*THIS IS SATIRE THIS IS SATIRE FOR THE SAKE OF EVERYTHING HOLY PLEASE UNDERSTAND THAT THIS IS SATIRE* It's the forced proximity to end all forced proximities. Locked away in a cryogenic chamber, shy and quirky Whiénne awakes to discover that she has survived the apocalypse...along with no one but Ma...

This is a collection fo stories From The world of Elnia, also known as the World of Dark Occult these were made in celebration of the first anniversary of the series....

A collection of short stories that tell the journeys and actions of Cal Gunkrate a mercenary from a ruined world that somehow found himself trapped in a land filled with magic and devilish creatures. As he traverses the land searching for anything that could get him home....

Mira was a rising star in the Mythic Realms game, a master of arcane arts with few peers. Mira solves all her problems with magic, but now faces her final challenge, boredom.  She plans for a triumphant exit, aiming to conquer a notorious, impossible to beat, player-killing dungeon. This final chall...

Once upon a time, in the sea of stars, a royal painter and a knight commander lived alongside the king and queen of a kingdom. Though with their own problems, the family was joyful and always faced every day with a smile. The queen with her garden and the king with his stories. They were a happy fam...

In this short horror/fantasy story, a young woman returns home after sleepwalking to discover that her fellow villagers have vanished while she's been away....

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...

Yuri's mission is to be the first of the Collective Union to make contact with the Sol Alliance after 1500 years. His home ship has barely lasted through the long exile in a lifeless solar system, and the only hope for the Collective is to surrender and return to humanity's home system. But no one k...

This is my testimony about the day I discovered the horror that lived in Cerro Alto. I wanted to forget about the matter as soon as possible, but today, I believe my words could serve the world. --- Hello! Davel here. This is a Lovecraftian, short story set in my country (México). The events of the ...

New chapters every Monday and Friday until the story concludes!"Factories of Core City" is a short story set in the world of Yn, where child labor is rampant. The story focuses on the life of Baylon, a twelve-year-old boy working in a factory in Core City. Baylon dreams of freedom and a life beyond ...

Official page for the [Royal Road Community Magazine] Contest. This page includes the first chapters of all entries submitted before January 10th, 2024.  Check out the first chapter for more details....

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...

Under the gaze of two shattered skyscrapers of Kuala Isyarat's past, a long hunt reaches its final stages. Across rooftops and dwellings, two legends of the wasteland find that their target- a monstrous spree killer- may be more closer to them than either would like to admit. Before night falls, so...

All she wanted was a family. In the end, she had nothing. This is the rise and fall of Helyana, a great inventor known for her creations of Automations. Driven by her loneliness, she created her crowning achievement: the “twin” Automations, Rhuni and Mekha, who possessed their own souls. This turns ...

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...

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...

Darius, a failed paladin, leads his band of heroes in a desperate quest into the Dungeon of Ao-Dranoth.  His partner and love, Kelsana, grows weaker every day from a Necromancer's death curse.  His future wife's only hope is for the team to find the Seed that is rumored to give life and to break the...

[Participant in the Royal Road Community Magazine, January 2024] Legend tells of a vagrant hero—fearless in the truest sense of the word—for whom no opponent was too strong and no odds too steep. He travelled the Four Seas, quashing evil and uplifting downtrodden folk everywhere he went. But when h...

Max Masters wants to get away from it all.  He wants to isekai, to get out of his mundane existence, just like what happened to all his heroes in the books he reads.  The problem is that it is easier said than done.  Yet he is certain that with perseverance he will meet a certain truck, and through ...

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...