A young man pits his wits against a mysterious old man in a card game. Its a game with much more meaning and far greater consequences than he could ever imagine, and unfortunately, the line between genius and madness is often quite blurred. The real question isn't whether or not he can survive in a ...

Almost dying does something to you. Living alone in a forest from a young age does something to you. Growing up with almost no memories of who you are does something to you. Having to survive amongst horrifying monsters does something to you.  One of these things changes a person.  Two of these twis...

(You don't need to understand or have played the Fallout games to read this series.) Something tore the old world apart. Nobody knows what or how. All that's left are dried remnants of the past and the birth of a savage, cruel world. Subjek woke up right at the cusp of a turning age for this deso...

It just like how it happens before 21-12-2012. A group of paranormal state that a big event would happen to this world. But rather than an apocalypse, they said it’s a transformation, ‘Holy Friday’. The day when a total solar eclipse occurs but then the sun direction would be different, earth rotati...

A British robot rebels in a very passive-aggressive way....

I've decided that I might rewrite this novel now that I'm somewhat skilled.(I hope)  I'll be going through the chapters one by one, and when they are done, there will be a (redone) or (remade) (something like that) in the titles.  Because I am rewriting it basically from scratch, nothing past the (r...

Power, Corruption & Lies: "Post hoc, ergo propter hoc". The priori; with the bad moon rising at the horizon, beyond the heavy and mysterious sea of Mist, no blood is thicker than the ink belonging to a collection of stories, tails, vignettes, thoughts, reckonings, short poems of a world who revolves...

Mastrya is a LitRPG story where the main character possesses what appears to be an incredibly overpowered class, though one that comes with dire consequences.  The story is a choose your own adventure story, and so it will be largely audience driven.   You will shape the world of Mastrya.  You will ...

Monsters of unknown origin populate this fantasy world. Unlike other beings, they have the ability to steal the strengths and traits of those they consume, growing stronger every battle they stand victorious. With a power that many envy, a Scypede -- a monster with the form of a dark centipede with ...

Litchi is your ordinary Royal Road addict. She can’t resist the call of a new chapter even when she needs to work. Because of too many new responsibilities she promises one week without reading. Sadly, she cracks in three days, because of an Azarinth Healer notification. Taking out her phone she sta...

Do you remember it? There was a time we all did…We once loved it, we were once nurtured by it.A City, so grand, so beautiful. So enthralling we promised it we’d never let go. We promised we would always believe. But you did. You all did. And now that City that nurtured you lies in ruin.You ruined it...

Not many morals from the pre Core Tech world are left, now, only Zhongsiyans remain in the dying world. Although, any very few whomst are not, will likley only die along with the world....

New version  https://www.royalroad.com/fiction/46370/ancient-blood-volume-one-fall-of-the-phoenix Modern Europe. It's been a year since the news of the ancient clans do exist got published. Those clans which consists of fairytale creatures such as dragons, phoenixes and many more have been living ...

He is the Lich Emperor at the pinnacle of necromancy, the tyrant ruling the world - his Unholiness Invictus Celsus. After his phylactery was destroyed by rebellious "traitors", Invictus should have perished as well. Instead, he woke up in a seemingly medieval world, in the body of a young man named ...

A high school student, bored of the mundane reality about him, is introduced to the hidden and fantastical world of magic by a mysterious silver-haired woman; wherein, he learns a troubling secret regarding himself and the creation of life on Earth....

Yuka Takaoka is an ordinary girl, well there is one thing different about her from most girls and that is she's a bit of a yandere. Being raised by a single mother who tries her hardest for her daughter and as a result of that she's not around most of the time, but it's not like she's alone all the ...

Luke Walker could never expect that, after blacking out at a drinking party, he'll wake up in a different world, hangover being the last of his worries.  In the gamelike world of status screens and levels, Luke found himself at the deepest part of a high-level dungeon.  "Oh, I know this plot! I'll s...

Graham came from a bad place. He's done bad things. But even he deserves the chance to start over ... doesn't he? A short one shot based on Soul Echo: Discovery by Lisa Stapleton, an indie author with great ideas....

"Have you heard, the entire Bonanno crew was brutally murdered!" Exclaimed a youth in his early teens.  "What? you're lying, again!" Another similarly aged child responded with crisp denial in his tone. After all, the crew was infamous for their ruthlessness. An eery silence passed between them. Soo...

It's cold. 39020 feels cold. He knows what that word means: "feel." According to his databases, it's not a word that should apply to him....