When a Little Gnome Finds herself in a little trouble. she's soon thrown into a world of adventure that she neither cares for nor wants. Forced to deal with it whether she likes it or not.  Screaming definitely in the face of the horrifying and the stupid. Whats a girl to do in the insanity besides ...

Submission for The Royal Road Community Magazine Contest: June Edition #1 The land of Quewilrth is dark and unforgiving. The weak are trampled underfoot without a second thought. If you can't pay your debts with money, blood is willingly accepted. Everyone is out for themselves, and there is no tru...

Betrothed before she was even born, Mel finds herself bound to the Chief of the bear tribe. Winning his affection is the least of her worries when she learns the real reason for the arranged marriage.  A reason that might make her stay in Orion not so welcoming, especially when she is to wed a beast...

Nikola is an NPC in The World of Wills, a video game where players can feel sensations as if they were truly there. She leads a life of bloodshed and murder - that is, until one day she wakes up sapient. Just as she begins thinking real, non-scripted thoughts and making connections, she and the play...

A young princess is recruited to capture Kuinkazner, a warlord using an ancient but unraveling enchantment that allows him to evade capture by moving from one body to another....

Five hundred years have passed since the territory war that permanently separated two neighboring kingdoms, Verna and Hanin, destroying all hope and birthing even darker shadows from the depths of its trenches. Yona of the Song family has dedicated her entire life to protecting her twin brother, Suo...

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....

The city has a protector from monsters: too bad she hates the job. She only gets things done because her familiar, a spiritual serpent she calls “S,” nags her to. But while she resists her duties, children mysteriously start dying in their beds with no sign of intruders. Finally pushed to investigat...

|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.                                                                ...

Susan has become a god. Though she doesn't know it yet. She's too caught up in the grief of just losing her soul mate. Johnathan wasn't the king of legend, or a knight in shinning armor, but he swept her off her feet all the same. That was all ages ago though. Now in the winter years of their lives ...

Rexion is a king. He inherited a country torn by crime, and spends all his time drowning in work. Tyra is a queen. She never really wanted to be, but she knows the country isn’t stable enough yet. Rexion rules through inherited fear. Tyra rules through earned love. Can a man who lives in the dark…le...

Aurora has always been a little different. People avoid her because she just seems so odd, like she doesn’t see the world the way they do -- mostly because she doesn’t. Her ability to see what most would call auras has led her into some unusual situations - not the least of which is her relationship...

Two determined kids. One mysterious teacher. One chance to survive. Myst is an unknown. The Guild has accepted them anyway. The town has accepted them anyway. The kids don’t understand why. Trust gets you killed. Faced with raw fear and determination, Myst makes a decision. They might not be the be...

A Healer, known to help any in need as long as they don’t harm those under her protection. An Apprentice, dedicated to her Mistress’ cause, learning her trade for centuries. A Priest, determined to save as many as possible, no matter what it takes. These three combined…can change the world....

Remus the Lycanroc is rescued by the most notorious gang in Pastoria City. Suddenly, he's thrust into a world of petty crime as a member of Harley Danger. As the group tries to stay one step ahead of the authorities, secrets lurk within the city. And when trying to stay safe as a thief, there's no s...

Condemned as a black mark against a noble family's name, hidden and suppressed all her life, Sera was thrilled when the Messengers of the Nine Heavens announced that the end of the world was nigh. This was her chance. Her chance to do as she pleased. To travel where she desired. To test her limits a...

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

Xu LanYing was banished from her sect and clan, her sword taken away, when she was seventeen. That’s why it was a surprise to see two familiar faces years later. It was even more of a surprise when she was attacked by a strange and masked figure. Now she is thrust back into the cultivation world. T...

The sea of stars. The momentaneous lifeforms that flicker far away. Our futures — a sea brimming with light. Each and every shimmer in the starry canvas serves as one’s infinite opportunities in the vast sea of the future. The world, however, is far from the ideals of such a mantra. Complacency is t...