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Cold Open Stories @coldopenstories.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

🤤 You wouldn’t like me when I’m… hungry…? Read BATTER UP in Sanctum Librarium (our #Warhammer40k anthology) along with 10 other grimdark tales). Download the #FreeEbook via link in bio 📥

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Cold Open Stories @coldopenstories.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Good to see 40k romance getting its roses.

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Cold Open Stories @coldopenstories.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

🏚️ For sale: one haunted mansion. Comes with the echoes of family trauma included. Reduced for a quick sale. Read ‘The Magistrate’ by Matthew Tucker: linktr.ee/coldopenstor... (or click link in bio for more great stories). #ShortFiction #ShortStories #Horror

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Cold Open Stories @coldopenstories.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

👻 To celebrate our favourite month of the year, we’re dropping new audiobooks of #Warhammer40k fast fiction AND full-length #shortfiction Originals every FRIDAY in October. Check out the first release here: youtu.be/Tqio1LBN6g8?...

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One Hundred And Fourteen Kilos [40K Fast Fiction]

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Cold Open Stories @coldopenstories.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

🩻 😨 Desire. Repulsion. Annihilation. Start the spooky season with one of our fantastic erotic horror tales: The Mavka’s Lament—link in bio. #ShortFiction #ShortStories #Horror

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Cold Open Stories @coldopenstories.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

👀🔥 “If looks could kill, I would gladly die for the simple delight of experiencing yours resting upon mine.” Read ASPECTUS NECARE POSSUNT in our #Warhammer40k anthology Sanctum Librarium (along with 10 other grimdark tales). Download the #FreeEbook via link in bio 📥

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Cold Open Stories @coldopenstories.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

🍻👣 Norman wanted a memorable event. He would get it, and much more. Read Local Trouble now—link in bio. #ShortFiction #ShortStories

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Cold Open Stories @coldopenstories.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

We’re actively seeking short stories in our new #CallForSubmissions ✨ That means entries from every genre imaginable: action, crime, humour, dark fantasy, [*takes a breath*] horror and more! 🕰️ Submit your manuscript before November 1st! Link in bio… #shortfiction #writing

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Cold Open Stories @coldopenstories.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Heed the call (for submissions!) ✍️✨ We’re looking for original short story manuscripts (5k–5.5k words) in sci-fi, dark fantasy, cosmic horror, crime noir, and beyond. Deadline: Nov 1 at 11:59 PM PT Ready to submit? Link in bio! #WritingCommunity #CallForSubmissions

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Cold Open Stories @coldopenstories.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Enter the vault of forbidden tales. 📚⚔️ The Sanctum Librarium is a curated anthology of fan-written short stories set in the grim darkness of the Warhammer 40k universe. Volume XVI is now available as a free e-book download (link in bio) 📥 #Warhammer40k #FreeEbook #Grimdark

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Cold Open Stories @coldopenstories.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

🏔️💀 A perilous peak. No oxygen. And something waiting in the storm. Read The Last Warm Bodies now—link in bio. #HorrorFiction #ShortFiction #ShortStories

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Cold Open Stories @coldopenstories.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Hey, a girl’s gotta eat… 😅 Check out the winner of our Warhammer 40,000 comedy writing competition. Link in bio! #shortfiction #writing #warhammer

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Cold Open Stories @coldopenstories.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

🙊 The joke’s on us - the winners of the longest-running Warhammer 40,000 writing contest are here! Check out our comedy-themed competition now: 40k.coldopenstories.com/fast-fiction... Thank you to everyone who entered!!

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Cold Open Stories @coldopenstories.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

All good! 💐 They’re incredible, and so happy to have them aboard for this contest. Thanks for shouting them out.

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Cold Open Stories @coldopenstories.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

✍️ The longest-running Warhammer 40,000 writing competition is open for the summer, and we’re thrilled to announce our community judges for this edition: @CxeeFoxx and Geneviève Laprise!!! Find out more in our FIRST all-comedy writing contest 40k.coldopenstories.com/fiction/writ...

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Cold Open Stories @coldopenstories.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

One day only. London meetup today. C’mon down friends of Cold Open Stories! 👀 🍻

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Cold Open Stories @coldopenstories.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

Calling all Warhammer scribes! 🖋️💀 Want to prove your mettle in the grim darkness of the far future? The internet’s best 40k writing competition is open, but time is running out. Get your submission in by July 31! Enter here: 40k.coldopenstories.com/fiction/writ... #Warhammer40k #WH40k

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Cold Open Stories @coldopenstories.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

Just walked out the doors of Warhammer World when you posted this. The warp works in mysterious ways! 🫪

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Cold Open Stories @coldopenstories.bsky.social · 07/06/2026

Plot twist, today is ALSO my birthday 🕯 My only wish is for you to enjoy these tomes and share love for the authors. 🫶 Thank you all for taking part in our corner of the noosphere.

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Cold Open Stories @coldopenstories.bsky.social · 07/06/2026

Attention denizens! 🚨 Sanctum Librarium XV and XVI have been upgraded for your reading pleasure. You can now devour these incredible unofficial Warhammer tales (for free) in whatever format your data-slate prefers. ⏳Get your tome before the warp closes: 40k.coldopenstories.com/40k-short-fi...

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Extimate Space @extimate-space.bsky.social · 06/06/2026

Forgot to post it here but I wrote another flash piece for COS' latest Warhammer fiction contest. Excited to share that my entry 'TRACHINIAE' was selected as the top entry! This was one where I felt like all the parts were arranged meticulously and it feels good to learn readers / judges enjoyed it.

