❄️ Cold Open Stories
@coldopenstories.bsky.social
Jump straight into the story. No intro. No pause. Just stories. 🎧 📚 Fast fiction • Audio dramas • Anthologies • Fanfiction • Original Worlds
SO... What social platform do you prefer for connecting with other voice actors? Who should WE collaborate with? Maybe even drop a link to work you’re proud of.
Just happy to be back.
Just happy to be back.
January 10, 2026 at 10:11 PM
SO... What social platform do you prefer for connecting with other voice actors? Who should WE collaborate with? Maybe even drop a link to work you’re proud of.
Just happy to be back.
Just happy to be back.
In 2025, our small publishing team focused on helping authors find their voice, mentoring and publishing 80+ stories.
In 2026, we’re giving those voices a new medium, returning to audiobook and full-cast drama productions.
But I'll admit... the landscape’s shifted...
In 2026, we’re giving those voices a new medium, returning to audiobook and full-cast drama productions.
But I'll admit... the landscape’s shifted...
January 10, 2026 at 10:11 PM
In 2025, our small publishing team focused on helping authors find their voice, mentoring and publishing 80+ stories.
In 2026, we’re giving those voices a new medium, returning to audiobook and full-cast drama productions.
But I'll admit... the landscape’s shifted...
In 2026, we’re giving those voices a new medium, returning to audiobook and full-cast drama productions.
But I'll admit... the landscape’s shifted...
Final call ✨
Today’s the last day to submit your manuscript. If you’re a new or aspiring author with an original piece, I’m here to help you workshop it, refine it, and get it published.
Don’t sit on it - send it in and let’s do something great in 2026!
Today’s the last day to submit your manuscript. If you’re a new or aspiring author with an original piece, I’m here to help you workshop it, refine it, and get it published.
Don’t sit on it - send it in and let’s do something great in 2026!
🔴 For 5+ years, we’ve proudly supported new and aspiring authors - offering editorial guidance and a platform for original storytelling.
To account for the busy holiday season, we’ve extended our call for submissions! We look forward to meeting you 😌
coldopenstories.com
To account for the busy holiday season, we’ve extended our call for submissions! We look forward to meeting you 😌
coldopenstories.com
December 31, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Final call ✨
Today’s the last day to submit your manuscript. If you’re a new or aspiring author with an original piece, I’m here to help you workshop it, refine it, and get it published.
Don’t sit on it - send it in and let’s do something great in 2026!
Today’s the last day to submit your manuscript. If you’re a new or aspiring author with an original piece, I’m here to help you workshop it, refine it, and get it published.
Don’t sit on it - send it in and let’s do something great in 2026!
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Very excited to share that my original Warhammer 40,000 flash fiction piece 'The Quiet Hours' was selected as an Editor's Choice inclusion for @coldopenstories.bsky.social 24th Warhammer fast fiction contest, themed 'The Enemy Within'.
40k.coldopenstories.com/the-quiet-ho...
40k.coldopenstories.com/the-quiet-ho...
The Quiet Hours - Cold Open Stories | 40k
Warhammer 40,000 Short Fiction Anthology: Tragic, harrowing, and bittersweet tales set in the 41st Millennium.
40k.coldopenstories.com
December 15, 2025 at 11:51 PM
Very excited to share that my original Warhammer 40,000 flash fiction piece 'The Quiet Hours' was selected as an Editor's Choice inclusion for @coldopenstories.bsky.social 24th Warhammer fast fiction contest, themed 'The Enemy Within'.
40k.coldopenstories.com/the-quiet-ho...
40k.coldopenstories.com/the-quiet-ho...
🧿 The internet’s longest-running Warhammer fanfiction contest returns with The Mind’s Eye. 🧿
Explore telepathic warfare, psychic intrusions, and dangerous powers waged in silence. Mind over matter isn’t metaphor here - it’s lethal.
Enter ➡️ 40k.coldopenstories.com
Explore telepathic warfare, psychic intrusions, and dangerous powers waged in silence. Mind over matter isn’t metaphor here - it’s lethal.
Enter ➡️ 40k.coldopenstories.com
December 13, 2025 at 2:09 PM
🧿 The internet’s longest-running Warhammer fanfiction contest returns with The Mind’s Eye. 🧿
Explore telepathic warfare, psychic intrusions, and dangerous powers waged in silence. Mind over matter isn’t metaphor here - it’s lethal.
