In the spy and assassin world ranking is everything, Startta Sin High School is ranked dead last out of the six schools and has been for the past 20 years because they attract the worst types of students causing the school's reputation to drown in the mud. However, an alumni of this school who is no...

They dare not speak his name. I'm his replacement. When Ferrowill's latest assassination job ends with him tumbling from a balcony, he's reincarnated into The Realm of Dreams where fear is the greatest strength of all. He learns this firsthand when The Dream Eater forces him into a contract that gra...

Guy gets reincarnated as a dragon....

[Participant in the June 2024 Royal Road Community Magazine Contest] Klik is a goblin, and he hates it Klik spends more time with Elder Zelena than he does with his own tribe. Unlike them, she cares for him, talks to him as an equal, treats him with kindness. In her little home, he feels safe, not i...

How did my life come to this?Here I lay on my twin size mattress with the dirt stains on top, trying to find out the exact pin point of my downfall. No, I shouldn’t call it that. Downfall would mean that I was at the top at one point. I was doomed from the start. Almost as if it were fate for my lif...

Fischer had always wanted an adventure, but perhaps this one isn't what he asked for. What to expect: — An adorable goblin who likes to fish  — wonderful grandmothers who are clearly not witches *wink* *wink* — Storytelling and style: metamodern and whimsical, because why not? — A magic system that...

Inspired by one of my very own dreams, The Suicide Cabin explores a cycle of Trauma and Abuse seen through the eyes of a faceless protagonist. It is a story that delves deep into the dark recesses of the human mind, and the horrors that we conjure. Using a supernatural backdrop, this short story att...

A reserved high school student named Kim Jae-min leads a solitary life, his attention solely focused on academic excellence. Unfazed by the distractions of teenage life, Jae-min maintains a quiet existence until he crosses paths with Han Soo-jin, a vivacious and compassionate girl with a heart of go...

Could you survive a witch’s insanity? That's the question Ryan must face after getting caught by a witch on his way to save his tribe from a deadly curse. Ryan thinks he is done for when he is kidnapped. It’s without counting on his new allies, skilled master and mysterious supporter.  [Entry for g...

The water was cold against Tarsam's feet as he stood upon the slimy rocks of the stream. He looked down at his toes the color of light earth and watched as white currents moved their way around his ankles. There was tiny, orange movement drifting over his pink nails then they darted away as if scare...

Finny lounged on the cloud white couch, his Gucci-slippered feet rested upon the perfectly round ottoman. The couch set was Maison Le Reve, an up incomer in the luxury furniture scene, in a couple years it had already surpassed many of its competitors in quality and price....

He stood at the banks of the 'Thought Stream', but it was anything but calm at this point. White water rushed and roared loud. Not enough force to uproot trees or wash away large debris. But anything that entered it would be steadily whisked away....

A goblin writes to the human girl who long ago had pity on him and spared his life. Wracked by guilt and regret, he sets upon the unthinkable task of explaining the path that led him to his hopeless state. This is a short story written for the Goblins and Grandmas prompt. It was surprisingly fun to ...

Tolls of the bell tower are harbingers of war in the village of Jeshile. In a tale that spans across generations, every chime marks another sacrifice, another story without a happy end. Witness the goblins’ tears, their resentment, and an unbreakable spirit through the eyes of Gretcha. From a hopef...

Beth, a sorceress who has been living a life of a mercenary exorcist. Exorcising demons for a fee, that has been her life for five years. caring little about the destination and only the journey. But fate the force she disregard, has been quietly weaving a sinister eerie end for her journey. The que...

People can not live forever and that's the same for this particular Grandmother. With her time seemingly coming near she found a Wise Goblin on the internet to make a wish on. Concerned for her granddaughter, she does not want to leave her all alone without anyone helping her grow out of her self-de...

When Jaimie witnesses a kidnapping, it throws his whole life into disarray. He is now a changed man in more ways than one. Along the way he makes some unlikely allies, and they become united by something more than just circumstances. They realize that their lives are a maniacally twisted entanglemen...

Killers instinct  Ethan Shaw, a boy with a traumatic past and a chilling secret, struggles with a darkness that threatens to consume him. With a striking appearance—white and black hair, ruby-red eyes, and pale skin—Ethan appears otherworldly, a reflection of the turmoil within. Haunted by the viole...

In the wake of her son Jacob's brutal murder, 52 year old Clarissa Brighton is haunted by a secret she could not fathom just days earlier. There were 7 long years between the moment her son first left her, and the day he returned on her doorstep, 3 children under his arm. He came back to the Brighto...

Desolate and alone, he journeys to the city of Bellken where he must learn everything. Through the following months he fights to survive, slowly uncovering everything around him with his wits alone. Time will not be on his side however, as the ever-changing world challenges him every day “Just how f...