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"....

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]...

John struggled throughout his life. After abandoning everything, he finally attained what he desired most—money. However, the cost was steep; now 60 years old, he found himself in the hospital monthly, sentenced to die within a year. Then, a rumor surfaced: Genesis Corp was allegedly selling an immo...

After centuries of peace, the independent City-State of Brunswick is threatened by impending war. Lieutenant Adams, a high-school teacher turned leader, must adapt to the modern nature of warfare and ready himself to command his men in a battle unlike any his people have ever seen. Will the valor an...

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...

Time takes everything. Nothing can beat it, nothing can change it, entropy will always take its course but there are always those who try to resist it, to try and immortalise themselves in one way or another. There is never a question of whether they will succeed, but of how many will be dragged do...

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 ...

There isn’t a dream Amelie can’t conjure. Those wishing to forget come to Amelie for the gift of oblivion; those wanting to remember come to remember, even entire lives that they haven’t lived; those wishing for love come to love, romancing an imagined partner within dreams that Amelie creates for t...

Short story for the Jan 2024 Community Magazine contest. A story about the uncertainty of immortality. A human mage seeks information on his unique condition and on how other nigh immortal beings deal with their own immortality. Planning the length to be ~10k words, but could push 15K if I get some ...

Ardeus’s existence is a cycle of countless lives, each a wheel of death, choice, and starting anew. This latest death, ended by a sharp blade wielded by wild eyes, has unlocked an unprecedented choice. The Magnificent, the overseer of his eternal journey, presents Ardeus with reincarnation options n...