Enter ➡️ 40k.coldopenstories.com
Explore telepathic warfare, psychic intrusions, and dangerous powers waged in silence. Mind over matter isn’t metaphor here - it’s lethal.
Enter ➡️ 40k.coldopenstories.com
🔴 For 5+ years, we’ve proudly supported new and aspiring authors - offering editorial guidance and a platform for original storytelling.
To account for the busy holiday season, we’ve extended our call for submissions! We look forward to meeting you 😌
coldopenstories.com
To account for the busy holiday season, we’ve extended our call for submissions! We look forward to meeting you 😌
coldopenstories.com
December 13, 2025 at 1:55 PM
🔴 For 5+ years, we’ve proudly supported new and aspiring authors - offering editorial guidance and a platform for original storytelling.
To account for the busy holiday season, we’ve extended our call for submissions! We look forward to meeting you 😌
coldopenstories.com
To account for the busy holiday season, we’ve extended our call for submissions! We look forward to meeting you 😌
coldopenstories.com
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Pleased to have once again been selected for publication in @coldopenstories.bsky.social latest fast fiction contest: The Enemy Within
40k.coldopenstories.com/the-man-in-t...
40k.coldopenstories.com/the-man-in-t...
The Man in the Mirror - Cold Open Stories | 40k
Warhammer 40,000 Short Fiction Anthology: Tragic, harrowing, and bittersweet tales set in the 41st Millennium.
40k.coldopenstories.com
December 12, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Pleased to have once again been selected for publication in @coldopenstories.bsky.social latest fast fiction contest: The Enemy Within
40k.coldopenstories.com/the-man-in-t...
40k.coldopenstories.com/the-man-in-t...
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My #wh40k #Drukhari story was selected! If you like dark eldar, check out my love letter to the messy hedonists, and a big thanks to cold open stories for loving my story as much as I did
Seasons greetings! Santa Colyn is here to tell you that ‘The Enemy Within’ winners have been revealed!! 📚
To all who entered: thank you for daring to explore the depths of the 41st Millennium once again. Find the winners at 40k.coldopenstories.com/fast-fiction...
To all who entered: thank you for daring to explore the depths of the 41st Millennium once again. Find the winners at 40k.coldopenstories.com/fast-fiction...
December 12, 2025 at 7:29 PM
We loved it so much! A worthy winner 👏
December 12, 2025 at 7:30 PM
We loved it so much! A worthy winner 👏
Seasons greetings! Santa Colyn is here to tell you that ‘The Enemy Within’ winners have been revealed!! 📚
To all who entered: thank you for daring to explore the depths of the 41st Millennium once again. Find the winners at 40k.coldopenstories.com/fast-fiction...
To all who entered: thank you for daring to explore the depths of the 41st Millennium once again. Find the winners at 40k.coldopenstories.com/fast-fiction...
December 12, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Seasons greetings! Santa Colyn is here to tell you that ‘The Enemy Within’ winners have been revealed!! 📚
To all who entered: thank you for daring to explore the depths of the 41st Millennium once again. Find the winners at 40k.coldopenstories.com/fast-fiction...
To all who entered: thank you for daring to explore the depths of the 41st Millennium once again. Find the winners at 40k.coldopenstories.com/fast-fiction...
💀 📣 This is your reminder that our Fast Fiction writing contest ends THIS FRIDAY NIGHT! Get to scribblin', boils and ghouls!
Learn more about our Warhammer 40,000 competition and enter before the end of Oct 31st ✍️
40k.coldopenstories.com/fiction/writ...
Learn more about our Warhammer 40,000 competition and enter before the end of Oct 31st ✍️
40k.coldopenstories.com/fiction/writ...
October 26, 2025 at 3:24 PM
💀 📣 This is your reminder that our Fast Fiction writing contest ends THIS FRIDAY NIGHT! Get to scribblin', boils and ghouls!
Learn more about our Warhammer 40,000 competition and enter before the end of Oct 31st ✍️
40k.coldopenstories.com/fiction/writ...
Learn more about our Warhammer 40,000 competition and enter before the end of Oct 31st ✍️
40k.coldopenstories.com/fiction/writ...
Two weeks left to enter our Warhammer 40,000 writing competition!
Https://40k.coldopenstories.com
Https://40k.coldopenstories.com
✍️ The longest-running Warhammer 40,000 Fast Fiction competition is back — and we’re thrilled to announce our community judge for this edition: Gabriel of Fenris Workshop (@fenrisworkshop on Instagram).
