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🧿 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
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...
✨ 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 🎃
🪦 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...
Victory is forged in words ✍️ The winner of our latest Fast Fiction contest has been crowned — marking the end of our competition on The Scouring!
Read the winning entry, the official selection, and editors choice now: 40k.coldopenstories.com/fast-fiction...
Read the winning entry, the official selection, and editors choice now: 40k.coldopenstories.com/fast-fiction...
August 1, 2025 at 12:38 AM
Victory is forged in words ✍️ The winner of our latest Fast Fiction contest has been crowned — marking the end of our competition on The Scouring!
Read the winning entry, the official selection, and editors choice now: 40k.coldopenstories.com/fast-fiction...
Read the winning entry, the official selection, and editors choice now: 40k.coldopenstories.com/fast-fiction...
🚨 Submissions are open once again for the internet’s LONGEST RUNNING #Warhammer Fast Fiction competition. Join aspiring scribes, each testing their storytelling skills by crafting gripping, character-rich tales within 1,000 words.
Enter now at 40k.coldopenstories.com/fiction/writ...
Enter now at 40k.coldopenstories.com/fiction/writ...
April 5, 2025 at 5:48 PM
🚨 Submissions are open once again for the internet’s LONGEST RUNNING #Warhammer Fast Fiction competition. Join aspiring scribes, each testing their storytelling skills by crafting gripping, character-rich tales within 1,000 words.
Enter now at 40k.coldopenstories.com/fiction/writ...
Enter now at 40k.coldopenstories.com/fiction/writ...
🌲 On Mars, ecologists watch over a manmade forest inside a biodome. But when a figure from Slavic folklore begins appearing among the pines, they realize the forest may be protected by something far older—and far less human—than science.
🚨Now available: www.coldopenstories.com/where-a-fore...
🚨Now available: www.coldopenstories.com/where-a-fore...
April 5, 2025 at 5:44 PM
🌲 On Mars, ecologists watch over a manmade forest inside a biodome. But when a figure from Slavic folklore begins appearing among the pines, they realize the forest may be protected by something far older—and far less human—than science.
🚨Now available: www.coldopenstories.com/where-a-fore...
🚨Now available: www.coldopenstories.com/where-a-fore...
🌘 A shattered moon bleeds in the sky. Humanity prays to the void. In this poetic and haunting tale of cosmic horror and rebellion, one woman flees the cult she helped build—taking with her a child destined for sacrifice.
🚨Now available: www.coldopenstories.com/what-she-did...
🚨Now available: www.coldopenstories.com/what-she-did...
April 5, 2025 at 5:34 PM
🌘 A shattered moon bleeds in the sky. Humanity prays to the void. In this poetic and haunting tale of cosmic horror and rebellion, one woman flees the cult she helped build—taking with her a child destined for sacrifice.
🚨Now available: www.coldopenstories.com/what-she-did...
🚨Now available: www.coldopenstories.com/what-she-did...
🦎 Spanning three generations, this epic sci-fi saga follows Captains Stone, Bazin, and Jones as they battle a terrifying enemy that mimics humanity’s every move. To win, they must become the one thing the enemy can’t copy: unpredictable.
🚨Now available: www.coldopenstories.com/wayfinders-w...
🚨Now available: www.coldopenstories.com/wayfinders-w...
April 5, 2025 at 5:28 PM
🦎 Spanning three generations, this epic sci-fi saga follows Captains Stone, Bazin, and Jones as they battle a terrifying enemy that mimics humanity’s every move. To win, they must become the one thing the enemy can’t copy: unpredictable.
🚨Now available: www.coldopenstories.com/wayfinders-w...
🚨Now available: www.coldopenstories.com/wayfinders-w...
✉️ The survival of humanity depends on one fragile supply line. Haunted by his brother’s death, Lieutenant Williams joins the fleet’s most notorious pilot—Captain Sato, callsign Charon—for a high-risk supply run through alien-held skies.
🚨Now available: www.coldopenstories.com/last-vital-l...
🚨Now available: www.coldopenstories.com/last-vital-l...
April 5, 2025 at 5:27 PM
✉️ The survival of humanity depends on one fragile supply line. Haunted by his brother’s death, Lieutenant Williams joins the fleet’s most notorious pilot—Captain Sato, callsign Charon—for a high-risk supply run through alien-held skies.
🚨Now available: www.coldopenstories.com/last-vital-l...
🚨Now available: www.coldopenstories.com/last-vital-l...
Interested in entering the contest? Battle against the sharpest minds and boldest voices against a relentless constraint — word count. Submissions for Fast Fiction XXIII are now open as well ✍️
40k.coldopenstories.com/fiction/writ...
40k.coldopenstories.com/fiction/writ...
March 9, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Interested in entering the contest? Battle against the sharpest minds and boldest voices against a relentless constraint — word count. Submissions for Fast Fiction XXIII are now open as well ✍️
40k.coldopenstories.com/fiction/writ...
40k.coldopenstories.com/fiction/writ...
📣 The results are in - read the *No Limits* winners from the longest-running Warhammer community writing competition! Now available online at 40k.coldopenstories.com
March 9, 2025 at 7:23 PM
📣 The results are in - read the *No Limits* winners from the longest-running Warhammer community writing competition! Now available online at 40k.coldopenstories.com