The forest had always been a part of the town. It had been there for generations, even before the town was built.  There are stories passed down by the old people in town. Newcomers claim they were simply a cautionary tales, but some of them are there to keep the people aware on how to keep themselv...

In the year 2018 life is quite easy for many people. However peaceful times like these are bound to change and stop someday. This year is the year where the peaceful times stop and the struggle for survival begins. With the reawakening of Gaia, the spirit of the planet earth, mana also appeared agai...

A story for the New Year Resolution contest.  A wealthy man thought he had it all; fame, wealth, reputation and most importantly his life. But he was wrong. Lying on the hospital's bed, he began to have a second thought of his life and where it had led him; on the verge of losing everything -  most ...

(this is an outdated version, new one is here: https://www.royalroad.com/fiction/49146/petrichor-act-one)...

One night an old friend of Ned's wakes him up from his sleep only to inject something into him. The next day he was found murdered. From that day on Ned's life changed. Ned found his world altered, different from how it normally was. This story is about how he tries to navigate through his new view ...

Follow this grandma’s unhappy journey of being transmigrated with all her memories intact. ‘“Why me?” she cried to herself “I can't even die in peace?” “...at the very least, I demand compensation!" "Erase my memories!”...

Some short stories I wrote when I was young, that I had thought lost and share here if only for safekeeping. Two in French in a Roman Fantasy setting as a tribute to the old game 'Lord of Heroes' ; and the rest in English: one inspired by manichean webnovels, another one... difficult to classify as ...

The story takes place in a small town amidst the flames of war. A year full of abandoned children and dying orphans. Rena, a girl almost only skin and bones refuse to accept death as she got a sister to take care of. When the battlefield is nearing their area, with nowhere to run. Mihcael, a seeming...

Like many of my peers, I've discovered that life is not quite what I expected it to be. As I age, I've begun to find that many of the sayings and truths that my parents, authority figures, and friends have passed on to me were outright lies. Every person I know has been subject to the same interacti...

My name is Haru Tashikawa. I lost my parents when I was a child. I don't remember them much, but I was told that they were real superheroes who possessed superpowers. After my parents' death, I was raised by my uncle and he was everything to me. He was the one who taught me all about life.BUT THEY T...

a love letter to children's books, with nice morals and positive influences all around. . . . . if you don't like senseless violence and a main character that you would like to see hanged then reading is not recommended....

Where do lost souls go? To death's library of course. The labyrinth built by death is maze wherein lost souls get to interact with one another. It is a form of purgatory that allows souls to make contact with fellow souls like them who're stuck in a limbo and cannot quite pass into the afterlife jus...

A story I was asked to write for an assignment about if I thought torture was ever truly acceptable....

Classic tale of messing with things you don't understand...

Mark Evans was just an average prepper who actually had to use his zombie survival plan.  When the world changes sometimes we have to change with it.  Explore a post-apocalyptic world with Mark as he tries to use what he knows and who he knows to keep himself, his family, and friends safe in a new w...

My submission for a short story contest here on RoyalRoadl about the New Year. I only posted this now to make up for my other book being on hiatus. A story about hate and love, truth and lies, falling and redemption, memories and redemption. This is a story of an accused boy on his way back to his p...

Anything can be interesting if you make it that way! Can a normal regular person successfully find meaning and happiness in an ordinary life through this idea? *please feel free to roast my writing. I am always looking for feedback and suggestions to get better*...

This story will follow the paths of a selection of children born long after the magical races dissapear from earth for their own protection. In a realm that was created through great sacrifice by the ones before them living paralel to the Earth. This story will explore the mortal and magical realms ...

Jager, a fearless man, nicknamed son of the devil because of his ruthless cruelty. Pursued by gangsters and police, disgraced by his own family, yet loved by some people as they believed he was doing the right thing, cleaning the garbage from the streets. Not a hero, neither a villain, just a human ...

Round in circles, and right back to square one. They were, to each other, but a memory lost of remembrance. The mind forgot... will the heart remember? • very slow updates • slow plot development • Note that this work is also hosted on WP by me. This story is a work of fiction. Names, characters, p...