Get started on YOUR submission and enter before the deadline on Halloween night 🎃
Get started on YOUR submission and enter before the deadline on Halloween night 🎃
October 17, 2025 at 1:27 PM
Two weeks left to enter our Warhammer 40,000 writing competition!
Https://40k.coldopenstories.com
Https://40k.coldopenstories.com
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Nightbound - a dark tale of unending night, shapeshifting horrors and the promise of dawn.
Produced by one & only @coldopenstories.bsky.social and performed by the talented @stephswanquills.bsky.social!
(And written by me.)
#booksky #audiobook #halloween
Produced by one & only @coldopenstories.bsky.social and performed by the talented @stephswanquills.bsky.social!
(And written by me.)
#booksky #audiobook #halloween
Nightbound - Original Worlds Audiobook
YouTube video by Cold Open Stories
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October 15, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Nightbound - a dark tale of unending night, shapeshifting horrors and the promise of dawn.
Produced by one & only @coldopenstories.bsky.social and performed by the talented @stephswanquills.bsky.social!
(And written by me.)
#booksky #audiobook #halloween
Produced by one & only @coldopenstories.bsky.social and performed by the talented @stephswanquills.bsky.social!
(And written by me.)
#booksky #audiobook #halloween
✨ NEW STORY ALERT ✨
We're releasing NINE new stories this month for spooky season - all of which ask the same question: when the past won’t let go, how do you move forward?
Read now at coldopenstories.com
#ColdOpenStories #NewFiction #ShortFiction #IndiePublishing
We're releasing NINE new stories this month for spooky season - all of which ask the same question: when the past won’t let go, how do you move forward?
Read now at coldopenstories.com
#ColdOpenStories #NewFiction #ShortFiction #IndiePublishing
October 1, 2025 at 2:12 PM
✨ NEW STORY ALERT ✨
We're releasing NINE new stories this month for spooky season - all of which ask the same question: when the past won’t let go, how do you move forward?
Read now at coldopenstories.com
#ColdOpenStories #NewFiction #ShortFiction #IndiePublishing
We're releasing NINE new stories this month for spooky season - all of which ask the same question: when the past won’t let go, how do you move forward?
Read now at coldopenstories.com
#ColdOpenStories #NewFiction #ShortFiction #IndiePublishing
✨ NEW STORY ALERT ✨
We're releasing NINE new stories this month for spooky season - all of which ask the same question: when the past won’t let go, how do you move forward?
Read now at coldopenstories.com
#ColdOpenStories #NewFiction #ShortFiction #IndiePublishing
We're releasing NINE new stories this month for spooky season - all of which ask the same question: when the past won’t let go, how do you move forward?
Read now at coldopenstories.com
#ColdOpenStories #NewFiction #ShortFiction #IndiePublishing
October 1, 2025 at 2:10 PM
✨ NEW STORY ALERT ✨
We're releasing NINE new stories this month for spooky season - all of which ask the same question: when the past won’t let go, how do you move forward?
Read now at coldopenstories.com
#ColdOpenStories #NewFiction #ShortFiction #IndiePublishing
We're releasing NINE new stories this month for spooky season - all of which ask the same question: when the past won’t let go, how do you move forward?
Read now at coldopenstories.com
#ColdOpenStories #NewFiction #ShortFiction #IndiePublishing
✨ NEW STORY ALERT ✨
We're releasing NINE new stories this month for spooky season - all of which ask the same question: when the past won’t let go, how do you move forward?
Read now at coldopenstories.com
#ColdOpenStories #NewFiction #ShortFiction #IndiePublishing
We're releasing NINE new stories this month for spooky season - all of which ask the same question: when the past won’t let go, how do you move forward?
Read now at coldopenstories.com
#ColdOpenStories #NewFiction #ShortFiction #IndiePublishing
October 1, 2025 at 2:09 PM
✨ NEW STORY ALERT ✨
We're releasing NINE new stories this month for spooky season - all of which ask the same question: when the past won’t let go, how do you move forward?
Read now at coldopenstories.com
#ColdOpenStories #NewFiction #ShortFiction #IndiePublishing
We're releasing NINE new stories this month for spooky season - all of which ask the same question: when the past won’t let go, how do you move forward?
Read now at coldopenstories.com
#ColdOpenStories #NewFiction #ShortFiction #IndiePublishing
✨ NEW STORY ALERT ✨
We're releasing NINE new stories this month for spooky season - all of which ask the same question: when the past won’t let go, how do you move forward?
