Earth, 2175. The world has ended. Then it began again, and they don't want to lose it a second time. Thirty four years after a final battle between Earth and Mars, Raptor squad - an elite unit of guerrilla warfare specialists - fights to dethrone a tyrant who's global empire rose from the ashes of t...

Ceres Mara Sant isn’t here to be a hero. An assassin from a secretive brotherhood, he’s forsaken his birthright as crown prince of an intergalactic empire for life in the shadows. He thrives, now, not on politics and posturing but on getting in and getting out and leaving no evidence behind but ques...

In the 24th Century, Planet Earth is on the brink of collapse. While the upper echelon of society escape in their spaceships for new worlds, Dr Felix Eisenmann endeavours to save both planet and the abandoned human race. Belittled by those who remain in charge, he works alone to push against the rea...

How the cynical jester Marcel comes to meet the driven knight Vincent and aids him in his quest. They are two of the few who retain their memories and sanity amidst the dense, amnesiac fog that envelops the land. Along the way, they encounter the long-abandoned ruins of a former civilisation that se...

Trapped since birth, Emilia wishes for nothing more than to escape the clutches of her guardian. Her rising powers might give her the chance she needs.  Trapped in a body of stone, Cary wishes for anything to relieve the boredom and repetition of her eternal life. An accidental summoning offers her ...

The mark is the sign of the prodigious. The one that everyone awakens between 9 and 16 years of age, thus dictating the path to take in life. What is your skill? Sculptor? Warrior? Governor? Divinity draws the path, you decide how to walk it. Talent, or effort, is what will determine if you will be ...

Red has lived in in the shadow of others his entire life. His father, Lance the Pokemon Champion and Blue, his childhood rival only add to his anxiety and lack of self-worth as he cannot hope to compete with them. Red is mocked and ostracized for not living up to his father's expectations he has onl...

On the promise of gold, a nearly year-long mystery calls to wandering mercenary, Nireh. On her quest to find the missing people of Offquar, she will encounter the strange and the sinister. The mountain path will test her steel and her wits. But what else skulks in its shadow?...

A series of suicides and seeming accidents stump detective Miller. He has a nagging suspicion that they are connected. But the more he uncovers the truth, the impossibility of it sees his sanity slipping away. And he is not the only one losing his mind....

A collection of short side stories for The Spirit Tale of Fire Lord Ozai. It is recommended to read at least the first few chapters of the main story to understand the premise, but the setting can more-or-less be summed up as a pre-series Avatar the Last Airbender AU with more spirit meddling if you...

A retelling of Irish mythology following Eachtach, a young hunter who was born to parents fleeing from a ghost of their past, needs to learn to challenge the heroes from her childhood.  Eachtach's parents were once a great hunter and a princess. By the time Eachtach is born they are fleeing from a p...

In a society bound by laws and order, everything appears ordinary on the surface, but beneath lies a world of madness. In such an environment, one has no choice but to go crazy. This is the story of Noel, a man who not only succumbs to the madness but chooses to embrace his lunacy. --------- One cha...

[Participant in the June 2024 Royal Road Community Magazine Contest] WOLF thought she was done with her One Last Job—had botched it so thoroughly that she could live out her days in peace and solitude, free from anyone or anything she cared enough to fight for. But the past has a way of catching u...

(A Novella for the Community Magazine Contest) Roberto screwed up in his life, big time. He seems left only with the option of wasting all of the days he has left to live. He has become a cynic, unhealthy, crappy individual. Metaphorically, a goblin. One late night a mysterious lunatic approaches an...

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 ...

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...

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...

**COMPLETED** In the land of Opuree, a vast, divisive community has been built across thousands of floating islands, with the infamous Soulbell Prison at the nation’s foot. Revered for its unbreakable confinement, Soulbell harbors the most dangerous criminals. After being imprisoned for a crime he d...

Nobody talks much about the mind prison. "It will break you" is all they say....