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Warhammer Horror Week 2020 #5
The Cache
A Warhammer Horror story
A chance discovery sets Lyse on a new path that will expand her view of her world – in dark and dangerous ways.
READ IT BECAUSE
Unravel a mystery amidst the darkness of the sinister Spike, in a twisted tale that gets to the heart of the 41st Millennium's primal horror.
THE STORY
Lyse of the Clan Urretzi is one of the guardians of the Spike, a jumble of dead technologies and dangerous secrets that has been home to her people since time immemorial. When she discovers a strange medallion hanging from a brutalised corpse, her fate is altered. Accused of stealing it by the rival clan she is to married into in order to cement an alliance, she goes on the run and discovers secrets about her home that will change her life forever.
A chance discovery sets Lyse on a new path that will expand her view of her world – in dark and dangerous ways.
READ IT BECAUSE
Unravel a mystery amidst the darkness of the sinister Spike, in a twisted tale that gets to the heart of the 41st Millennium's primal horror.
THE STORY
Lyse of the Clan Urretzi is one of the guardians of the Spike, a jumble of dead technologies and dangerous secrets that has been home to her people since time immemorial. When she discovers a strange medallion hanging from a brutalised corpse, her fate is altered. Accused of stealing it by the rival clan she is to married into in order to cement an alliance, she goes on the run and discovers secrets about her home that will change her life forever.
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First published October 30, 2020
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About the author
James Brogden
27 books335 followersJames Brogden is a writer of horror and dark fantasy. A part-time Australian who grew up in Tasmania and the Cumbrian Borders, he has since escaped to Birmingham UK and now lives in the Jewellery Quarter. When not writing he can usually be found up a hill, poking around stone circles and burial mounds. A recovering ex-teacher and lego addict, he is owned by two cats who do not approve of this nonsense.
His short stories have appeared in various anthologies and periodicals ranging from The Big Issue to the BFS Award-Winning Alchemy Press. His novel 'The Plague Stones' was shortlisted for the August Derleth Award in 2021 and his most recent novella, ‘The Dwimfolk’ was published by PS Publishing in October 2025. He is currently writing for Warhammer's Black Library.
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His short stories have appeared in various anthologies and periodicals ranging from The Big Issue to the BFS Award-Winning Alchemy Press. His novel 'The Plague Stones' was shortlisted for the August Derleth Award in 2021 and his most recent novella, ‘The Dwimfolk’ was published by PS Publishing in October 2025. He is currently writing for Warhammer's Black Library.
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February 7, 2021
Lyse Urretzi is the first daughter of one of the Spike's most prominent families. The Spike is vertical city plagued by hunger, the fear of the Outside and kept alive by failing machines.
Her true calling, though, is exploring, and during one of her sorties through the Spike shafts to find some technology to feed the machine god, she finds a macabre scene surrounding an ancient artifact.
The quest to find the secrets behind it will take Lyse in a journey that will turn her world upside down when the truth about her home is revealed.
James Brogden weaves a story filled with mystery and dark corners nightmares can jump from. The problem is that they never come. You keep waiting but they don't. And don't get me wrong, I liked it, but I just think, being part of a horror collection, that it should be scarier or at least give us a greater sense of dread.
The way it's described I kept imagining the Spike as something like the Nostromo from "Alien" and for me that's one of the biggest draw of this story.
Lyse is an interesting character with a strong personality, and so is Cracius. Unfortunately he only gets a few lines and I would love to see more of him
All in all, I really enjoyed this even if more as an adventure story than a horror one.
Her true calling, though, is exploring, and during one of her sorties through the Spike shafts to find some technology to feed the machine god, she finds a macabre scene surrounding an ancient artifact.
The quest to find the secrets behind it will take Lyse in a journey that will turn her world upside down when the truth about her home is revealed.
James Brogden weaves a story filled with mystery and dark corners nightmares can jump from. The problem is that they never come. You keep waiting but they don't. And don't get me wrong, I liked it, but I just think, being part of a horror collection, that it should be scarier or at least give us a greater sense of dread.
The way it's described I kept imagining the Spike as something like the Nostromo from "Alien" and for me that's one of the biggest draw of this story.
Lyse is an interesting character with a strong personality, and so is Cracius. Unfortunately he only gets a few lines and I would love to see more of him
All in all, I really enjoyed this even if more as an adventure story than a horror one.
December 27, 2021
The horror is in the setting and creating a micro world of despair in what is already a pretty bleak universe. One of the absolutte better shot stories from 40k althroug maybe not the host harrowing horror story.
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