Read now at coldopenstories.com
#ColdOpenStories #NewFiction #ShortFiction #IndiePublishing
We're releasing NINE new stories this month for spooky season - all of which ask the same question: when the past won’t let go, how do you move forward?
Read now at coldopenstories.com
#ColdOpenStories #NewFiction #ShortFiction #IndiePublishing
October 1, 2025 at 2:08 PM
✨ NEW STORY ALERT ✨
We're releasing NINE new stories this month for spooky season - all of which ask the same question: when the past won’t let go, how do you move forward?
Read now at coldopenstories.com
#ColdOpenStories #NewFiction #ShortFiction #IndiePublishing
We're releasing NINE new stories this month for spooky season - all of which ask the same question: when the past won’t let go, how do you move forward?
Read now at coldopenstories.com
#ColdOpenStories #NewFiction #ShortFiction #IndiePublishing
✨ NEW STORY ALERT ✨
We're releasing NINE new stories this month for spooky season - all of which ask the same question: when the past won’t let go, how do you move forward?
Read now at coldopenstories.com
#ColdOpenStories #NewFiction #ShortFiction #IndiePublishing
We're releasing NINE new stories this month for spooky season - all of which ask the same question: when the past won’t let go, how do you move forward?
Read now at coldopenstories.com
#ColdOpenStories #NewFiction #ShortFiction #IndiePublishing
October 1, 2025 at 2:07 PM
✨ NEW STORY ALERT ✨
We're releasing NINE new stories this month for spooky season - all of which ask the same question: when the past won’t let go, how do you move forward?
Read now at coldopenstories.com
#ColdOpenStories #NewFiction #ShortFiction #IndiePublishing
We're releasing NINE new stories this month for spooky season - all of which ask the same question: when the past won’t let go, how do you move forward?
Read now at coldopenstories.com
#ColdOpenStories #NewFiction #ShortFiction #IndiePublishing
✨ NEW STORY ALERT ✨
We're releasing NINE new stories this month for spooky season - all of which ask the same question: when the past won’t let go, how do you move forward?
Read now at coldopenstories.com
#ColdOpenStories #NewFiction #ShortFiction #IndiePublishing
We're releasing NINE new stories this month for spooky season - all of which ask the same question: when the past won’t let go, how do you move forward?
Read now at coldopenstories.com
#ColdOpenStories #NewFiction #ShortFiction #IndiePublishing
October 1, 2025 at 2:06 PM
✨ NEW STORY ALERT ✨
We're releasing NINE new stories this month for spooky season - all of which ask the same question: when the past won’t let go, how do you move forward?
Read now at coldopenstories.com
#ColdOpenStories #NewFiction #ShortFiction #IndiePublishing
We're releasing NINE new stories this month for spooky season - all of which ask the same question: when the past won’t let go, how do you move forward?
Read now at coldopenstories.com
#ColdOpenStories #NewFiction #ShortFiction #IndiePublishing
✨ NEW STORY ALERT ✨
We're releasing NINE new stories this month for spooky season - all of which ask the same question: when the past won’t let go, how do you move forward?
Read now at coldopenstories.com
#ColdOpenStories #NewFiction #ShortFiction #IndiePublishing
We're releasing NINE new stories this month for spooky season - all of which ask the same question: when the past won’t let go, how do you move forward?
Read now at coldopenstories.com
#ColdOpenStories #NewFiction #ShortFiction #IndiePublishing
October 1, 2025 at 2:04 PM
✨ NEW STORY ALERT ✨
We're releasing NINE new stories this month for spooky season - all of which ask the same question: when the past won’t let go, how do you move forward?
Read now at coldopenstories.com
#ColdOpenStories #NewFiction #ShortFiction #IndiePublishing
We're releasing NINE new stories this month for spooky season - all of which ask the same question: when the past won’t let go, how do you move forward?
Read now at coldopenstories.com
#ColdOpenStories #NewFiction #ShortFiction #IndiePublishing
✨ NEW STORY ALERT ✨
We're releasing NINE new stories this month for spooky season - all of which ask the same question: when the past won’t let go, how do you move forward?
Read now at coldopenstories.com
#ColdOpenStories #NewFiction #ShortFiction #IndiePublishing
We're releasing NINE new stories this month for spooky season - all of which ask the same question: when the past won’t let go, how do you move forward?
