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Cold Open Stories

@ColdOpenStories

Jump straight into the story. 🎧 📚 Fast fiction • Audio dramas • Anthologies • Fanfiction • Original Worlds

 Calgary, Alberta
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Joined April 2019
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This is the LAST WEEK to submit your manuscript for our open #CallForSubmissions We’re looking for action, crime, humour, dark fantasy, *takes a breath* horror and more! 🕰️ Submit before November 1st! coldopenstories.com/write/ #shortfiction #writing
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🎶 A discordant song echoes. The last audio release of October is here with 'False Harmony' by A.D. Hamilton! Tap into the noosphere, connect your cogitator to the God Machine, and dive into a song that has become something more. Links below 🎧
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Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/1Zn… YouTube: youtu.be/ZrV5MhUqz6M?si=eEeF… Apple: podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcas…
False Harmony [40K Fast Fiction]

False Harmony [40K Fast Fiction]

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🌑 I see the bad moon rising 🎶 Grab your headphones and tune into this month’s *creepiest* Original Worlds audiobook - ‘What She Did to the Moon’ by Morgan Wodring. It’s the penultimate release of our ‘Thrills & Chills’ series for October 🎧 🎃 Link in bio.
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Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/3xk… YouTube: youtube.com/watch?v=Y_wpYZ75… Apple: podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcas…
What She Did To The Moon - Original Worlds Audiobook

What She Did To The Moon - Original Worlds Audiobook

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You can find more of Morgan Wodring’s writing here: @morkalmarrh 📖
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⚡️🌪️ 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.
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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).
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⚡️🌪️ 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.
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🫨🎧 As part of our month of audiobook ‘Thrills & Chills’, we’ve dropped a new 40k story — ‘The Shaking’ by Jared Lollar and performed by Robb Conlon. Links in thread below:
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Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/2FD… YouTube: youtu.be/Kowpw6Nkwxs?si=1sa0… Apple: podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcas…
The Shaking [40K Fast Fiction]

The Shaking [40K Fast Fiction]

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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…
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🤤 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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🏚️ 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
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👻 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…
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🩻 😨 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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👀🔥 “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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🍻👣 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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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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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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