1. KILL HILL

THE STORY
Priad of Damocles, of the Iron Snakes of Ithaka, reaches the end of a long and gruelling campaign against orks. All he has to do is survive to reach Kill Hill…

ABOUT THE BOOK
A brand new Iron Snakes short story from Dan Abnett.

'An awesome homecoming in more ways than one.' - Aaron Dembski-Bowden
'Kill Hill is not a story. It’s a bloody slice of another reality.' - John French

2. BLOOD BLESSING

THE STORY
Approached on a blood-soaked battlefield by the terrifying, yet enthralling, Valkia the Bloody, a dying warrior is offered a choice: a bloody end or a life of eternal slaughter.

ABOUT THE BOOK
A brand new Valkia the Bloody short story from Sarah Cawkwell.

'Sarah Cawkwell's Valkia carries an atmosphere of depravity, barbarism and dark promise with her, and the reader is hard-pressed not to surrender to it.' - Josh Reynolds

3. IMMORTALIS

THE STORY
Most men only die once. Some are not so lucky. Hear the last confession of one of the Emperor’s Angels, a Space Marine of the Flesh Tearers, as he meets his final end.

ABOUT THE BOOK
A brand new Flesh Tearers short story from Andy Smillie.

'The boys in red and black are safe in Andy's hands, no doubt in my mind.’ - Aaron Dembski-Bowden

'Thought-provoking and touchingly written.’ - Sarah Cawkwell

4. BLOOD SPORT

THE STORY
Gotrek and Felix visit a trading post where the locals use a captive hippogryph in vicious pit fights. The Slayer seizes a chance to find his doom and challenges the beast…

ABOUT THE BOOK
A brand new Gotrek and Felix short story from Josh Reynolds.

‘A furious, gore-splattered lesson in morals, from everyone's favourite axe-wielding psychopath.’ – Darius Hinks

5. ONLY ASH REMAINS

THE STORY
An underhive gang ambushes newcomers to their territory. But the interlopers are deadlier than the gangers can imagine. They are Salamanders Space Marines, and they are on the hunt…

ABOUT THE BOOK
A brand new Salamanders short story from Nick Kyme.

‘Nick Kyme is right at the epicentre of his comfort zone, and it shows.’ – Nik Vincent

6. EASY PREY

THE STORY
Brother Terach of the Dark Angels finds himself in a desperate life-or-death search for the hiding spot of a sniper, before he becomes the shooter’s next target.

ABOUT THE BOOK
A Dark Angels story from CZ Dunn

‘This is Space Marine fiction in pedal-to-the-metal, bolter-to-the-skull mode.’ – David Annandale

7. CANKERWORM

THE STORY
As the dissolute Captain Zelter considers drastic action to secure his future, he hears a tale that blurs the line between reality and fantasy, of a rat king and the Cankerworm.

ABOUT THE BOOK
A skaven short story from Darius Hinks. Previously seen in the Games Day 2011 programme.

‘Engaging and darkly sinister.’ – Sarah Cawkwell

8. FOR THE FALLEN

THE STORY
A historian visiting the ruins of Rynn’s World has an unexpected encounter with Crimson Fists Space Marines that will change the way he looks at history forever.

ABOUT THE BOOK
A Crimson Fists short story from Aaron Dembski-Bowden.

‘This story is Aaron Dembski-Bowden’s coming of age.’ – CZ Dunn

'A touching piece about brotherhood and the mortality of the Emperor’s finest.' – Andy Smillie

9. VOICES

THE STORY
Take a glimpse into the twisted psyche of infamous skaven warlord Queek Headtaker as he plots and schemes between battles – but just who is telling his devious plans to...?

‘Wonderfully grim and violent.’ - Nick Kyme

‘Suitably sinister.’ - C.L. Werner

10. THE WEAKNESS OF OTHERS

THE STORY
A terror stalks the cold night, killing foe and friend alike. As his tally of skulls rises ever higher, one warrior earns the name that will follow him forever: Khârn the Betrayer.

ABOUT THE BOOK
A Warhammer 40,000 short story from Laurie Goulding.

‘Laurie Goulding has perfectly captured the bloody core of Khârn the Betrayer.’ – Josh Reynolds

'Expect the blood to run cold and heads to roll in this blistering tale.’ – Rob Sanders

11. GILEAD'S CRAFT

THE STORY
In the aftermath of battle, Gilead Lothain remembers his recent deeds and reflects upon the events that led to him practicing his deadly craft.

ABOUT THE BOOK
A Gilead short story from Nik Vincent.

‘Fascinating and unpredictably dangerous.’ – C.L. Werner

12. ALL IS DUST

THE STORY
To their foes, Thousand Sons are automata, deadly walking armoured suits who feel no pain or fear. But what is it like to live inside that armour, a spirit divorced from flesh?

ABOUT THE BOOK
A Thousand Sons short story from John French.

‘The writing is as elegant as the horror is cosmic.’ – David Annandale

13. EVIL EYE

THE STORY
A tortured prisoner on an ork warship is protected by a fellow captive. But what manner of man dares to stand up to a mighty ork? Only one man: Commissar Sebastian Yarrick.

ABOUT THE BOOK
A Commissar Yarrick short story from David Annandale.

‘Brutal and focused, it takes you right into the moment.’ –John French

‘It's subtle, it's slick, and it's full of nods to the wider storyline of Yarrick' – Laurie Goulding

14. ARMY OF ONE

THE STORY
As civil war blazes across the galaxy, the hive world of Proxima Apocryphis turns traitor and Malcador the Sigillite despatches punishment in the form of a living weapon…

ABOUT THE BOOK
A Horus Heresy short story from Rob Sanders.

‘Rob Sanders proves that the most important battles are those fought behind the scenes by the men and women who remain unknown and unremembered…’ – Laurie Goulding

15. SWORD GUARDIAN

THE STORY
Emperor Sigmar rides for Reikdorf, summoned by his sword-brother Wolfgart on a matter of the greatest urgency. Will he arrive in time? And what could be so important?

ABOUT THE BOOK
A Time of Legends short story from Graham McNeill.

‘As close as you’ll ever get to riding alongside Sigmar’ – David Guymer