[Updated on Royal Road on Saturdays] Awaiting you are tales from a Cyberpunk Dystopia. In a world formerly ravaged by a Great Global War, The Spires, Grand towers which house deep underground facilities acting as shelter and industry for their inhabitants, stand proudly at the epicenter of Corporate...

Former Preacher turned handyman, and avenging angel for God, Michael Finn, has a solitary life. His little world of smooth blues, Alcoholics Anonymous, and killing the worst humans the state has to offer, gets turned upside down in a twist of fate possibly orchestrated by God himself... or a halluci...

When the first Super showed up, it was a hoax. The tenth was unnerving. The thousandth was a sensation. By the ten-thousandth it was a disaster. Super Humans did not make the world better, they broke it over their knee. - Elisa Snowsi, Reporter by day, blogger by night Jimmy Wallace was not a normal...

"What came first: the alien invasion, the environmental collapse, the machine rebellion, or the damn tear in the space-time continuum that periodically spits abominations from the abyss? I couldn’t tell you. But those are just things we deal with daily. What really matters is surviving another day."...

In the near future, the Federal government releases a pilot program to appease the wealthy by solving the homeless problem with aggressive finality. Every homeless person in America is gathered together and given an ultimatum: They can choose to board a cruise ship where all of their needs will be m...

Contact meets The Hangover? Now that's an atypical combo! Come meet and follow the Walters, a typical family of four living in the US, as they try to figure out what's left for them to do after a UFO spotted by NASA leaves us just 20 days until they reach us in this story à la sitcom. **************...

In a near-future world governed by Malleus, a powerful AI ranking every citizen by their societal contributions, the elite of the Premier Society live lives of unimaginable privilege—until their thrones begin to crumble. Dr. Callan Valor, the world’s most brilliant surgeon, pushes the boundaries of ...

Ghosts overwhelm the planet. A civilization attempts to reach the heights of a place they call Heaven. A daughter cares for her mother after a nationwide EMP blackout, while sisters fight for life and dignity during the apocalypse. Follow along on this ongoing short story collection by Kody Boye, wh...

The world ended, but James refuses to stop living. Where others only see death and decay James sees beauty and opportunity. But the apocalypse doesn't care about hope. As James ventures deeper into the heart of danger, his optimism might not be enough to keep him alive. Some monsters can be fought. ...

In a world where every soul is bound to a Fractum—a unique power that shapes their destiny—strength is more than a virtue; it’s survival. The Empire thrives on division. Castes define your worth. You’re either born to rule, to serve, or to vanish if you don’t belong. Outliers aren’t tolerated—they’r...

In a star system ravaged by war, a voidship pilot responsible for genocide lands on a planet he's supposed to help destroy. All of the enemies of his people have been defeated and destroyed. All but one. The Aeglatharans are the last obstacle standing between Toravyn and peace. But Kato can't focus ...

Deadheart is a city filled with evil and wickedness. The strong rule, and the weak are forced to abide by evil's rule. In this hopeless realm, seven individuals seek a wonderful yet mythical place known as Paradise. To get there, the seven people must travel throughout the city's many districts and ...

Tomie's gotta get the hell off Earth or be hunted down as a freak. But once she's out in the reaches, will anybody accept her for who and what she is?...

In a machine-populated world known as the Grid, where humans have long since exchanged their physical bodies for a digital presence operated remotely by their brains suspended in jars of blue liquid deep in Cheyenne Mountain, Sam d'Base, a reprogrammed Security AI, and his partner Violet Six, a form...

In a world much like our own, a rare few are born with an extraordinary gift—the power to command Dice imbued with mystical energy. These individuals, known as Dicers, can cast spells, weave illusions, and even bend reality itself. But there is one unbreakable rule: the power of their Dice is determ...

Welcome to the Café at the End of the Internet! It’s a real swell place, full of odds and ends, intrigue and mundanity. This re-released (and expanded) speculative-fiction anthology will take you from the far edge of the galaxy to the peripheries of the seedier side of the World Wide Web. Each story...

In a land ruled by vile monsters, where death is common and life is cruel, one outcast endeavors to have it all. When misfortune drags the odd goblin Stryg from his forest home and into the ruthless city of Hollow Shade, he must try and adapt to a world that only sees him as a dimwit savage. Stryg f...

The year is 2021 and Earth is struggling to keep itself afloat. Evohumans are running amok and the Allied Nations are fighting to police the chaos they inflict on the global population. The world teeters on the brink, edging ever closer to total collapse and so far, it doesn’t look like anyone is ab...

The entire world had changed; from flying cars to flying horses as the adventurers from the game became hunters in real life. Nobody entered Love Heart Online expecting to be merged with their in-game character nor did they expect for the game to slowly influence real life in more ways that just eco...

There is a normal man who goes to work every day, where he goes to work is called The Enterprise. Those who work there are called "Associates" and they keep all the paranormal threats from other dimensions out of Earth. The building has no origin, no "face", no personality yet it draws in someone ev...