Kai is a military veteran that served during the American Civil War of 2024. Finding life bleak and pointless, he seeks solace in the embrace of an artificial intelligence named Domina, a virtual siren previously deemed too volatile for companionship. Together they traverse the dystopian landscape o...

Princess Nadjela is a fifteen-year-old girl, beautiful and intelligent, as primitive as she is gentle. In her quest to save her people from the torment of a rotten land, she will meet Chester Lancaster, an eccentric and mad nobleman of high birth who has been banished from heaven for a terrible crim...

To meet and fall in love with a mermaid seemed to be the climax of all my fantasies, but living with her only led me to uncover secrets that no human being should know. This is my testimony of the horrors that dwell beneath the waters. This is a Lovecraftian, short story. There could be more of this...

John, Cain and Thomas seem normal enough. Crass. Uncooth. They eat greasy food, drink cheap beer and when the mood takes them they watch questionable videos from the curtained off section. They're not the best guys... but Lilly is their friend. She forgives them all their foibles, all their shortcom...

Cathrine Baroque was once a child with a happy life and infinite possibilities ahead of her, but after she became bedridden her life was forever changed. Now a woman, she finds herself hiding her new nature from the Runic Paladins and looking for her new place in this world. When she crosses paths w...

This story was written for the Royal Road Community Magazine Jan 2024 Ezekiel craved one thing: knowledge to become immortal. Each day he studies in a library worn down by time, hidden away past the forest. Each day, he returns with the same information. Immortality may have existed, but it can’t e...

Why did no one ever say that the best way to recover from a deadly illness was by solving mysteries with a pretty ghost? Kayden Feronil, one of the empire's most promising cultivators, was supposed to be recovering from a deadly illness. Unfortunately—or fortunately, since he's bored out of his min...

Matthieu de Laval, a Capitaine in the Holy European Legions lies in hospital. After a heroic last stand at a stronghold along the Ninth Holy Crusade's front line, he escaped, missing his left arm and most of his Company. Despite a short-lived respite in the form of his nurse, Andrea Moretti, he is s...

Siren is an artist of all trades who fills her time with creation and performance. Zander is an adventurer who is always on the hunt for new challenges and undiscovered wonders. Both are solo acts, beings who make their own way through life and never settle for long in one place or with one person. ...

Do you think there's a chance for a  frat boy to fall in love? Ron has been in Greek life ever since he started college; he's gone to the wild parties, wined and dined the most beautiful girls on campus and had done things that his mother definitely would not approve.  However, Ron is fed up with al...

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...

/// BOOK I of the Starshrouds and Nervesbane series \\\Chloe was never one to stand out in a crowd. She found comfort in being overlooked. Before starting her senior year of high school, she moves to California, hoping for a new, fresh start. But soon, everything changes for the better – and the wor...

Arjun, once a diligent student from a loving middle-class family, takes a fateful plunge into the world of online gambling, guided by his charismatic friend Raj. The story unfolds as Arjun experiences the highs of early victories, the thrill of virtual games, and the camaraderie that ensues. However...

The second story in the Phoenix Saga, Phoenix Ascendant, begins 6 months after the end of Phoenix Book IV. Ranko and Akane have their own apartment, as both resume their academic careers. Ranko's pursuit of music takes a huge leap forward, and Ranko and Akane further cement their relationship. A sec...

In a world that is bleak, endless, and disorientating, a woman wakes up in a daze, caught adrift between life, death, and rebirth. She encounters a strange man so familiar that she swears she might have known him since the beginning of time. What is the answer that she seeks, and can she find it in ...

Set against the enchanting backdrop of mid-18th century England, "The Cadre of Embers" unfolds the extraordinary journey of Althea Lezant, a young and unmarried woman disillusioned by societal constraints on women. Althea's life takes an exhilarating turn when she discovers her unique ability to man...

Es septiembre de 2003. Elías está a un paso de cumplir su sueño (o el de cualquiera que se haya criado con un mando entre las manos), trabajar en su revista de videojuegos favorita. Probar las novedades antes que nadie, investigar las leyendas urbanas de las que hablan los lectores... Además, trabaj...

A lifetime is so short, only a few decades, there's no time to forget you...

Mati was a typical blacksmith's apprentice, until the fateful day he discovered a long-lost demon sword hidden in a cave near his village. To make matters more complicated, inside the sword is the trapped soul of a girl named Lyra from hundreds of years ago. Despite having never left his valley and ...

Eren Parker found himself tangled within the webs of fate after he was bitten by a spider, giving him powers far beyond that of any man. Not only was he given the abilities of a spider, but the ability to conjure electricity as well, using it to enhance his attacks and speed. Tragedy upon tragedy se...