Sonata Jackson had a rough life and thinks military life can help her move on. Only for her to do jobs that she never thought she would do....

Sometimes, when you wake up, you don’t find yourself in a house that you most definitely have never been in. Sometimes, mornings don’t start with something going down in flames. Sometimes, you are not given only six days until you die. But then again, it would be a completely different story. Seven ...

The Gods have come. Not the benevolent gods from religions across the world. They are gods of chaos and mayhem. And humanity is their primary source of entertainment. And the cruel humans that worship them? The gods give them abilities—powers to “entertain” the gods—and call them Worshipers.   How d...

"Sometimes, I wonder who is more human? Dazai or the world." Inspired by Dazai Osamu's "No Longer Human" (Ningen Shikkaku)...

The story of college student Johan and middle school student Lucy, who have been having the same dream ever since they could remember. A dream of two lovers who would always fall to some misfortune. Before they meet their end, they swore to be together in the afterlife. History will crash upon Johan...

Twin NPCs Llewel and Myr don’t have something that all the others do: a code they’re supposed to follow. When they get the chance to leave their home and learn who they truly are, it’s not quite in the way that they expected. Still, no amount of preparing could help them uncover the things that may ...

Soldier.  Survivor.  Killer.  Hunter.  Legend.   Hero. In truth, Jhena Cuuhl was but a drifter, wandering her way across the stars, plying her skills to the highest bidder.  Little more than a weapon without a wielder, cutting her way through an uncaring galaxy. And then everything changed. A st...

[Entry for the June Royal Road Community Magazine Contest] A prisoner named Gemmei is gifted a chance to put her life on a better track after being transferred to the Hibiya Correctional Complex, a lower security prison allegedly intended for less violent offenders. However even though the walls kee...

Lin is a Weaver of Fate, someone who can see and weave the Threads of Fate. Her family had always cautioned her to be aware of the boundaries her role imposes upon her, to know that she is merely to watch and witness all that happens. But Lin is not convinced. She will do all she can to write a shin...

Amelia lived a peaceful life in an ancient village of immortals who called their bodies "Vessels". Vessels never got sick or hurt. They experienced mild hunger satiated by the food grown in the village. Anything they wanted they could create with a power called "Source". When the population of the v...

"Escort the Federation team. Keep them out of trouble." Those were Octavia Tiberius's first orders out of cryosleep. As a Guardian of the Amaranthian Empire, it was her duty to represent and protect her people. She expected it to be just like the simulations; guns, ships, explosions and the like. Wh...

The Sapient Union city-ship Craton, twenty-five light years out from Sol have an encounter with a terrifying life-form.  The giant entity, known as a Leviathan, has been asleep for deep ages of time, but now . . . they may have woken it up. Other-Terrestrial is a hard sci-fi story with cosmic horror...

17 year old Liana is not as surprised as most people would be when she meets Inaya, coming from another world searching for a mysterious danger that could be disastrous for both worlds. She's always seen things others could not see, and she often finds it easier to befriend strange creatures from dr...

Servitor 090177101 had no dreams of grandeur or even so much as a humble desire for something more. But the Omni Animus's arrival on the galactic stage changed that, for 090177101 and everyone else like her. Witness the beginning of the Omni Virus, and ponder what it means to be a thinking thing....

|16X FEATURED|After the Beacerika injures her, Rey battles with the Light and Dark sides of the Force while it takes her on a journey like none other–though supernovas and wormholes–right back to Ben Solo.***Rey remembers the day she and Kylo Ren/Ben Solo fought the Praetorian guards perfectly. Neve...

|7X FEATURED · SPOLIGHT STORY| Saddened by her lonely life, a little girl named Victoria Christie uses her inventive imagination to write stories. Now that she's an older individual, she must find a way to share her tale with the world.                                                                ...

A teenage boy retreats into a fantasy world with his idea of the perfect girlfriend when his family starts falling apart....

Ten-year-old Maryn is about to begin her apprenticeship to become one of the Chosen. But first, she learns that the world is not as safe as she once thought and she will have to make a choice that could change her life forever. This is a stand-alone story that takes place in the world of my much lar...

A young woman and her family embark into the great Wild West, starting a new life at the end of the Oregon Trail.  She was expecting adventure and danger at every turn, but she wasn't expecting this....

It was a terrible day in the camp of the Boko Haram terrorists in Sambisa Forest when seven girls belonging to the personal harem of their late leader disappeared mysteriously. Shortly after, the secret list of their sponsors, worldwide, was discovered missing. While the harried sponsors launched a ...