In the shadowed recesses of the underworld known as the Pit, a disparate group of adventurers, plucked from various corners of Osiri, find themselves ensnared in a malevolent web woven by the darkest denizens of their realm. The subterranean expanse, teeming with vile creatures, becomes the stage fo...

A dying world. 6 different definitions of immortality. An intergalactic being determined to manipulate the situation in their favor. The Immortals are mysterious beings that reside underground in a place the Ar’awn tribe calls The Abyss. Cian has to ensure the survival of his tribe since their forme...

Ever since selling herself into servitude to pay for her brother’s failed surgery, Shay’s life hasn’t felt worth living. Existence as a scullery maid to a family of Saints is degrading, and it’s impossible not to resent their wealth, agelessness, and immortality. But Saints are the only ones capable...

Nyxeria, the daughter of the God of Darkness, Nightmares, and Trickery, never expected to find herself cast down into the mortal realm. Tasked with furthering her father’s ambitions, she must now navigate the treacherous game of the Gods—a contest of influence, where each divine child seeks to prove...

Fellow student Ryu Tanaka struggles to understand the concept of friendship. However, an unexpected event causes him to join the School Live Club, resulting in him being stuck with Yuki, Kurumi, Yuuri, Megumi Sakura and later Miki. With the approach of graduation, Ryu starts to cultivate his relatio...

Rend his skin. Cold circuitry within. Immortality is within humanity’s grasp. But only the chosen elite are allowed to join the ranks of the Immortals, while the lower rungs of society are left to rot away in their mortal bodies, all while serving their eternal rulers.  Mace is the exception. He has...

A Shinigami is supposed to kill. But what happens if they join the Lit-Club instead? Is it all just for show? Meet 5 crazy people on their journey of changing the world... for good, right? Well, that's a matter of opinion.This Novel has a slow start and picks up in pace around Chapter 10. Slice-of-l...

Standing trial to become a proper Knight of Ansàrra, the Elf Kishirra tries to make her superior understand the cruel irony behind the Elves so-called immortality. A fantasy novella, prequel to Reborn Reedsmith and the Elven Knight.Written for the January 2024 Royal Road Community Magazine...

Atlas, like his namesake, was used to holding up the world. His friends depended on his presence to hang out with each other, his family depended on him for food, and his work depended on him to actually function. It was for this reason that, when the literal Devil approached him, he wasn't paying e...

#The author of this novel is actually a real-life tomb raider, and he has incorporated parts of his own experiences of tomb raiding and imprisonment into the story. Due to its moving plot and realism, it became explosively popular on the Chinese internet. However, because some of the story is based ...

After spending a decade delving into mortality, the many ways people die and prolonging human life, Professor Kenneth Hensley has finally peaked in his research. He plans to revolt against the concept of death and dabble in the concept of immortality with Project Soul Cage; A construct capable of pr...

The undead don’t think. They are not human. They are monsters. Everyone, even Necromancers, know this to be true. So, why is Jo traveling across the continent an undead in a robe?  Why does her companion respond to her questions in more and more human ways? And why does it stare unseeing at letters ...

The System has arrived and death and destruction have followed, as the people of Earth adapt and fight to survive. Almost everyone that is. Ada hasn't left her apartment for any other important event, so why would the Apocalypse be any different? Roach is one of the many, part of the great Hive, add...

Viktor led a simple life. He tends the graves, helps protect the city against the filthy undead, and takes his duties as a Death Cleric seriously. But one night, everything changes when a mysterious explosion wrecks the fresh grave he made, and there's a young girl inside it. Viktor doesn't know wha...

To the world, Ichiro "Red" Akai is a depressed eighteen-year-old high school dropout. To his victims, he is a monster. To himself, he is the Bringer - the one chosen by HELIX to ascend to godhood. The one who shall be given reign over all reality. The one who shall never have to die. Until one victi...

Nothing lasts forever. Entropy is inevitable. Immortality is a myth. The world ended long ago, now the children of new generations gaze upon the desolate planet. No one remembers any longer what happened or when it happened, but it's called the Old World. Remnants have tasked you with recovering old...

This katana feeds on rotten souls. Rika's fishing village is decimated by the Emperor for treason. Her father is captured, her friends and neighbors cut down, and Rika is left for dead. But after making a pact with a goddess, she awakens in the ruins of her village with only one thing on her mind: v...

Makia Praxis is the most focused, practical artist in Chicago. And she hates herself for it. She longs to have the imagination her friends—and rivals—have…instead, she's only good at painting fields and rivers. Her solo show opening is tonight. So much rides on selling work this time; it’s her last...

In a world besieged by supernatural threats, seven immortal wolves, appointed by an archangel after humanity's expulsion from the Garden of Eden, have silently safeguarded humans for centuries.These wolves, capable of shape-shifting into human form, seamlessly blend into society. Among them is Anton...

The gods are dying. A plague brought in from the world below has spread among them, ailing their bodies and minds. Those that remain are shells of their former selves. As long as they exist, they are a threat to the very world that poisoned them. Someone has to get rid of them. Accompanied by two an...