Being a thief is no easy life choice but when our protagonist is given a chance for a fresh start, he takes it. There's a catch however, he has to do one last job before turning his back away from skulduggery activities. This is a story about the journey of one elf bard, who wishes for a simple exis...

Jacob Mills, a virtuous man, is killed. Having dedicated his life to serving God and living according to His will, he of course ends up in... Hell? Initially shocked at his demise, Jacob soon decides to make the best of his afterlife and indulge in all the sin he had strayed clear of in his mortal l...

"when the skies light up with the fires of armageddon, when the great powers of the universe seek dominance over all before them, the seven heroes will rise from the abyss and restore the balance." -unknown (excerpt of a passage from a ruin of untold age of an uknown race)     the great empires and ...

Dispatches From The Inter-Galactic is a series of loosely related satirical stories which take place in a galaxy full of various interstellar civilizations and numerous space faring species generally described as consentients. This series is set in a galaxy which take place in a similar but not enti...

A dark, science fantasy tale of a man, Subject 513, sent to another world as an experimental test subject. WARNING: This is not your typical isekai, wish-fulfillment story. You have been warned. In the year 2022, a mass-transit of test subjects occurred inside the confines of a vast, underground res...

My name is Katherine of the Nine. Some of you may have heard it before. For some, it may be a beacon of hope. For others, an icon of terror. For all I hope it becomes synonymous with truth. Not an easy one, not a pleasant one, but the only truth that you need ever know. Know that whatever I say here...

A shortstory on the blacksmithing of someone that had their art disrupted by a request for a true weapon of war not battle....

"It was just supposed to be another day. Just another ordinary, mundane, monotonous, bullshit day at school. Fuck, I still hate remembering it." Joshua Cole was just meandering through life. Never really had any determination to do better, and even his crush was just a friend until just five minutes...

Our inner demon soon to strengthen us or overwhelm us....

Main Protagonist; Pratchett Olmeca Asteros, the first and only son of a fallen King Asteros, had his engagement with the Princess of Aestruserra annulled and called useless for not being able to fight for his honor and dignity. With the Might of his backer no longer exists, he was banished into the ...

Welcome to the world of magic A place of both pain and joy Will you be a hero that treads upon the corpses of his enemies to stand supreme. Or merely another magician, who's only purpose is to be a stepping stone for someone greater....

Nimrien is a beautiful land of peace and harmony. Queen Edea rules with a fair hand and people are generally happy. Since the grimoire was hidden away, things have been pretty idyllic. In the wrong hands, the grimoire could spell the end of the world as they know it. Bartok’s hands are definitely th...

Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/Glasgow   This is the story of an otaku who one day woke up as the One Punch Man, Saitama.   But how is he gonna live now that he's in a different world, filled with heroes and monsters. He's just an otaku !!!   One thing is sure, this world will change now that a ca...

A man from Earth, just an average Joe you passed by on the street. He reincarnates into a fantasy world, but the guy has read and watched fantasy stories before... lots of them, and so he makes the stories his spirit guide. This is his story in a western style cultivation-ish world. A world where do...

In a world where cultivation is the highest form of virtue, the purity of one’s blood is of absolute value. Saul is neither Arloni, nor Delcairan. He’s both. But when a strange ring suddenly falls into his hands, nineteen year old Saul is more than willing to push the boundary between fantasy and re...

You all know Earth’s history, you all know what happened during the long time humans had to struggle on this hostile environment. What you don’t know is that this history, the whole history, could’ve changed because of one man’s curiosity. And after this very same man awaken from his two thousand ye...

Damian wasn’t anything special. He wasn’t bullied in high school, he went to college and then he got a job in construction to pay off his student debts. His parents were alive and they were nice and normal people. Damian didn’t have anything that made him ‘Main Character’ material, so why was he sud...

I have a hard time referring anything that I write to as 'Original'. The longer we as a species exist the harder it is to be truly original, I am certainly influenced by all that I read and watch Including but not limited to J.R.R. Tolkien's The Hobbit, and all of the stories here on Royal Road.  Fr...

The world is shadowed in the remnants of its past splendor. Creator's splendor. When the One True God fought Envier to stop him from destroying humanity, many of the glorious temples and towers that Creator had helped build were destroyed. After subduing him, she secluded herself away in heartbreak ...

Horror // LGBTQ+ // Novel // COMPLETE! ~*~ Insecure college senior Orion loves music, books, and his best friend Niko. But when the two discover a secret basement much bigger than it should be, they're soon trapped in a mirror-world filled with two-faced doppelgängers and long-buried secrets. Most d...