Mankind has achieved great feats of knowledge and spread across the stars.  Human civilization is a rickety house of cards.  The crew of the starship Nineveh have a distinguished career in salvage and rescue in the Outers.  But waking up in deep space with the task of retrieving an object of unknown...

Shalom, the lonely, secluded village by the seaside, makes a startling discovery: a wooden chest washed ashore containing two bodies, shattering their once dull and monotonous existence. Rhohaz, the newly appointed leader of Shalom after his father's untimely death, struggles in his leadership role ...

Witching Souls: Part 1 of 3 Lexi is feared and misunderstood by those close to her. A coven is meant to be family, so why is the leader scared of her extraordinary abilities rather than celebrating them? In a modern world twisted with the supernatural, a 17-year-old Lexi has struggled with a secret:...

Witching Souls: Part 2 of 3 As more memories from their previous lifetimes surface, Lexi and Leo must confront the haunting echoes of their history. Together, they delve into the mysteries of their shared past, seeking to unravel the reasons for the cycle of death they are trapped in. With each reve...

Elneshe. The kingdom of a thousand histories. And an ancient hub of knowledge forgotten by civilization. No one cared to uncover its secrets until one fateful day when two countries were tricked into looking for them. Now Phasgoria and Ravenishtan wage war against each other in the hope that they ca...

Katherine has been able to see ghost all her life; for her, this has always been a nuisance. Able to help spirits reach the afterlife, Katherine, for the first time in her life, must use her curse to unravel a murder and send a familiar spirit to paradise....

After David's brother goes missing he is determined that he is still alive....

In the vast expanse of existence, beyond the boundaries of time and space, lay the enigmatic tapestry of The Lost Realms. Worlds uncountable, chained together by threads of cosmic magic, formed the intricate fabric of this multiverse. Each realm, a unique entity, teeming with life, magic, and untold...

At the end of a life spent meaninglessly there is a brief moment of respite in the thought that it will all soon be over, and yet with the quick tightening of a finger the world does not fade. When Henry awakens in another world he is not met with purpose, but rather an all-consuming hunger for a li...

A slice of horror fantasy short story. Morgan and Angie are two witches tasked with ensuring the children of Witcheim receive enough candy this Halloween. However, things go awry and their night ends up getting turned upside down. This short story contains elements of existential dread and some inst...

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 ...

Among uncharted stars, the crew and refugees of Minerva's Whisper are faced with challenges they never imagined. From a malfunctioning interstellar drive to the enigmatic Benefactors, the true nature of the planet of Voracia unfolds in layers of treachery. As Valeria is seduced by the allure of this...

Centuries have passed since insects descended on earth, eradicating other species. The Hive Monoliths, the ancient insect lords, rule over this world. Sely, a girl with insect sap in her veins, seeks out her father to tell him about the sighting of a flying city. Legend of ancient human civilization...

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...

Tauheen is dead, and her followers have scattered. Some of them are now helping the vicious and deadly feather mafia hunt down their own kind.Aeriels are being branded and killed, their wings hacked off and sold to the highest bidder on the black market.But after a clash between the Aeriels and the ...

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...

It begins with a number of werewolves found dead, their blood drained. For Riley Averline, a Centurion with the Order, the immediate suspect is a vampire. When the three vampire covens of Boston proclaim their innocence, however, it forces Riley to look deeper. Into the case, and into himself. Enter...

A Lore Supplement for Deep Mettle. The man. The mystery. The machines. Osh Esidh, First Illuminator to the Satrap, delves into the story of Gaspar Meck - Antissa's former Chief Engineer -  his contact with the legendary Mathematician Azal, and how he came to touch the secrets of the city's ancient B...

After a heist goes wrong, a slum thief and his friend are forced to seek the aid of an immortal witch in the nearby forest, and upon reaching her doorstep, they are offered a proposition: their sworn loyalty for a year in exchange for saving their lives. Though it’s too late for his friend, the thie...

Epilogue to Deep Mettle Ten years before the story of Florian Flint . . .  On the edge of the Rivan Gulf stands Fallstone Bastion, home of the Celestri. In the wake of Naemia's fall, its doors will close to the world forever. Below the bluffs, the harbour is silent but for two tall figures walking t...