My good friend, Aaron, posted me a link to this piece of fan art on deviantart, and I liked it so much I thought I’d share it with you. It’s by an artist called Noldofinve, and is a representation of the building in which my story, 'The Last Church' takes place (you can find this story in Tales of Heresy). I had a dour, square-cut gothic kind of church in mind, but this perfectly captures the feeling and sense I wanted to convey; something small and isolated, with the shadow of the looming Imperium coming up in the background, ready to swallow it up. Nice work.

Here’s what the artist herself has to say:

“The entry for a fight in Warhammer fan-art LJ community “Cultic buildings of Warhammer 40 000 universe”. This is the illustration for G. McNeill’s story “The Last Church”. The story has just blown my mind. Not only because of the Emperor as a main character but because of the idea and philosophical contest. I saw not only the future Lord of the Mankind but also a bright character, who was not like an angel or somekind of good deity. That was not an icon from codexes. The conception - the Emperor has a long philosophic conversation with poor yet strong in his faith priest - is great. Though, I guess, not so original. The conversation of two men is great. And the final of the whole story is splendid. With the last church of Terra the old era dyed in flames. And, at the same time, those flames were a dawn of a new Era.”