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Warhammer Horror #Anthology
The Harrowed Paths
A Warhammer Horror anthology
In the grim worlds of Warhammer, death is always near, and unspeakable horror awaits the lost, lonely, and hopeless. Experience tales of dark journeys, ill tidings, and doomed souls in this Warhammer Horror anthology.
READ IT BECAUSE
The uncanny, the strange and the downright terrifying await you in this thrilling anthology packed full of darkness and horror.
DESCRIPTION
An arcane evil has awoken in these worlds defiled by endless war. Perhaps it was born from the madness of violence. Or else it has always existed, hiding among restless shadows with eyes half-closed. But now, it slithers and creeps into the wreckage of people’s lives, those who have already survived the unthinkable. It covets the lost, the lonely and the hopeless, pushing them down their fateful paths — a reclusive historian, searching for a ghostly ship; the crew of a ruined craft who must brave a slow, inevitable death; an old woman seeking redemption in a hostile wasteland. For these are the stories of journey taken, choices made and the power of the human spirit when dark forces come hunting.
CONTENTS
The Colonel's Monograph by Graham McNeill
Five Candles by Lora Gray
Tesserae by Richard Strachan
Ghost Planet by Steven Sheil
Pentimento by Nick Kyme
Bone Cutter by Darius Hinks
Into Dark Water by Jake Ozga
In the grim worlds of Warhammer, death is always near, and unspeakable horror awaits the lost, lonely, and hopeless. Experience tales of dark journeys, ill tidings, and doomed souls in this Warhammer Horror anthology.
READ IT BECAUSE
The uncanny, the strange and the downright terrifying await you in this thrilling anthology packed full of darkness and horror.
DESCRIPTION
An arcane evil has awoken in these worlds defiled by endless war. Perhaps it was born from the madness of violence. Or else it has always existed, hiding among restless shadows with eyes half-closed. But now, it slithers and creeps into the wreckage of people’s lives, those who have already survived the unthinkable. It covets the lost, the lonely and the hopeless, pushing them down their fateful paths — a reclusive historian, searching for a ghostly ship; the crew of a ruined craft who must brave a slow, inevitable death; an old woman seeking redemption in a hostile wasteland. For these are the stories of journey taken, choices made and the power of the human spirit when dark forces come hunting.
CONTENTS
The Colonel's Monograph by Graham McNeill
Five Candles by Lora Gray
Tesserae by Richard Strachan
Ghost Planet by Steven Sheil
Pentimento by Nick Kyme
Bone Cutter by Darius Hinks
Into Dark Water by Jake Ozga
384 pages, Paperback
First published February 16, 2021
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About the author
Graham McNeill
339 books903 followersHailing from Scotland, Graham McNeill narrowly escaped a career in surveying to work for Games Workshop as a games designer. He has a strong following with his novels Nightbringer, Warriors of Ultramar, Dead Sky, Black Sun and Storm of Iron.
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October 26, 2021
Into Dark Water by Jake Ozga
I loved this great, poignantly spot-on and wonderfully told novella from the rising star of Warhammer Horror about the quest of lifetimes, the price of good intentions and what it means to keep on fighting when all meaning seems to fade (or rot away) entirely... not to mention both the obvious and subtler connotations. Much recommended by all accounts, a real gem of a story.
I loved this great, poignantly spot-on and wonderfully told novella from the rising star of Warhammer Horror about the quest of lifetimes, the price of good intentions and what it means to keep on fighting when all meaning seems to fade (or rot away) entirely... not to mention both the obvious and subtler connotations. Much recommended by all accounts, a real gem of a story.
December 30, 2021
LOVED, this was so fun and the stories were all so unique
June 14, 2022
Welcome to Warhammer Horror where the Horror is the normal day - after all, when you read Dead Men Walking and the horrors, hopelessness, the death of millions and the crush of human spirit - if that is not horror what is?
Here we have a compilation of stories - two are novellas and 5 short stories.
The first novella is The Colonel's Monograph by Graham Mcneill which I already reviewed here The Colonel's Monograph. It's set on 40K. I don't
As you know I haven't read that much of Sigmar Tales. I want to finish first warhammer fantasy. The only I've read are these set on these anthologies.
