askuna wants to be a hero but suprise suprise he hasnt got a power however him and his sidekick greg who is a squirell are determined to be number 1...

A speed run is an attempt to beat a video game as fast as possible, for glory and personal satisfaction.  Speed reading a book has never carried quite the same appeal, but perhaps that can change, with the addition of choice. Here is a challenge, set in a fantasy world based on the principles of the...

Imagine an Elf, raised as a human in the 20th-century U.S., getting traumatized by human brutality from wars and getting sick of society. This is a story originally created for the "Forrest Gump project" for APUSH end-of-the-year assignment. My friend encouraged me to publish this here since I wrot...

I am offering 37 chapters of Tearmoon goodness —plus Anne gets her own epilogue (and for the less discerning readers, I’ve added a Tearmoon fanart chapter at the end)! After much convincing, Abel has agreed to bring Mia for a formal visit to his home in Remno. He tries to explain to her that his app...

Kafkaesque is a collection of scary stories, each one differing in theme and tone for a unique reading experience....

If one day you woke up to realize there was another you—what would you do? This story depicts a silly romcom between two same individuals of opposing genders. --dotturndot...

BEFORE HE WAS TRYING TO SAVE THE WORLD, HE JUST WANTED TO SAVE HIS OWN ASS. Bill Ryder has a problem: the vampires under his rule don’t respect him. Unfortunately, in the world of the supernatural, that makes him as good as dead. In order to keep breathing, Bill must become someone else … something ...

Atlantis wasn’t the only advanced civilization to suffer a sudden and precipitous fall; there was also Ys, Norumbega, Arcadia, and others… at least according to the lore of the hit video game Hanging Gardens of Babylon. Jenny Handerly (who goes by Handzy online) is also seeking her own path to parad...

For all of you that know me from before yes it is I. But enough about me, this is not my story.   This is a story about a young man in his early thirties who has how he likes to say bad luck. From a difficult childhood to a even harder life. Donny is a guy who was born in a world similar to our own....

Would you take your keepsake to a shop with half-baked signage? Phillens does. He has an item he wants to deposit. Not with a bank, but a consultancy complete with a surface-to-air train. Only a keepsake for the vault is the last thing Jay and Jo want. That kind of heat could invite an apple town's ...

Nico Moretti was a young man with no direction in his life. But that all changes when his mob boss grandfather gives him access to a System that seems tailor-made to transform him into the perfect mafioso. Will Nico be able to hold onto his values, or will this lifestyle and system bring out a darkn...

Participant in the Royal Road Writathon challenge Sage cannot seem to get away from her demanding family who expect her to be on hand all day regardless that she has a demanding job or that she may have a life of her own never mind the stalker ex-boyfriend who won’t take the hint that two years is l...

A short story, beginning with a crash landing of a door upon the beach.Originally written for the "Best Australian Yarn" competition, 2023....

In the cozy, cobblestoned city of Thundrel, Lilly feels unfulfilled living the life of a baker, and wants to do something greater.  After dreaming about the amulet she's had since she was a child, she decides to research it, and discovers that it holds secrets beyond what she could have imagined. Th...

How you know it's been a long day: When a door knocker says that it wants a password. After a fruitless trip to his parents, Jo wants a quiet evening. Not be psyching himself up for an appointment where and he and Jay are the unwilling patients and someone else is the inquisitive bird-like consultan...

Demon Lord Azanth was one of the greatest demons of the planes of wickedness. Liam Nowak is just your average first year student mage. Azanth is evil. Liam is good. An unlikely partnership comes about when Azanth's enemies overthrow him and force him into the weakest, most flimsy and impossible-to-c...

Santa is Dead! Yet, through the marvels of Elfish technology, he has risen. Dive into an enchanting journey with Santa as he embraces his new role as a player within a game-like system. Embarking on a mission to save Christmas, Santa navigates a world filled with challenges and magic, where every de...

This story takes place in the Forgotten Realms Dungeons and Dragons setting. Hein Slatecutter is an artificer studying a strange bronze tower, a tower he believes will be the staging ground of an invasion from the lawful planes. Hein thinks that an army of rogue modrons have allied with a psychotic,...

This is strictly a parody of the Lord of the Rings movies for the sake of humor, not meant to disrespect Tolkien or fans of his work. Fair warning, there will be many creative liberties taken in this story and it may drive some of the more die-hard fans crazy. Experience the Lord of the Rings movies...

Just a nice, quiet, early afternoon's walk. Or it would be if a giant talking lemon wasn't coming down the road. Herdgewick's a bit of an expert. Crime-fighting, maze-cracking, bird-spotting; he's on it. Only he might want to have brushed up on his tree species this morning. Getting them wrong is no...