When my Dad shipped me off to my Granny Liadan, who lives in the woods, I expected her to be the one to answer my knock at the door. You can imagine my surprise when a goblin in a pink dress calmly opened the door. Entry for the Royal Road Community Magazine: June 2024 Edition....

One of the last human bastions of freedom, a once peaceful mining village is under goblin siege. An unlikely band of heroes form a desperate plan for the salvation of the village and the repulsion of goblin threat - but they will need to seek the services of the Spider, a mysterious Woman of the Woo...

Christmas is a time of joy and happiness. People gift their loved ones and celebrate together to commemorate the day. It is believed that Santa Claus delivers toys to the kids on Christmas. Another…..peculiar figure also appears during Christmas. Mutant goblins cause havoc every year during the time...

Eight-year-old Stella Wolfe lives in a world where extraordinary magic is ordinary. But her life is far from a fairy tale. With skin that can heal from any injury, Stella always looks like the perfect daughter. But appearances can be deceiving, and even her visions of the future can’t guarantee her ...

Barbara Jollymont did not fancy herself as a general, but now she has no choice. After a routine walk around Sunny Hill Retirement Home results in her defeating a crazed green monster, Barb must lead her platoon of Grandmas to victory against a Goblin Invasion. They've got magical gardening equipmen...

Briar, Briar, you old liar. You led us down this path. Expect: Goblins and bread.Grandmothers and magic.Some dark undercurrents, but overall an optimistic story.Death but not despair.A self contained short tale, from start to conclusion. Participating in Royal Road community magazine, June 2024...

Zroz hated his teammates for their greed, stupidity, and sadism. He also hated the forest. And he hated scouting.  Nothing good ever happened to goblins scouting.  When Zroz and his teammates found an old woman and her hunting dog, Zroz didn't share his teammates' enthusiasm. Call him a pessimist, b...

Matriarch Zara of the Skeletal Grove has acquired all she wished for, but now her grove is under attack, and an opportunity arrises. While the rest of her coven rushes to the grove's defence, Zara prepares to start a new life with her goblin child. But her past is determined to follow her.  A Royal...

Inspired by one of my very own dreams, The Suicide Cabin explores a cycle of Trauma and Abuse seen through the eyes of a faceless protagonist. It is a story that delves deep into the dark recesses of the human mind, and the horrors that we conjure. Using a supernatural backdrop, this short story att...

A paladin in the service of the Goddess pledges their life to the cause. They dispense justice, defend the meek, and spread the light of her faith across the realm. They are the Goddess’s hand, her sword and shield, and their every action is done in her name. Not out of duty. Or out of tradition. Ac...

For the entirety of her adult life Momo has put others before herself. First as a soldier and wife, then as a care-giving grandmother her days were filled with someone else's needs and wants. Just when she is ready to put her foot down and say she just wants to laze about and grow tomatoes, she is p...

Needa is a goblin princess, and general evil(?) doer. Keiko is a former female monk (also known as a nun), who was cast out by her temple when she fell in love. Now they've been thrown together by circumstance. When Keiko's grandchild is abducted by the rampaging hordes of good(?), she has no choice...

Jimmy Byrne, a poor chicken farmer, has racked up considerable debt with the wrong kind of people. Desperate to make a lot of money in a short amount of time, Jimmy turns to his friend Scott O'Malley, an old friend that knows just where to go to make a quick buck. Jimmy is led into the world of unde...

Submission for Royal Road Community magazine. Little Red Goblin Hood wants nothing more than to make sure her old Great ma, her mother's mother, is happy in her advanced years. But Great ma's home is plagued by an infestation of Crones, evil hags that seek to terrorize anyone in their lands, and Gr...

Come sit beside me and hear the tales of Grandma Gowdie and her adventures with her two mischievous minions....

A honey that looks like blood and tastes like tears. Melody had the rarest honey in all the lands, but she lived a quiet and peaceful life. Until one day, a beautiful goblin shows up on her doorstep and offers the deal of a lifetime....

A short story about what happens when you give a goblin a cookie, according to your grandma, in seven parts. [June 2024 Magazine Contest Entry] Progress: Done...

Can a dream foretell the day ahead? For Bernadette, what begins as an ordinary morning soon spirals into a series of unsettling events, turning her day into a living nightmare. As she navigates through the chaos, she uncovers a hidden secret that changes everything. Trapped in a relentless series of...

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

(Participant in the Royal Road June 2024 Community Magazine Contest) [THEIR FINAL STAND PITS THEM NOT JUST AGAINST MAN — BUT A BERSERK ALLY ABOUT TO COMMIT A FAR WORSE CRIME.] The Tanglesooth Druids are on their last legs. Humanity’s plague has washed over their neighbors and rivals, and the goblin...