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Cold Open Stories was founded as a love-letter to short fiction and pulp stories which have the power to quickly throw us into new worlds, cultures, and feelings. Enjoy unofficial short fiction, audio dramas, and immersive experiences that transform fan-writing into professional productions, as well as new stories from original worlds. Find more at coldopenstories.com.
Episodes
Saturday Jun 06, 2020
However Small, However Hidden - Part 2
Saturday Jun 06, 2020
Saturday Jun 06, 2020
When a massive Tyranid fleet appears in orbit, Connor Daly and his son Jatrus must escape the global cataclysm by fleeing into the tunnels beneath their Imperial hive city. Trapped miles below ground, what they find is a Genestealer uprising of monstrous proportions and the spectres of their own family trauma.
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This audio drama is 100% unofficial and in no way endorsed or supported by Games Workshop.
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Wednesday May 27, 2020
However Small, However Hidden - Part 1
Wednesday May 27, 2020
Wednesday May 27, 2020
When a massive Tyranid fleet appears in orbit, Connor Daly and his son Jatrus must escape the global cataclysm by fleeing into the tunnels beneath their Imperial hive city. Trapped miles below ground, what they find is a Genestealer uprising of monstrous proportions and the spectres of their own family trauma.
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This audio drama is 100% unofficial and in no way endorsed or supported by Games Workshop.
Sunday Feb 09, 2020
A Cog In Crimson - Part 5
Sunday Feb 09, 2020
Sunday Feb 09, 2020
Embroiled in a campaign of war profiteering, the pirate Theolen Al-Amir encounters a sect of machine-venerating cultists led by the priestess Heironomyia Bosch. The pair are at first fascinated by each others’ motivations, but ideological differences will test their alliance as the cultists’ pilgrimage draws closer to their promised land – the holy forge world of Mars.
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This audio drama is 100% unofficial and in no way endorsed or supported by Games Workshop.
Sunday Feb 09, 2020
A Cog In Crimson - Part 4
Sunday Feb 09, 2020
Sunday Feb 09, 2020
Embroiled in a campaign of war profiteering, the pirate Theolen Al-Amir encounters a sect of machine-venerating cultists led by the priestess Heironomyia Bosch. The pair are at first fascinated by each others’ motivations, but ideological differences will test their alliance as the cultists’ pilgrimage draws closer to their promised land – the holy forge world of Mars.
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This audio drama is 100% unofficial and in no way endorsed or supported by Games Workshop.
Sunday Feb 09, 2020
A Cog In Crimson - Part 3
Sunday Feb 09, 2020
Sunday Feb 09, 2020
Embroiled in a campaign of war profiteering, the pirate Theolen Al-Amir encounters a sect of machine-venerating cultists led by the priestess Heironomyia Bosch. The pair are at first fascinated by each others’ motivations, but ideological differences will test their alliance as the cultists’ pilgrimage draws closer to their promised land – the holy forge world of Mars.
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This audio drama is 100% unofficial and in no way endorsed or supported by Games Workshop.
Saturday Feb 08, 2020
A Cog In Crimson - Part 2
Saturday Feb 08, 2020
Saturday Feb 08, 2020
Embroiled in a campaign of war profiteering, the pirate Theolen Al-Amir encounters a sect of machine-venerating cultists led by the priestess Heironomyia Bosch. The pair are at first fascinated by each others’ motivations, but ideological differences will test their alliance as the cultists’ pilgrimage draws closer to their promised land – the holy forge world of Mars.
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This audio drama is 100% unofficial and in no way endorsed or supported by Games Workshop.
Saturday Feb 08, 2020
A Cog In Crimson - Part 1
Saturday Feb 08, 2020
Saturday Feb 08, 2020
Embroiled in a campaign of war profiteering, the pirate Theolen Al-Amir encounters a sect of machine-venerating cultists led by the priestess Heironomyia Bosch. The pair are at first fascinated by each others’ motivations, but ideological differences will test their alliance as the cultists’ pilgrimage draws closer to their promised land – the holy forge world of Mars.
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This audio drama is 100% unofficial and in no way endorsed or supported by Games Workshop.
Saturday Feb 08, 2020
When All Lights Have Gone Out
Saturday Feb 08, 2020
Saturday Feb 08, 2020
M36/M37. The Adepta Sororitas are an all-female division of the Imperial Cult, a galaxy-spanning faith which has held humanity together for thousands of years. As the Cult pivots with poltical turmoil, four new Sororitas arrive on the shrine world of Antiqua Resolve where they discover the city’s history, sparking a tense manhunt across the city and a battle of faith versus nihilism.
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This audio drama is 100% unofficial and in no way endorsed or supported by Games Workshop.
Friday Feb 07, 2020
March for Mars
Friday Feb 07, 2020
Friday Feb 07, 2020
A ravenous alien swarm known as the Tyranids are closing in on an Imperial outpost, leaving it up to three Imperial Knights to escort a convoy of dropships by land when anti-air makes lift-off impossible. Big freaking robots square off against implacable swarms of insectoid horrors as the personalities of the three knights bristle against – and work with – each other.
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This audio drama is 100% unofficial and in no way endorsed or supported by Games Workshop.
Friday Feb 07, 2020
The Echo of Satellite 66b
Friday Feb 07, 2020
Friday Feb 07, 2020
“Echo” is an Imperial Navy echographer, a technician who helps ships detect threats before they arise using spaceborn electronic acoustics. When war breaks out, he hopes to use his skills to help in the navy, but is assigned to a dead-end forensic mission – and a mystery which will damn him forever.
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This Warhammer 40,000 audio drama is 100% unofficial and in no way endorsed or supported by Games Workshop.