-A November 2024 Writathon Participant- For as long as she could remember, Cassandra had seen dreams of another world. A strange, bland world that constantly sought the wonder of magic through entertainment. Much of this entertainment reminded her of the legends of her homeland, Tethia.  However, th...

This story is for the 2024 Royal Road Writathon! [This is a cozy, slow, slow, burn, former childhood friend romance. With some supernatural/mystery aspects,] [Putting these out as fast as I can for the writathon so please forgive any grammar/typos! Edit suggestions welcome!] Yasmine Roberts wasn’t c...

In the mid-21st century, the collapse of the old international order has given rise to new states, new forms of warfare, and a new international system. Enormous robots driven by pilots with a 1-in-10 million brain mutation have made nuclear weapons obsolete and now dominate the battlefield as an al...

Moonlit Mayhem: Where Magic Meets Mayhem in Small-Town America Welcome to Whispering Pines, where the coffee is supernaturally good, the local dragon runs a comic book store, and the town's magical defense budget is hidden in the Parks and Recreation spreadsheet. Meet Zoe Moonwright: waitress at Ros...

In 2002, a man walked into times square holding a doomsday sign and began to fly. He declared the end of the world, that "The Denizens of the Dusk have found humanity." This was the first Bound. A person who has an Entity bind itself to their soul. These Entities have the ability to gift their stren...

The Kingdom of Albus has been annexed by the Emperor of Akkroa. After centuries of peace, the once friendly kingdom has found itself just another territory within the empire. All is not as it seems though, as war brews among the other races of Mundus; prompting the Droug to swallow their pride and s...

In a city where every human movement is controlled by artificial intelligence, a female security officer witnesses an impossible act during a high-stakes race - a runner competing without augmentation. As the city's perfect automation begins to fail, she discovers her family's hidden role in a gener...

Ripped from a dead-end life and plunged into a world where danger lurks behind every smile, Xiulan must learn to thrive in a realm ruled by ruthless ambition and deadly secrets. When Li Mei dies in a traffic accident after another soul-crushing retail shift, she awakens in a familiar yet dangerous w...

Two years after the fall of society, those who survived the bombs and fallout now live in scattered camps, struggling to rebuild in a fractured world. For Sage, marriage was the last thing on her mind in the face of high-stakes survival—until a rogue faction forced her hand. Tying herself to Dash, a...

What would you consider a bad day? Having your father threaten the family shrine in order to get you to cooperate? Maybe having aliens invade? Well Reina experienced both. On the same day. So when the sky is ripped open, and aliens rain down upon the city, Reina is given the chance to become vanguar...

In the wastes there was once a grand, empty city. The only rule of this city was that everyone is free. Imagine the people's surprise when someone takes that seriously. For the writathon 2024, though I doubt I'll hit the target....

(redacted) is a young girl who stumbles upon a strange artefact. An artefact that allows her to be wherever and whenever in time and space. Follow her on her wacky adventures. Chaos awaits. note This is a bit of a challenge and a test for me. I will try to post a chapter every day, and every chapter...

Andromeda Meadows has been able to talk to ghosts for as long as she can remember. However, she soon found out that was not the case for everyone. This goes doubly so for those who claim they can speak with ghosts, but she can’t seem to help hate-watching their shows anyway.  When Andromeda spies so...

"whakarerenga:  1. (noun) leaving behind, desertion, abandonment, forsaking, discarding.2. (noun) inheritance, bequest, legacy."Definition from Te Aka Māori Dictionary Marys, a renegade ex-cop, moves to a space station known as the Thorn, which is ruled over by a mysterious figure called Black Rose...

Tasha, an ex special forces soldier, psy ops operative and data scientist found herself lost and directionless after losing her husband and kids in an "accident". Suffering from depression and having spent everything trying to get more details into the event that derailed her perfect life. Now on th...

“In seven days, they will come. In seven days, they will destroy. If you want to survive, you must get your house in order. Follow your to-do list, and you will be protected.”   She woke up in a house she doesn’t remember nestled in an isolated forest. She doesn’t remember her name, has no recollect...

The Great War ends and Tanya finds herself on the losing side. Instead of staying to face war crimes trials and kangaroo courts for herself and her men over carrying out perfectly legal and legitimate tactics against the enemy, she decides to retreat advance in another direction to Brazil Brasa, whe...

When Ria went to bed, she was safe on Earth. When she woke, she was in the middle of nowhere, certain that she was kidnapped. However, when she meets a guardian named Ward, she discovers that she's on Audilandre? What? Her job is to find new fiction trends, not fall into one. Now she has to first fi...

About Dissonant Constellations It has been over thirty years since the Embers of Prometheus left Earth, rejecting the new power wielded by the Coalition over the fate of Humanity for the risks and rewards of complete independence. The Coalition's power has only grown in that time, and the Embers rem...

There are a lot of things wrong with Liv Brodbeck. She’s too small, for one thing. When she works in the castle kitchens with her mother, she can’t carry a sack of flour or roll a keg of ale.  Baron Summerset’s chirurgeon says that she has brittle bones, so she isn’t allowed to wrestle or sword figh...