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What’s his face? @whatshisfac.bsky.social · 31/05/2026

I'm happy to say that my story 'Wars of all sorts' was included in this anthology, about a cheeky old t'au diplomat trying to negotiate with pirates. It was a lot of fun to write for, go give the stories a read.

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Lighthouse Enjoyer @robertsenchia.bsky.social · 30/05/2026

My story is included in this anthology. I challenged myself by asking what would a chaos marine chapter culturally disconnected from the rest of the galaxy look like? #warhammercommunity #40k #nurgle #deathguard

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Cold Open Stories @coldopenstories.bsky.social · 30/05/2026

The internet’s favourite Warhammer 40,000 short fiction anthology is BACK ✅ 📕 Volume XVI of Sanctum Librarium is now available, exclusively in ebook form! Discover new authors, new worlds, and new characters, in the grimdark future. Download now: 40k.coldopenstories.com/anthology-xv...

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Cold Open Stories @coldopenstories.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

It’s an exciting series of stories! Eager to hear which you’ll be checking out first!👀 Find them all for free at www.coldopenstories.com

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Cold Open Stories @coldopenstories.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

We don't appreciate the planet enough - and this tale really is a lesson in that. Our final release is a punchy blend of Interstellar and Lake Caddo. www.coldopenstories.com/beneath-the-...

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Cold Open Stories @coldopenstories.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

For anyone who’s a parent: it’ll make you wonder… Ex Machina meets We Need To Talk About Kevin. www.coldopenstories.com/raising-sky/

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Cold Open Stories @coldopenstories.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

It’ll send a chill down your spine. It'll also stop me from ever climbing Everest. Check out this blend of Deep Rising and The Climbers. www.coldopenstories.com/the-last-war...

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Cold Open Stories @coldopenstories.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

Corporate absurdism? Check. Foolish thieves? CHECK! Get ready to laugh at manic energy in this one as Heat meets Mass Effect. www.coldopenstories.com/scoundrels-a...

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Cold Open Stories @coldopenstories.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

Oh, my. Fans of folklore and erotic horror will love this one. It's The Shape of Water meets The Ritual - it'll get your heart racing. www.coldopenstories.com/the-mavkas-l...

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Cold Open Stories @coldopenstories.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

Dark fantasy? Big lizards? How about the wonder of Peter Pan smashing into Aliens. Yeah, it gets gruesome. www.coldopenstories.com/where-wyvern...

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Cold Open Stories @coldopenstories.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

A charming comedy where World’s End meets Werewolves Within. www.coldopenstories.com/local-trouble/

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Cold Open Stories @coldopenstories.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

🚨 SEVEN New stories have launched from our Original Worlds imprint! Now available at www.coldopenstories.com they're going to live rent-free in my head for months! Check out all the releases, and leave a comment on which story you'll be checking out first.

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Cold Open Stories @coldopenstories.bsky.social · 15/05/2026

Did you miss entering the competition? Well never fear, the NEW Fast Fiction XXVI is NOW OPEN: 40k.coldopenstories.com/fiction/writ...

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Cold Open Stories @coldopenstories.bsky.social · 15/05/2026

🧿 Open your third eye - the winners of the longest-running Warhammer 40,000 writing contest are here! 40k.coldopenstories.com/fast-fiction... Thank you to everyone who entered!!

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Bees 🎃🍄🍂 @voiceofkosh.bsky.social · 27/03/2026

My story, My Name Is Roboute, is on here. 😍 I'm so proud of that little story, and the audio version of it exceeded all my expectations. I will forever be grateful to @coldopenstories.bsky.social for making it happen. Go and listen to some stories.

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Cold Open Stories @coldopenstories.bsky.social · 27/03/2026

🔊 Prepare your eardrums, as this FRIDAY FICTION we have the first of our new season of Warhammer 40,000 stories! *Hollow Men** by Darren Davies, and performed by Simon Alison. Hear it: www.youtube.com/watch?v=SwOE...

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Hollow Men - Warhammer 40,000 Fast Fiction

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Cold Open Stories @coldopenstories.bsky.social · 23/03/2026

So much news! Looking forward to digging in.

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Cold Open Stories @coldopenstories.bsky.social · 17/03/2026

🚨⏰ TWO WEEKS left to enter the internet’s longest-running Warhammer fanfiction contest. Explore telepathic warfare, psychic intrusions, and dangerous powers waged in silence. Mind over matter isn’t metaphor here - it’s lethal. Write your story ➡️ 40k.coldopenstories.com

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Gregory Williams @gwillwrites.bsky.social · 13/03/2026

Somehow I missed that @coldopenstories.bsky.social gave another one of my fast fiction stories the audio treatment but better late than never! Simon does an amazing job at bringing Staur and Nac’caleth to life. Listen at: youtu.be/QEYgGj3a1X0?... #warhammercommunity #warhammer40k #blacklibrary

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Good Business - Warhammer 40,000 Fast Fiction

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dlood @dlood.bsky.social · 13/02/2026

My very first original (and not fanfic) story, The Sun Is A Dish Best Served Cold has been audiobook-ified by the marvelous Colyn of @coldopenstories.bsky.social and a team of talented voice actors! I'd like to tag them all, but I only have @stephswanquills.bsky.social on my list. #Booksky

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The Sun Is A Dish Best Served Cold - Original Worlds Audiobook

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