Once a legendary mercenary, now a relic, Maria is drawn back into the underworld she thought she’d left behind.  [Participant in the Royal Road Community Magazine Contest - June 2024]...

Heidi Weiss Vermillion just think she's crazy. After all, the mysterious figure was nothing like she ever be....

"So what if I had been your angel, beauty?" The woman in question turned with her red skirt fluttering. Her face washed white was on the verge of crumbling. He reached out, standing above her, and Charlotte's hand wavered with her poisoned words. "What if." In a technologically advanced world where ...

After suffering from an ambush, a dreadnought-class battleship is the sole survivor of a massive fleet. To prevent its technology from being acquired by space pirates, it warps to a faraway galaxy and lands on a primitive (smartphone era) planet. The primitive planet is infested by monsters that are...

Length: Short story - 5,500 words In the near future, everyone will be required to have a cybernetic implant embedded in their brain. While the implants allow instant communication with the multiple artificial intelligence systems that run the world, they are prohibitively expensive to own. To offse...

In the small town of Maplewood, a powerful storm raged, causing the trees to bend and the skies to turn a sickly green. Curious and sharp-minded Max Carter ventured into the forest after seeing a mysterious white glow the night before. He discovered a pair of high-tech glasses among the wreckage of ...

The scorching virus outbreak has driven Galea's ecosystems into chaos, infecting not only life forms but also advanced technologies. With no antidote in sight, the people of Galea turn to their last hope: the Authonoids, Authorized Androids engineered to combat this relentless virus. These androids ...

Set in the year 2044, The City of Sin follows the story of a group of unlikely heroes as they unravel the mystery of a corporate conspiracy to control the government. New Chapter Every Friday...

His own but alien face lazily twists in the reflection. Obsessive thoughts fill your head again. Are they obsessive? Are they thoughts? Are they his? Or is this choice a forced idea? Invisible networks of consequences of seemingly insignificant choices increasingly entangle the heroes, so that at on...

In an alternate future where war has consumed every nation, soldiers fight relentlessly with enhanced technology and experimental equipment. Among them stands Eva Blackwood, known as Scarlet, a dedicated U.N.A. soldier, thrust into endless missions with little regard for her mental well-being, much ...

During the War of the Continent, King Eyrk of Nathesan made a fateful decision that would seal his doom. Driven by ambition and fear, Eyrk killed his own father to seize the throne. His father’s dying eyes, filled with a mixture of shock and disappointment, haunted him as he took the crown. As enemy...

Mid-level gangster Joshua Arcascos has died. Despite being riddled with bullets, Joshua survived, thanks to the intervention of his boss and the machinations of a hyper-AI dimensional matrix known as AUTOGRID SILVAN. Now, indebted to the AUTOGRID, Joshua must work hard to improve himself and reap th...

Draven must stop a madman intent on releasing the Harbinger, a creature of pure chaos. But Draven must first battle the demons within himself and conquer his rage before it conquers him. Luckily, Draven has an ally on his side. His long-time friend and mentor, Master Al'Manti Sygvar, is well aware o...

Jason an average writer, finally got his big chance to create his own book and become famous. Using his fancy Pen name he's been thinking about for years. But now the entire world has been combined with his novel on the whims of the system to spice up the new universe he's going to release like noth...

Murphy's Law is cruel when applied to any situation. For Moth, it was a high risk experiment with a huge cash reward for volunteering. For Lilith, it was a nice, relaxing tour to a different planet with her best friend and a few strangers. Anything that can go wrong will go wrong, however, and they ...

"The night city is always glimmering with life isn't it? Millions of lights, all of them feels alive at night and they pulse their heart for one reason. It's Music!"  -Martin Forth, The Soundtrack of Defiance (3rd Live Concert ver.) The Musical Revolution had began after the rumor of an ancient art...

What's one to do in the shadows of Economic Giants and Dead Legends? Shoot yourself. Obviously. Better to build up your immunity before somebody fires the larger calibers at you. *** A Gamer-Inspired, WC Fanfic set in the Cyberpunk Distopian World of Cyberpunk 2077/Edgerunners with eventual multicro...

Kuro's head hurts. Like, really hurts. And it's bleeding quite a bit. He doesn't know much about head traumas, but he's got a feeling it's about to change real soon. Also, he doesn't know what the heck is going on. He's not supposed to be woken up in a dirty backstreet by hungry rats and the raucous...

En un futuro devastado por la guerra, el mundo se ha dividido en dos frentes: occidentales y orientales. Ethan, un joven que lucha por sobrevivir en medio del caos, escribe una bitácora con la esperanza de que futuras civilizaciones entiendan la magnitud de la destrucción y encuentren una forma de r...

Pleasure: A trap for the mind or a friend? To answer this question, the robotic fairy Lumi ventures into an underground club where, according to rumours, other fairies indulge in various vices. The story blends popular science, philosophy, and humour, set against the backdrop of the fairy-inhabited ...