The internet’s favourite Warhammer 40,000 writing competition is BACK ✅ For the FINAL Fast Fiction contest of 2026, we’re exploring Storge, Philia, Eros, and Agape 🖤 💔 Learn more at 40k.coldopenstories.com/fict… (or link in bio).

⚡️🌪️ Cloudy with a chance of warp storms. Read Carrion Void for FREE in Sanctum Librarium - our #Warhammer40k ebook anthology, alongside 10 other grimdark tales. 🔗 Download at 40k.coldopenstories.com/anth… or link in bio.

As part of our month of chills and thrills, we have a new audiobook out for you! 🐳 Check out ‘Future In A Whale Fall’ on YouTube, Spotify, or Apple Podcasts. YouTube youtu.be/tX8Q_4TFS5w?is=cC-o… Apple podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcas… Spotify open.spotify.com/episode/584…

🤤 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 📥

🏚️ 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/coldopenstories (or click link in bio for more great stories). #ShortFiction #ShortStories #Horror

👻 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?si=UK2E…

🩻 😨 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

👀🔥 “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 📥

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

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

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

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

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

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

🙊 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… Thank you to everyone who entered!!

✍️ 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/fict…

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