Scales is a serial horror set in a post-apocalyptic marshland. A girl and her dog are left alone in the world after "scales" took away everyone they knew and loved, or so it seems. Traverse the briny landscape; bunny hop through the bog. Join Ivy and Lily in search of hope in the despair of what is ...

The great city of Nidus has been ruled by the Sapiens for generations. The war against the Udo was won centuries prior, leaving the race little more than memory. As the years trudge on and the days become colder, the Sapiens live in harmony, even if it is controlled. For the Sapiens live by the Keig...

"Fading Bonds: Chronicles of Eternal Friendship and Rebirth" weaves a tale of Haruto Minato and Sota Yuma, two friends whose lives take an unexpected turn on their ninth birthday. As their friendship matures against the backdrop of war and betrayal, the story explores the enduring ties that bind the...

A party gone wrong. A broken window. Amnesia. Katherine jumped from a window in her favourite party dress and converse shoes. But why? What happened? A short story....

Peter is a broken and bitter man with nothing left to live for. The loss of his best friend, his loyal dog Zeus, threatens to drive him over the edge. However, as events take an unexpected turn and bizarre circumstances surround him, he refuses to die.  Despair, struggle, and mystery. Beware, this j...

Time infinitely flows and never stops, the shadow of the past, the current, and the glimpse of the future will be what encompasses the beings of this land. But... Will the current of time be easily crossed or will it completely swallow the very beings that make the world....

Jessica is a not so normal woman. Relatively young in age, while only being in her twenties, she is a graded being of the lowest caliber. Free spirited and not very careful in her actions.  When consequences can no longer be held off, she is caught and put into a disadvantaged situation. As a lone w...

A gangster dies at the hands of a boy who lost his parents to her. Only for that Gangster to wake up in a strange world in a strange body with nothing to her name but a frightened little assistent of the original body's owner. The original tried to optain eternal life. Well and now look at this mess...

What motivates you to get out of bed? To eat? To read? What moves the stars of the Universe or the ground beneath your feet? Could it be the same thing? Is there even a point in asking these questions?  Well no matter. If you don't ask them, someone else will. Ren Sciron was that someone else. One d...

When Lee downloads a seemingly innocent dating sim that happens to have a focus on romancing male characters, his life becomes hijacked by game mechanics. Lee is forced to navigate several real-life romantic relationships with his male peers and battle the unexpected twists of love, loss, and the bl...

This is a work made for the January 2024 Community Magazine Contest. Spoken and unspoken. Told and written. If a person or even a small minuscule sapling had enough fame and a story relating to it, it would become stronger. Magical evolutions, mystical changes, everything that changes the world. Ta...

What happens when a game is not distinguishable at all from reality? What happens when a game is so realistic you are able to feel the touch of stone, the cold air that breezes past you as you progress? I'll tell you what, it's the best game ever! Killing rabid dwarves in mines long forgotten, in an...

A year has passed since Sword Art Online was defeated for good, and everyone was freed from the game. But one young man was still not free of the torment. And a job. Thomas Trey Trenor is now an emotionless husk of who he once was. He once had the whole world ahead of him, but reality set in within ...

He was called a monster by everyone and was treated as such. Cursed, whipped and left to die in a cave in the name of punishment, even when he was a five-year-old boy. Despite this, he tried his best to prove himself to his family, the one he called his father, but failed. He thought he was going to...

Beast Hunter follows the various tales of Order Hunters in the land of Jie, a continent rife with squabbling states, viscous beasts, and wicked magicians. The first story follows Wone as he begins his work as a hunter and struggles between his commitment to the order and his own desire to be rich an...

A joyous day it would be once a Cosmic Kin is born! For The Elder Realm that is, not the human world.  After talks of a possibilty that acolytes will awaken a Cosmic Kin, Aaisuke, Eldername Aaizogoth, must leave the comforts of her kingdom to prevent the human world from drowning in madness. As a ch...

AIYYO! I FINALLY GOT MY OWN SERIES! **cheesing from excitement** Can you believe it?! I know I barely can. I mean, I guess after having about five or six stories centering on me in Shantrice's anthology, I shouldn't be too surprised, but I'm still over-the-moon with joy. Now? Well, now I get to be m...

"W-what's with the gun, Honeybug?", Adrian mumbles nervously, with a cold sweat running down the sides of his head, and his arms hanging in the air. "Sign the fucking marriage papers, I'm done playing around. I know you were just delaying it to break up with me and I'm not letting you off the hook t...

Updates Twice a Week. Marianne Colbert learns the hard way there's a side to life she didn't know about. After an outing with her transfer student goes sideways, she's given a week to "consider" joining the fight with their saviors. Except it's either that or being mind-wiped, with no support and at...

January 2024 Royal Road Community Magazine Contest Entry Nico Caro is living out his fondest TTRPG fantasies. All the things he wasn’t strong enough for in his former “real” life, he can handle in this new one. All he has to do is level up until he’s basically a god, and then he’ll never need to tak...