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Jump straight into the story. No intro. No pause. Just stories. 🎧 📚 Fast fiction • Audio dramas • Anthologies • Fanfiction • Original Worlds
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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'.
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The Quiet Hours - Cold Open Stories | 40k
Warhammer 40,000 Short Fiction Anthology: Tragic, harrowing, and bittersweet tales set in the 41st Millennium.
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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
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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
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 ✍️
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Learn more about our Warhammer 40,000 competition and enter before the end of Oct 31st ✍️
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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!
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✍️ 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
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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 🎃
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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...
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After marinading in the #BlackLibrary for the past year, it was time to try writing some! Very proud my story “A Peaceful Transfer of Power” was an Editor’s Choice in the latest @coldopenstories.bsky.social flash fiction competition. 🤘
40k.coldopenstories.com/a-peaceful-t...
#Warhammer #BookSky
40k.coldopenstories.com/a-peaceful-t...
#Warhammer #BookSky
A Peaceful Transfer of Power - Cold Open Stories | 40k
Warhammer 40,000 Short Fiction Anthology: Tragic, harrowing, and bittersweet tales set in the 41st Millennium.
40k.coldopenstories.com
August 1, 2025 at 10:56 PM
After marinading in the #BlackLibrary for the past year, it was time to try writing some! Very proud my story “A Peaceful Transfer of Power” was an Editor’s Choice in the latest @coldopenstories.bsky.social flash fiction competition. 🤘
40k.coldopenstories.com/a-peaceful-t...
#Warhammer #BookSky
40k.coldopenstories.com/a-peaceful-t...
#Warhammer #BookSky
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My latest #Warhammer40k Fast Fiction, "Irreversible" has been published by @coldopenstories.bsky.social as part of The Scouring competition.
Praetor Cestus, hero of Ullanor, favoured of Gulliman, hunts the Word Bearers as they flee the failed Siege of Terra.
40k.coldopenstories.com/irreversible/
Praetor Cestus, hero of Ullanor, favoured of Gulliman, hunts the Word Bearers as they flee the failed Siege of Terra.
40k.coldopenstories.com/irreversible/
Irreversible - Cold Open Stories | 40k
Warhammer 40,000 Short Fiction Anthology: Tragic, harrowing, and bittersweet tales set in the 41st Millennium.
40k.coldopenstories.com
August 1, 2025 at 10:50 AM
My latest #Warhammer40k Fast Fiction, "Irreversible" has been published by @coldopenstories.bsky.social as part of The Scouring competition.
Praetor Cestus, hero of Ullanor, favoured of Gulliman, hunts the Word Bearers as they flee the failed Siege of Terra.
40k.coldopenstories.com/irreversible/
Praetor Cestus, hero of Ullanor, favoured of Gulliman, hunts the Word Bearers as they flee the failed Siege of Terra.
40k.coldopenstories.com/irreversible/
🪦 After a long silence, where only echoes and haunted things roamed the crypt, the *Sanctum Librarium* is once more accepting submissions. We’re calling on aspiring authors from across the galaxy to share bold, character-driven...
40k.coldopenstories.com/fiction/writ...
40k.coldopenstories.com/fiction/writ...
August 1, 2025 at 12:46 AM
🪦 After a long silence, where only echoes and haunted things roamed the crypt, the *Sanctum Librarium* is once more accepting submissions. We’re calling on aspiring authors from across the galaxy to share bold, character-driven...
40k.coldopenstories.com/fiction/writ...
40k.coldopenstories.com/fiction/writ...
⚠️ Not every war is fought across trenches or void-choked battlefields. Some conflicts begin quietly. In the hidden corners of the soul. In whispers behind locked doors. In the hesitation before the trigger is pulled.
Enter the contest ✍️
40k.coldopenstories.com/fiction/writ...
Enter the contest ✍️
40k.coldopenstories.com/fiction/writ...
August 1, 2025 at 12:39 AM
⚠️ Not every war is fought across trenches or void-choked battlefields. Some conflicts begin quietly. In the hidden corners of the soul. In whispers behind locked doors. In the hesitation before the trigger is pulled.
Enter the contest ✍️
40k.coldopenstories.com/fiction/writ...
Enter the contest ✍️
40k.coldopenstories.com/fiction/writ...