By the grace of the Three, may their blessings touch you. May all around you prosper, as shall you. When you depart, may the only sin staining you be death. May your legacy not be forgot. This is very different from my usual writing. Hope it does not disappoint. Participating in January 2024 RR mag...

January 2024 RR Magazine Contest Entry.   When the patriarch of the powerful Medina family dies, he makes a bargain with death: he'll guide his family from beyond the grave as a spirit, and will only move on when the last of his bloodline is gone.  But Giovanni Medina must contend with a rapidly cha...

"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...

After many trials and tribulations, the Jovian Gathering has established itself as its own force in the galaxy, and has re-integrated with the rest of the Federation. The USS Buran, 'on loan' to the Federation, finds herself at a crossroads in her life, and decides to have a child. A new generation ...

When one rises from the ashes, they are assumed to be the same that fell to these ashes.But what if what came from the fire was a new life? Submission for January 2024 magazine contest with prompt "Immortality is a myth"...

A tiny dragon meets a surprising new friend....

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...

[Entry for the February Magazine contest] [Uses the þ symbol for /th/ sounds] A young girl tries to resurrect her sister. A man tries to unlock the secrets of immortality. They endeavor to create an elixir that can confer life immortal and retroactive, so that her sister can be revived and so that t...

This was supposed to be an entry for the Community contest in January 2024, but it didn't hit the 8000 word mark. Still, after writing what is there, I feel like the story is complete, and adding more words would probably ruin it. I might continue this one in the future, perhaps with some litRPG ele...

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...

Short Story for Jan 2024; theme "Immortality Is A Myth"....

"Is there an aftermath to immortality?" She looked at me, tilting her head and blinking. We stared at each other in stilled silence. My limbs have all failed to move, save for my heartbeat reverberating in the darkness. "What are you talking about?"...

Prologue to the fantasy novel I'm currently writing, but also works as a nice little self contained story. Hence, will definitely be subject to change.  This will only contain the one chapter. *** Li is just trying to get through her day when her coworker (who happens to be assistant manager) decide...

The Highwayman leaves no survivors. He hasn’t in over a century of terror on the Old King’s Road. His reputation for ruthlessness and immortality is his greatest weapon.  When a dying noble begs him to spare his daughter, the Highwayman is faced with a choice; he can protect his reputation, or he ca...

Elves are supposed to be immortal. Eternally beautiful, graceful, witty, and immortal. They're not supposed to keel over and die for no reason. That's what Darrien Salthani thought prior to a chain of events that convinced him otherwise. In this alternate world of colossus trees and a mix-and match ...

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. ...

A well-known warrior, a famed scholar, and a beloved artist. The Knight journeyed around the globe in search for something deserving of their status, the path to immortality. Upon arriving at a castle in the middle of the swamp, under the custodianship of Ru. They promised the Knight immortality if ...

I returned to my hometown, in order to seek immortality from the dungeon that killed all of my friends. Join Tresh Farway in a journey though his past. Discover all the things that have changed, and the one witch who has not. The Eternal Dungeon remains, taunting him with the childhood dream that ne...

Things can last forever, but people don’t always want them to. [January 2024 Royal Road Magazine Submission]...

You know how it is: You're just going about your life, minding your own business, when all of a sudden--through no fault of your own (probably)--you find yourself dead. That kind of thing tends to reframe existence. The first time, at least.  When it keeps happening, the experience loses much of its...