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COMPENDIUM 2020 – STORY 31: FAREWELL, MY KING

Farewell, My King
Compendium 2020 –
Story 31
By Andrew Hawnt
Waves thrashed against
the cold night air, the surface of the water beaten into a foam by
the gargantuan form that emerged, its malformed head piercing the
dark overlooking Barounen Bay. The vast creature had the shape of a
man, in that it had a head, torso, arms and legs, but the skin that
covered its monstrous body resembled charred

COMPENDIUM 2020 - STORY 30: AEONA – THE BLADE OF TIME

Aeona: The Blade of
Time
Compendium 2020 –
story 30
By Andrew Hawnt


Please prepare
yourself to be executed by the one and only Tia Vardis, the galaxy's
most iconic hunter! Your imminent death will be streamed live across
the entire quadrant, so please no cowering, crying or begging for
your life until the cameras are there with you. This is a message on
behalf of the Vardis Broadcasting

COMPENDIUM 2020 – STORY 29: THE ASSAILANT

 The Assailant
Compendium 2020 Story
29
By Andrew Hawnt
Bloodied, battered and
bruised, Johnny ran on through streets slick with rain, the buzzing
neon of takeaways and dodgy clubs shimmering in the puddles as his
boots disturbed them. Music pulsed from doorways and drunks laughed
at the lean man staggering through the streets, desperate to get away
from the man following him.
They couldn't see

My Last Gig of the Before Times: Jan Doyle Band, Rain Children, Chaos Bleak

 CHAOS BLEAK / RAIN CHILDREN / JAN DOYLE BAND
Chameleon Arts Cafe,
Nottingham
January 17th 2020
Thinking back to
January this year is like looking at a photo album from another
world. The first rumblings of the Covid-19 crisis were being heard
from afar, a nationwide lockdown wasn't on our minds and millions,
including me, still had a day job. Flash forward to today and we
spend our lives

COMPENDIUM 2020 – STORY 28: THIS IS MY ROOM

This is My RoomBy Andrew HawntCompendium 2020 Story
28
I didn't say you could
be here, but still you came. Just like the others.The house lies cold for
a time, then again it fills with life and furniture and voices. This
is my room, not yours, no matter what you think.This will always be my
room. I was raised in this house long before you, and your parents,
were born. I died right where you are

COMPENDIUM 2020 – STORY 27: WITHIN THE BEYOND

Within the BeyondBy Andrew HawntCompendium 2020 –
Story 27The skull's eyes blazed
with ghostly fire. Merrick held the skull before him, light from its
flames flickering over the bearded face that smiled at the new
arrivals.“Right on time,”
Merrick said. “Is this really necessary?”Four of them had
arrived, emerging through cracks in the ground that had split apart
like yawning mouths. They had

COMPENDIUM 2020 – STORY 26: FIRST FLIGHT

 
First Flight
Compendium 2020 –
Story 26
By Andrew Hawnt


The whole team had been
mobilised. The worst-case scenario had come to pass.
Chimera had revealed
themselves to the world. At their lead was Doctor Nexus, his legions
of skeletal automatons marching out of their underground bunker and
into the streets of Sheffield. Mayhem erupted as thousands tried to
escape the relentless march of the

COMPENDIUM 2020 – STORY 25: SIEGE'S END

Siege's End
Compendium 2020 story
25
By Andrew Hawnt


All was lost.
The crew of Skylark
Station were marched from the holding cells, and each of them wore
the same grey expression as the Dinari warriors directed them to Ops.
Each of the tall, grey Dinari held a Stormlance, their traditional
weapon that melded a spear with a high-powered energy blast
capability.
The six remaining crew
had never

COMPENDIUM 2020 - STORY 24: PATCHWORK

 
PatchworkCompendium 2020 - Story 24

Each
square of the quilt held a memory. Grandma's stitching was neat and
orderly, just she'd been herself. The squares that made up the quilt
were anything but. I ran my fingers over it and tried to pick out
which squares had been added when.

The
purple square with blue stars carried with it the memory of a winter
evening, choosing fabrics with grandma

COMPENDIUM 2020 - STORY 23: TO BANISH THE DARK

 TO BANISH THE DARKCompendium 2020 Story 23By Andrew HawntUniverse sighed.
Its sigh lasted
generations and was felt across myriad galaxies. Storms raged for
centuries as the sigh passed, and many worlds were wrought asunder by
its godlike sweep.
Universe was tired of
watching. Tired of being an observer instead of a participant. Since
time began it had watched the evolution of the energies that