Read now at coldopenstories.com
#ColdOpenStories #NewFiction #ShortFiction #IndiePublishing
October 1, 2025 at 2:03 PM
✨ NEW STORY ALERT ✨
We're releasing NINE new stories this month for spooky season - all of which ask the same question: when the past won’t let go, how do you move forward?
Read now at coldopenstories.com
#ColdOpenStories #NewFiction #ShortFiction #IndiePublishing
We're releasing NINE new stories this month for spooky season - all of which ask the same question: when the past won’t let go, how do you move forward?
Read now at coldopenstories.com
#ColdOpenStories #NewFiction #ShortFiction #IndiePublishing
✨ NEW STORY ALERT ✨
We're releasing NINE new stories this month for spooky season - all of which ask the same question: when the past won’t let go, how do you move forward?
Read now at coldopenstories.com
#ColdOpenStories #NewFiction #ShortFiction #IndiePublishing
We're releasing NINE new stories this month for spooky season - all of which ask the same question: when the past won’t let go, how do you move forward?
Read now at coldopenstories.com
#ColdOpenStories #NewFiction #ShortFiction #IndiePublishing
October 1, 2025 at 2:02 PM
✨ NEW STORY ALERT ✨
We're releasing NINE new stories this month for spooky season - all of which ask the same question: when the past won’t let go, how do you move forward?
Read now at coldopenstories.com
#ColdOpenStories #NewFiction #ShortFiction #IndiePublishing
We're releasing NINE new stories this month for spooky season - all of which ask the same question: when the past won’t let go, how do you move forward?
Read now at coldopenstories.com
#ColdOpenStories #NewFiction #ShortFiction #IndiePublishing
🌑 Night Mode has arrived! 🌑
The site now has a brand-new Night (Lord) Mode option for easy reading in the dark. No more straining your eyes in low light — just click the little moon icon in the bottom right corner and let the shadows take over.
40k.coldopenstories.com
The site now has a brand-new Night (Lord) Mode option for easy reading in the dark. No more straining your eyes in low light — just click the little moon icon in the bottom right corner and let the shadows take over.
40k.coldopenstories.com
October 1, 2025 at 4:21 AM
🌑 Night Mode has arrived! 🌑
The site now has a brand-new Night (Lord) Mode option for easy reading in the dark. No more straining your eyes in low light — just click the little moon icon in the bottom right corner and let the shadows take over.
40k.coldopenstories.com
The site now has a brand-new Night (Lord) Mode option for easy reading in the dark. No more straining your eyes in low light — just click the little moon icon in the bottom right corner and let the shadows take over.
40k.coldopenstories.com
✍️ The longest-running Warhammer 40,000 Fast Fiction competition is back — and we’re thrilled to announce our community judge for this edition: Gabriel of Fenris Workshop (@fenrisworkshop on Instagram).
Get started on YOUR submission and enter before the deadline on Halloween night 🎃
Get started on YOUR submission and enter before the deadline on Halloween night 🎃
September 6, 2025 at 4:38 PM
✍️ The longest-running Warhammer 40,000 Fast Fiction competition is back — and we’re thrilled to announce our community judge for this edition: Gabriel of Fenris Workshop (@fenrisworkshop on Instagram).
Get started on YOUR submission and enter before the deadline on Halloween night 🎃
Get started on YOUR submission and enter before the deadline on Halloween night 🎃
Reposted by ❄️ Cold Open Stories
Looking at the @coldopenstories.bsky.social 2023 Editors' Pick- and I have TWO stories that the editors like.
One is DI YU (Chinese for HELL).
The other one is The Damned Hound.
Also check out the stories too!
40k.coldopenstories.com/stories-we-l...
One is DI YU (Chinese for HELL).
The other one is The Damned Hound.
Also check out the stories too!
40k.coldopenstories.com/stories-we-l...
Stories We LOVE 2023 - Cold Open Stories | 40k
Discover hundreds of hours of Warhammer 40,000 fanfiction, lore, and audio entertainment brought to you by fans and colleagues of Games Workshop and Black Library.
40k.coldopenstories.com
August 25, 2025 at 2:52 AM
Looking at the @coldopenstories.bsky.social 2023 Editors' Pick- and I have TWO stories that the editors like.
One is DI YU (Chinese for HELL).
The other one is The Damned Hound.
Also check out the stories too!
40k.coldopenstories.com/stories-we-l...
One is DI YU (Chinese for HELL).
The other one is The Damned Hound.
Also check out the stories too!
40k.coldopenstories.com/stories-we-l...