Five Candles by Lora Gray - Sigmar Tale is set on Ashq which is one of the realms in the new sigmar world stuff. I know they are4 proud and this tale really want to show that. I don't know this is horror.
Tesserae by Richard Strachan - Sigmar Tale - this one has Duardin (aka Dwarves). Around the fire tales and one finish with a bang.
Ghost Planet by Steven Sheil - 40K Let me explain something before - as I've said I've been reading warhammer 40k horror and there are has been some connections with Valgaast. The next three tales will mention Valgaast- in one it's a being, other a planet or other stuff. The first one I notice was The Bookkeeper's Skull - but I think I've notice this before. In this tale when the ship Endless Wrath explodes most people dies 5 people become stranded on a ship with no way of being rescued. When a new person arrives outside the ship with a promise of hope stuff goes sideways and thus horror elements
Pentimento by Nick Kyme - 40K is another story set in 40K in the same vein of those Warhammer crime brand. It's about a gruesome murder being committed and it has some interesting twist.
Bone Cutter by Darius Hinks - 40K - A world being ravaged by plagues where two women a baby try to reach safety. I am not going to spoil anything but the end was a bit predictable BUT I am not saying it's not good.
Into Dark Water by Jake Ozga - Sigmar Tale - This is the second novella but this one set on Sigmar universe. It was a very interesting read about Stormcast Eternal - Knight Questor. Basically we've got a Questor - and if you don't know what they are, they are basically task by Sigmar to perform somekind of quest - Killing someone, going to a place and retrieve something. In this take he was task to go to a place - a bit cryptic message/task. He meets an historian and with his help they travelled throughout the lands, battle enemies and such. One interesting set was the interaction between both characters; one a bit distress of the other, while the stormcast being stoic and almost expressionlessness. As the quest comes ever forward things start to change. It made me wonder and I couldn't find anywhere - since Stormcast Eternals are chose and when they died they are reforged. What does it mean? Does it mean they never die? Does it mean they are not human but soulless machines? Seeing this one I don't think they are soulless but how can anyone live their life knowing that they cannot die? The fear of death that makes you evolve, do unexpected stuff and so on would be absent, no? I don't know. I have to read more about stormcasts eternals.
Either way - very cool tale.
In the end I did enjoy the book. There are some weak stories but probably the novellas and Ghost Planet saved the day.
Here we have a compilation of stories - two are novellas and 5 short stories.
The first novella is The Colonel's Monograph by Graham Mcneill which I already reviewed here The Colonel's Monograph. It's set on 40K. I don't
As you know I haven't read that much of Sigmar Tales. I want to finish first warhammer fantasy. The only I've read are these set on these anthologies.
Five Candles by Lora Gray - Sigmar Tale is set on Ashq which is one of the realms in the new sigmar world stuff. I know they are4 proud and this tale really want to show that. I don't know this is horror.
Tesserae by Richard Strachan - Sigmar Tale - this one has Duardin (aka Dwarves). Around the fire tales and one finish with a bang.
Ghost Planet by Steven Sheil - 40K Let me explain something before - as I've said I've been reading warhammer 40k horror and there are has been some connections with Valgaast. The next three tales will mention Valgaast- in one it's a being, other a planet or other stuff. The first one I notice was The Bookkeeper's Skull - but I think I've notice this before. In this tale when the ship Endless Wrath explodes most people dies 5 people become stranded on a ship with no way of being rescued. When a new person arrives outside the ship with a promise of hope stuff goes sideways and thus horror elements
Pentimento by Nick Kyme - 40K is another story set in 40K in the same vein of those Warhammer crime brand. It's about a gruesome murder being committed and it has some interesting twist.
Bone Cutter by Darius Hinks - 40K - A world being ravaged by plagues where two women a baby try to reach safety. I am not going to spoil anything but the end was a bit predictable BUT I am not saying it's not good.
