What would you do if you were to die in your loneliest moment of your life? Would you rather die alone, or let a lost devil accompany you till the end? "Devil's Encounter" is a short story I made which follows the tale between an injured devil, and an abused child. Though this is not meant to be sat...

A queen loses a daughter along with her mind. When the daughter returns, can she right the wrongs her mother bestowed upon the kingdom?...

The truth is, almost two years have passed since I finished this story, and since, in general, advertising bots are the main readers of my novel, I never bothered to write a synopsis. But if you're a real person with a story behind you, then I could summarize this tale in a simple sentence: A redund...

Boston, Massachusetts Bay Colony, 1640 A young Puritan woman named Hester Prynne learns her husband is missing, presumed dead. She is secretly glad to be able to maintain her independence until she seeks comfort from a new minister, Reverend Mr. Dimmesdale. Despite each knowing that their strict rel...

(I'm doing a complete rewrite as of 2/1/24. I hate the quality and the overall story changed so much that this has noncanon stuff to the petrichor series)  Elizabeth Wilson commits suicide. She was the golden girl among her peers in Darkwood, Washington who stood above the pressure of her drug-ridd...

Life is an endless battle. A battle for a better life.A battle for maintaining happiness.A battle for peace. Shin's a 12-year old youth, fighting since the moment he was born for a better life. Dreaming and wishing for a happy life, but he can't see himself in that kind of position. Shin's looking a...

This was a rough draft. Quite a meh one. The newer version is These Games of Ours.  ----------  Lucious is deserter among many, living by dagger and beggary. Argento’s thirst for knowledge is endless, as is his belly. Kora is the perfect soldier, yet her sword grows dull in monotony. Formally known ...

This is a story of the deprived,This is a tale of hardships,This is a tale of finding hope down the chasms......

The moon is such a wonderful place. Have you ever wanted to go? You'll need a ticket to reach the moon unfortunately, but, an angel is giving out tickets to go there....

Jared Ugo, a child genius under the nickname ‘Ban’ is caught between his own haunting past and a bleak future. Whilst he dealt with the pain of guilt and suicidal thoughts over the years, a storm was quietly brewing. That is, until the person closest to him passed away in an accident. His mind plung...

Meeting his fate at the hands of seven great heroes, the wicked drake now stands in Death's hall. Met with the Grim Reaper itself. Defeated and its pride broken, the drake doesn’t beg or grovel, it simply awaits judgement. It waits for the God of the afterlife to send it on its way, to either the he...

Book 1: A Good Man All are to be ordained. All ordained are to be registered. Those who stray from the path become obsolete. These are the tenants the grand Mercian Bureaucracy lives by. None can escape their destined path, lest they become obsolete. The obsolete are hunted down by the ordained assa...

Traumatized by the death of his parents in a car accident,Chris all mired down into poignancy,and madness tries to find the truck driver named Aaric who's responsible for the accident; Leaving his elder brother Shimz behind,he travels from Winsconsin,Milwaukee to Ohio,Akron disguised under the name ...

(this is an outdated version, new one is here: https://www.royalroad.com/fiction/49146/petrichor-act-one)...

A Eulogy for a Fallen Enemy. A city's supervillain mourns the loss of her fallen rival at a public memorial service. -- Written from the Tumblr prompt: "Write a Eulogy for your Nemesis"writing-prompt-s.tumblr.com/post/172913130865...

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A one-shot about a man forced to live for eternity and his struggles along the way. Perhaps it's crap, but I had fun writing, so whatever....

Jedi Master Terus Neeman, master to the young Twi'lek Padawan Yisheera Daal is present on Alderaan when the planetwide communications blackout occurs. As a result, the young padawan back on Coruscant finds herself plagued by a deeply rooted dread. Despite her insistance that something has gone terri...

Connor is a trainer at Grimpark Space Station, teaching human experiments how to fight. His private life is a mess; although he seeks love, he's unable to find any. His solution may lie within arm’s reach, but for that he needs a change of heart first. heartful (noun): As much as the heart can hold ...

When two perfect strangers wake to find themselves unlikely passengers on a mysterious train with no memory of how they got there, they are greeted by a devilish figure. Aku, who calls himself a god and devil, informs them of their unfortunate fate: they must fight each other in a world of dreams, a...