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Cold Open Stories is an online storytelling community and publishing platform that features original short fiction, immersive audio dramas, and a large collection of unofficial fan narratives. Its key features include:
- Warhammer 40,000 Content: Go beyond the Black Library! Widely recognized for its non-commercial, fan-made fiction and high-production values, we push the boundaries of the grimdark universe of Warhammer 40,000.
- Original Worlds: We host multi-genre original short stories and fast fiction spanning sci-fi, horror, dark fantasy, crime, and many many more through our open call for submissions.
- Immersive Audio: Winners of our 40k Fast Fiction Contest are adapted into audiobooks featuring voice talent from across the entertainment and voiceover industry.
Find more at coldopenstories.com
Episodes

Feb 9, 2020
Feb 9, 2020
18 min
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.

Feb 9, 2020
Feb 9, 2020
20 min
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.

Feb 9, 2020
Feb 9, 2020
19 min
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.

Feb 8, 2020
Feb 8, 2020
17 min
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.

Feb 8, 2020
Feb 8, 2020
16 min
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.

Feb 8, 2020
Feb 8, 2020
49 min
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.

Feb 7, 2020
Feb 7, 2020
17 min
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.

Feb 7, 2020
Feb 7, 2020
25 min
“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.