Into Dark Water by Jake Ozga - Sigmar Tale - This is the second novella but this one set on Sigmar universe. It was a very interesting read about Stormcast Eternal - Knight Questor. Basically we've got a Questor - and if you don't know what they are, they are basically task by Sigmar to perform somekind of quest - Killing someone, going to a place and retrieve something. In this take he was task to go to a place - a bit cryptic message/task. He meets an historian and with his help they travelled throughout the lands, battle enemies and such. One interesting set was the interaction between both characters; one a bit distress of the other, while the stormcast being stoic and almost expressionlessness. As the quest comes ever forward things start to change. It made me wonder and I couldn't find anywhere - since Stormcast Eternals are chose and when they died they are reforged. What does it mean? Does it mean they never die? Does it mean they are not human but soulless machines? Seeing this one I don't think they are soulless but how can anyone live their life knowing that they cannot die? The fear of death that makes you evolve, do unexpected stuff and so on would be absent, no? I don't know. I have to read more about stormcasts eternals.
Either way - very cool tale.
In the end I did enjoy the book. There are some weak stories but probably the novellas and Ghost Planet saved the day.
June 22, 2021
Another decent anthology in the Warhammer Horror imprint.
Well worth it for the Into Dark Water novella by Jake Ozga alone. Not the usual sort of Black Library story. Highly recommended if you're tired of the novelised AoS battle-reports and want to see a different take on the setting. Imaginative, unusual, unsettling. Here's hoping Jake is working on a full AoS novel.
Well worth it for the Into Dark Water novella by Jake Ozga alone. Not the usual sort of Black Library story. Highly recommended if you're tired of the novelised AoS battle-reports and want to see a different take on the setting. Imaginative, unusual, unsettling. Here's hoping Jake is working on a full AoS novel.
March 12, 2023
Just want to preface by saying I'm not super familiar with the warhammer universe and where I am, it's moreso the 40k universe. I believe this has a lot more Age of Sigmar but I honestly could be wrong!
The Colonel's Monograph, Pentimento, Five Candles, and Into Dark Water were my favorite in this collection -- out of all the stories these caught my attention and truly made me feel thrills and horrors while reading. The others were just okay and quite forgettable in my opinion.
The Colonel's Monograph, Pentimento, Five Candles, and Into Dark Water were my favorite in this collection -- out of all the stories these caught my attention and truly made me feel thrills and horrors while reading. The others were just okay and quite forgettable in my opinion.
April 2, 2023
Didn’t realize how much we needed the AoS horror before this collection.
Two novellas spaced as the first and the last are well worth it and so are most of the short stories in between. No matter what your horror tastes are you’ll find something to satisfy you.
Two novellas spaced as the first and the last are well worth it and so are most of the short stories in between. No matter what your horror tastes are you’ll find something to satisfy you.
February 28, 2022
Another strong addition to the WH Horror genre!
October 11, 2022
Patchy short story collection where the hit/miss ratio is just poor enough to prevent it being a keeper. Full review: https://fakegeekboy.wordpress.com/202...
September 29, 2025
without knowing much about warhammer, it was still fun to read. i like the first, third, and last stories the most.
November 8, 2025
Decent
Most of these stories were well written, and some were actually able to make my skin crawl in parts, particularly Bone Cutter.
Most of these stories were well written, and some were actually able to make my skin crawl in parts, particularly Bone Cutter.
November 28, 2021
I had already read The Colonel's Monograph by Graham McNeill in its own standalone novella form. Its a solid story.
The gem to me in this collection was Pentimento by Nick Kyme. It reminded me a small bit of another story McNeill had done in the book about Fulgrim. It it not way feels copied, but comfortable with.
Bone Cutter by Darius Hinks, I liked this one allot and enjoyed the end.
The other stories may not have caught me as well as these but I didn't feel annoyed or frustrated with any of them. All in all this was a solid collection.
The gem to me in this collection was Pentimento by Nick Kyme. It reminded me a small bit of another story McNeill had done in the book about Fulgrim. It it not way feels copied, but comfortable with.
Bone Cutter by Darius Hinks, I liked this one allot and enjoyed the end.
The other stories may not have caught me as well as these but I didn't feel annoyed or frustrated with any of them. All in all this was a solid collection.
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