A race of people have appeared on the planet through unknown means, they are confused and wary of those around them what will they build or what will they destroy....

This is the story of Hatsuko, a guy without any friends or social life... And that's how he expected his life to continue until he was invited to the best school in the entire world. A school only meant for people with special abilities. But his life didn't get any better... it got much worse!While ...

A world where the dead go after the living is all he had ever known. Living with the rest of his family in a bunker, the boy is sure they are the last of their kind. But what happens when they come across a woman named Holly? Fourteen-year-old Forest Shepherd was born into the apocalypse. As hard as...

Keireen Birt was raised with love an affection along with the respect and admiration of his families kingdom. He only ever knew Kindness and love but found out how life can destroy people within minutes by meeting some new friends. (This story takes place just before my Isolation chapter in the main...

Adventurers - They posses immense strength and courage, as they delve into mysterious dungeons and ancient ruins. They pioneer unexplored lands, and defeat mythical creatures. When the world awaits its destruction by evil, they step forth to vanquish it. Or do they? A hunter boy from the countryside...

Only the biggest fish can save us from eternal suffering. There is no second life....

Little did Rose know that being a player would be met with a long-standing evil. This is a short story centered around Rose and Kay, in one of the alternate universes within the "Zeroth Knight universe." Volume 1 of the first series can be found here: https://www.royalroad.com/fiction/16079/zeroth-...

The two moons of Talius gleam with a hypnotic glow; Araius with the color of a cooling blue, and Kranos beaming in a gentle orange. Arairus obscures Kranos with his enormous celestial body, letting Kranos peek out only halfway. This means that it's the month of Gantelos, the season of cold that hove...

The legend of Alexander Wren, was a tale passed down through generations. Telling of a hero's quest to pull his love back from the gate of death.  The story told is always a happy one.The hero slays the beast, saves the girl, lives happily ever after. However this is merely a folk tale, a story told...

Kidnapped from his country home as a child and raised by powerful government authorities, a young man born with unusual abilities poses a serious threat to valuable water resources on his homeland, causing everything to crash and burn. It’s not until a blossoming friendship is born after years of is...

Shard, a world drowned, yet dotted with islands, is set at odds in a war older than memory.  One, Lagoon, feels remarkably at peace.  With the war far from their shores, they’re free to focus on a greater concern . . . the witch. Imprisoned upon Gabriel’s Tear, a nearby rock jutting from the sea, th...

It started as a normal school trip. Ten students and four chaperone teachers were looking forward to spending their time at a private hot springs inn. But little did they know that one small mistake would lead them down a rabbit hole of violence, insanity, depravity, and absolute terror....

A boy from a hight-class house, specialists in golems, suffers a lot of reprimand and abuse from his family and others for being a soft-hearted child and possessing the despised dark attribute, but his mind begins to twist when his family performs an act atrocious in order to temper your heart. Tim...

In the boundless place,from which mere glimpses emerge,striking only the corner of the eye. Where the immobile frolic and dance,and the silent whisper,sweet songs of mute beauty. The favoured haven,of forgotten memories slipped on silver scales,from the minds of the innocent. There lies the shadow o...

In an alternative school for delinquent girls Holly Hayfield has no place to belong. Her kind and gentle nature is seen as weakness by the other students. They don’t know that she has a dark past just like the rest of them. To make matters worse, the resident sociopath, Valentina, wants Holly’s help...

An adult imagining of Beatrice Santello's life prior to the events of Night in the Woods. There are no explicit depictions of sex here, though there are obviously adult themes and situations involving it. I wasn't going to post it to Royalroad as I didn't think Fanfiction was okay here - but now I s...

Everyone had assumed it was a supernatural event that caused individuals to experience mass psychosis. The world went crazy to the point private militias maintained control and even governed. These groups protected their civilians from terrorists, anarchist and idealistic groups, as well as cults th...

Portal Fantasy. Isekai. A daydream of nerds everywhere, leaving behind their boring world and living in a fantasy one that is full of adventure. A daydream that became a reality for me and 1000 other Comic-Con attendees. Except for me, it was more of a nightmare. Wanting nothing more than to find a ...

GENRE: dystopia, but otherwise realistic fiction THEMES: romance, relationships, lgbt, polyamory, oppression, fighting, discovery, lost and found LENGTH: 25 chapters WARNINGS: swearing, smoking, suicide, sex INSPIRATION: the chemical garden trilogy by lauren distefano (fever / wither / sever...

After the death of a ruthless and greedy duke, the ruler of the fictional kingdom of Dorallan creates a contest in order to choose a new duke, saying that whoever demonstrated a true proof of honor would be granted dukedom. The two brothers from the house of Pearata, Lucius and Primus, are tasked by...