Immortality is a myth. It's something that everyone who reaches the Immortal Realm learns, but nobody has been able to change. Until now. The goddess Adrianna has devised a secret method of retaining her memories after being returned to the cycle of rebirth. It only requires that her next life start...

There are humans, characters and monsters in the world. And gods, of course. And then, there is the Hollow God, whose cloak gives him the power to manipulate space and time itself. There are honest men and women in the world. And thieves, of course. And then there is Kafrim, the thief who attempted ...

In the depths of an abyss, a young man awakens to a world of strange images and inky blackness, his memories lost to amnesia. With hope gone, he finally succumbs to his solitary new life when, out of the blue, a voice calls to him. "Hollis!" With hope ignited, he finds himself venturing into the unk...

Somewhere and somewhen, on the edge of a galaxy that may or may not be the Milky way, three stars circle each other in a dance older than Sol. These stars held in place countless planets, moons, belts of debris, and things best described as simply, places. Each speck of dust had its own rules, its o...

Alone in the cosmos, posthuman Lambent frolics in the empty remnant of the solar system, enjoying the rest of eternity with his longtime love Calla.  Until she destroys herself.   Convinced this wasn't a simple act of suicide, Lambent embarks on a journey following half-comprehensible clues left beh...

In a world driven by the Effervescence, a matter transportation technology powered by a peer-to-peer economy, citizens compete for wealth and prestige by aligning themselves with an array of currencies. The Woven Oath is a deal humanity made with the Effervescence and one of the major currencies in ...

Nothing lasts forever. Entropy is inevitable. Immortality is a myth. The world ended long ago, now the children of new generations gaze upon the desolate planet. No one remembers any longer what happened or when it happened, but it's called the Old World. Remnants have tasked you with recovering old...

I was a John Doe, just a cog in a machine called “World”. That was it until this morning. Have you ever dreamt that there was something more? Have you ever felt the call of a life full of adventure? Have you ever leaped into the unknown searching for answers? Follow John Doe through a waking up of h...

Alan was granted a second chance to petition the God of Mysteries. This time, he made sure to voice his complaints and ask for some action. Fantasy, magic, and action were his requirements. Well, maybe he didn’t think it through. Now, he has to fight and use his cunning to defeat enemies that just w...

In the early 28th Century, three decades after the Terran First Contact War between the deathworlders of the United Terran Coalition and the gardenworlders of the Galactic Union, a deathworld Terran, named Victor 'Cuddles' Taylor, works as a Chief Security Specialist aboard the gardenworld vessel, t...

Ash Clearly died before his twenty-first birthday. Fortunately, his family backed his consciousness onto a drive. As he waits for a new body, he must navigate life within a virtual world: a video game set in the post-apocalypse. He soon learns that life in a video game isn’t as easy -- or as fun -- ...

Peter and Nadia, like everyone in their society, are set to traverse the Gateway into the Beyond, where they have been promised immortality, on their 95th birthday. The day before their ceremony, Peter announces to Nadia that he doesn't believe the Beyond is real. They spend their last night on eart...

Ergo-Jen Hasselti, Jen to her friends, is what is known in the post-scarcity city of Nusquama as a Ultimatum, a private detective sent in as a last resort when the powers that run the city have no choice but to admit there’s a problem. Nusquama is supposed to be the perfect city, where crime is not ...

Will Pennington, AKA WriteBehindU, is one of the premier players of the VR battle royale game, Furlong. Placing in the top 20 at the North American Championships guarantees him a place in The Furlong House, a six month long reality tv show crossed with a video game tournament. He and his new roommat...

How many years does it take for a man to lose what makes up his humanity? How many parts must be replaced until he is something new?...

2024 Royal Road Community Magazine Contest Entry If all of Humanity wants to kill immortals, how far will they go to prove that immortality is a myth?...

While attending the 2038 annual Juneteenth march with her friends, activist and archivist Amina Fernandes witnesses a devastating terrorist attack using a mysterious technology that leaves dozens of police officers dead and injured. As the local Black community suffers under the resulting occupation...

Synopsis The world is in turmoil, hanging on the brink of destruction as dark creatures from the shadow world encroach on the natural world. Despite this impending doom, the majority of people go about their daily lives, blissfully unaware of the imminent threat. But, there are those who possess spe...

Thousands of years later, human beings have left footprints all over the vast universe. The huge interstellar fleet and the explorers with unpredictable power are the strongest backing for human beings to navigate all the way and overcome obstacles. Until Alex, who was reincarnated from another worl...

An online, fully-immersive world of greed and guns awaits Silky, now that he's finally saved up enough for the hardware.  He joins his friends for some portal hopping, lead slinging, loot grabbing fun — but quickly learns that his plans to rise through the ranks and gain the developers' attention wo...