One hundred million years ago, an unknown cataclysm rendered humanity extinct. After conquering seven galaxies and becoming a super-civilization, terrankind vanished from the cosmos. Time passed. Their animal descendants (Cats, dogs, and crocodiles, among others) all evolved and Uplifted themselves ...

The story of college student Johan and middle school student Lucy, who have been having the same dream ever since they could remember. A dream of two lovers who would always fall to some misfortune. Before they meet their end, they swore to be together in the afterlife. History will crash upon Johan...

Benji, Havana and Old Doc were on a mission to 'kidnap' the President's son, Akym Vybranny... This is an contest entry short story forThe [Royal Road Community Magazine] Contest [June Edition] Consist total of 8018 words for all chapters combined.You May found the prompt at first and final chapter o...

Field of Stars is a beautiful slice of life, romantic drama in which the protagonist, Kaito, and his sister moved in with their aunt after a tragic night they’d both rather forget. It is in the mountainous town of Hakone that he experiences the love found in the bonds of friendship, the unrelenting ...

Kanu is a heroic fantasy in the shadows of legendary warriors such as Conan and Imaro. A young man hurled away from the safety and protection of his tribe into a world he never imagined. Haunted by nightmares that have plagued his mind since Birth Kanu travels the world searching for the voice insid...

THE WHITE SUN RISES, AND THE WORLD SUFFERS. A malignant star appears in the east every fourth day, spreading death and decay across Ki. Life survives only around precious fires kindled by dying priests. What happens to a man who loses his place beside the fire? Rammash im-Belemel is determined not t...

"Oliver Twist meets Lord of the Rings": A young man becomes aware of several things in his life and takes matters into his own hands....

The Sapient Union city-ship Craton, twenty-five light years out from Sol have an encounter with a terrifying life-form.  The giant entity, known as a Leviathan, has been asleep for deep ages of time, but now . . . they may have woken it up. Other-Terrestrial is a hard sci-fi story with cosmic horror...

A teenage boy retreats into a fantasy world with his idea of the perfect girlfriend when his family starts falling apart....

My first submission on Royal Road!This is a short story I did a while back when I was playing around with third-person perspective. I like the way it came out, but will probably not be doing any other stories from this perspective, it's just far too limiting and strange to read....

Ten-year-old Maryn is about to begin her apprenticeship to become one of the Chosen. But first, she learns that the world is not as safe as she once thought and she will have to make a choice that could change her life forever. This is a stand-alone story that takes place in the world of my much lar...

A short story about a teacher, Doug Freedman, and a night gone wrong. Short Story....

In the not too distant future, the Earth's population spends most of their time inside their homes, occupying a virtual reality called the System. One day, the System goes down indefinitely. Marie Joyce used to play piano in the System and struggles now to pick up the craft in reality....

The Curse is a play which dramatises the story of Professor Fayemi, the genius of Chemistry Department in a university who decides to victimise a beautiful lady in his department for not submitting to his sexual advances. Elizabeth, the female student, remainss admamant until the professor threatens...

After barely surviving their encounter with the sleeping Leviathan twenty-five light years from Earth, Captain Brooks and his crew search for an individual whose mere presence may protect them from the reality-warping abilities of the beings.  While officially called Cerebral Readers, they are known...

Norman hated his life. His peers ignored and bullied him. His mother nagged. His father was never home. Norman desperately wished for a miracle, but his prayers went unanswered. Until one night. **************************************** Note: This story is going to be very short. I would recommend re...

A young woman runs away from her secluded childhood only to find that her new life may be coming to a hellish end....

Pierre Havelock is an author, atleast now he is. In truth 3 decades ago Pierre was dragged across space & time only to land on our boring old earth.So when one of his 'characters', a girl based on someone he once knew in his past life, appears before him - Pierre is less than best pleased. He is eve...

“There is no more a turbulent time to live than during the slow, often violent, fall of a dying empire.” Within the borders of the turbulent Revaryn Empire, a young noble named Kaewyn Edderfield is left in charge of his father's land of Greystone Province. Kaewyn however, would prefer to spend his t...

In Japanese, "私の最愛の蠍座に". Another classical edition written that blends in horoscopes and astrology signs into the story.  Surrounding the 4 elements (Fire, Water, Air, and Earth) of the Western and Sidereal astrology, what happens when Scorpio ♏︎ meets Virgo ♍︎? Let's reveal the mystery in this spec...