHIN

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You are swarmed by genestealers. You destroy many horrors with your storm bolter but as the weapon clunks empty the abominations overwhelm you with sheer numbers. Your armour is rent open and you are torn to pieces by the xenos. You have failed your mission. Return to the section entrance on the MAP, replenish your ammunition and try again.

L8

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The short story HANDS OF THE EMPEROR in 'The Imperial Truth'


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A single genestealer bounds at you from out of the shadows. It is a horrid xenos breed that is deserving of your storm bolter's vengeance. You put it down with an economical blast from your weapon before moving on through the space hulk. Return to the MAP to continue your journey, remembering to subtract 1 blast from your original total of 12. If you had no ammunition left at the beginning of this encounter then you already know that you are dead. Return to the Map and try again.

M4

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The short story A DEEPER DARKNESS in 'MARK OF CALTH'

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A single genestealer bounds at you from out of the shadows. It is a horrid xenos breed that is deserving of your storm bolter's vengeance. You put it down with an economical blast from your weapon before moving on through the space hulk. Return to the MAP to continue your journey, remembering to subtract 1 blast from your original total of 12. If you had no ammunition left at the beginning of this encounter then you already know that you are dead. Return to the Map and try again.

N12

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The short story ARMY OF ONE.


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A single genestealer bounds at you from out of the shadows. It is a horrid xenos breed that is deserving of your storm bolter's vengeance. You put it down with an economical blast from your weapon before moving on through the space hulk. Return to the MAP to continue your journey, remembering to subtract 1 blast from your original total of 12. If you had no ammunition left at the beginning of this encounter then you already know that you are dead. Return to the Map and try again.

J19

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The short story DISTANT ECHOES OF OLD NIGHT.


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You are swarmed by genestealers. You destroy many horrors with your storm bolter but as the weapon clunks empty the abominations overwhelm you with sheer numbers. Your armour is rent open and you are torn to pieces by the xenos. You have failed your mission. Return to the section entrance on the MAP, replenish your ammunition and try again.

D24

OUT NOW

The novel ATLAS INFERNAL

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You are swarmed by genestealers. You destroy many horrors with your storm bolter but as the weapon clunks empty the abominations overwhelm you with sheer numbers. Your armour is rent open and you are torn to pieces by the xenos. You have failed your mission. Return to the section entrance on the MAP, replenish your ammunition and try again.

D14

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The short story SPIRIT WAR.


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A single genestealer bounds at you from out of the shadows. It is a horrid xenos breed that is deserving of your storm bolter's vengeance. You put it down with an economical blast from your weapon before moving on through the space hulk. Return to the MAP to continue your journey, remembering to subtract 1 blast from your original total of 12. If you had no ammunition left at the beginning of this encounter then you already know that you are dead. Return to the Map and try again.

H16

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The audio drama The Path Forsaken

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A single genestealer bounds at you from out of the shadows. It is a horrid xenos breed that is deserving of your storm bolter's vengeance. You put it down with an economical blast from your weapon before moving on through the space hulk. Return to the MAP to continue your journey, remembering to subtract 1 blast from your original total of 12. If you had no ammunition left at the beginning of this encounter then you already know that you are dead. Return to the Map and try again.

P22

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The short story Cold Light of Day

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A single genestealer bounds at you from out of the shadows. It is a horrid xenos breed that is deserving of your storm bolter's vengeance. You put it down with an economical blast from your weapon before moving on through the space hulk. Return to the MAP to continue your journey, remembering to subtract 1 blast from your original total of 12. If you had no ammunition left at the beginning of this encounter then you already know that you are dead. Return to the Map and try again.

P15

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The novel Redemption Corps in Honour Imperialis.


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A single genestealer bounds at you from out of the shadows. It is a horrid xenos breed that is deserving of your storm bolter's vengeance. You put it down with an economical blast from your weapon before moving on through the space hulk. Return to the MAP to continue your journey, remembering to subtract 1 blast from your original total of 12. If you had no ammunition left at the beginning of this encounter then you already know that you are dead. Return to the Map and try again.

T4

OUT NOW

My short story 'Fearful Symmetries' in



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A single genestealer bounds at you from out of the shadows. It is a horrid xenos breed that is deserving of your storm bolter's vengeance. You put it down with an economical blast from your weapon before moving on through the space hulk. Return to the MAP to continue your journey, remembering to subtract 1 blast from your original total of 12. If you had no ammunition left at the beginning of this encounter then you already know that you are dead. Return to the Map and try again.

R12

OUT NOW

The short story 'Bring the Night' in

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You are swarmed by genestealers. You destroy many horrors with your storm bolter but as the weapon clunks empty the abominations overwhelm you with sheer numbers. Your armour is rent open and you are torn to pieces by the xenos. You have failed your mission. Return to the section entrance on the MAP, replenish your ammunition and try again.

P7

OUT NOW

The novella The Serpent Beneath


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You are swarmed by genestealers. You destroy many horrors with your storm bolter but as the weapon clunks empty the abominations overwhelm you with sheer numbers. Your armour is rent open and you are torn to pieces by the xenos. You have failed your mission. Return to the section entrance on the MAP, replenish your ammunition and try again.

V16

OWN NOW

The short story BASTIONS.


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You are swarmed by genestealers. You destroy many horrors with your storm bolter but as the weapon clunks empty the abominations overwhelm you with sheer numbers. Your armour is rent open and you are torn to pieces by the xenos. You have failed your mission. Return to the section entrance on the MAP, replenish your ammunition and try again.