Briar, Briar, you old liar. You led us down this path. Expect: Goblins and bread.Grandmothers and magic.Some dark undercurrents, but overall an optimistic story.Death but not despair.A self contained short tale, from start to conclusion. Participating in Royal Road community magazine, June 2024...

The mercenaries of Vastrum have brutalized the empire's colonies on the far side of the world. The Company has extracted aethium, the magical drug that powers Vastrum's wizards, from indigo flowers that grow high on the hills in the far flung colony of Vurun. Now a reckoning has come. The dead have ...

[Cover By AI] #LightNovel #OELN #GamesOfThrones Copyright© F.S.D. Thrush. All rights reserved. Instead of the consensus stuck in gloom and fearing death: They rejoicelife and feel the strife that makes them so content Instead of forcing innovationjust for the sake of the good image: They let it be a...

Dave was what people would call an "Average Joe." He had a good life, had a good job, and was satisfied with his life.  Then suddenly, a fledgling god plucked him out of his reality to be reincarnated as... a rock? A space rock to be specific What to expect: Rocky to rockier Cultivation Life going ...

In the spy and assassin world ranking is everything, Startta Sin High School is ranked dead last out of the six schools and has been for the past 20 years because they attract the worst types of students causing the school's reputation to drown in the mud. However, an alumni of this school who is no...

A young man named Gold dies during a hurricane and is reborn in the world of Tarius. Gifted with a system, how will Gold fare in an unfamiliar fantasy world? Read and find out!  INFO/DISCLAIMERS The system plays a major part in the story.  Slice-Of-Life, don’t expect tons of actions. There will be m...

Warning: bloody scenes are ahead so read carefully. Thousands of years ago in the golden age of cultivation where many great talents rose up and fell down the path, but with order come chaos as this prosperity came to an end  when, because of a mysterious entity the age of cultivation was almost dri...

Melvin died. That sucked. He had just gotten a new suit, he was on the way to his favorite bar, and the high from his recent promotion still had a smile on his face. But his sudden and painful heart attack didn't care about any of that. At least he woke up afterward, if somewhere unexpected. Because...

They dare not speak his name. I'm his replacement. When Ferrowill's latest assassination job ends with him tumbling from a balcony, he's reincarnated into The Realm of Dreams where fear is the greatest strength of all. He learns this firsthand when The Dream Eater forces him into a contract that gra...

In the vast land of La Serva, there were a total of four regions: North, South, East, and West. In this world where vampires rule through strength, the only ones capable of combating them are the Cursed. At the center of this land lies the Tower, a place that can grant any wish to those who reach it...

At sixteen Razavan wasn't sure what he wanted to do in life, but selling himself into service to keep from dying was definitely nowhere on the list. Oh well. So much for that plan. Now, years later, he is dedicated to Lord Vennir, Patron Power of Wit, as a Dusk Knight, champion of all who call on hi...

Guy gets reincarnated as a dragon....

[Participant in the June 2024 Royal Road Community Magazine Contest] Klik is a goblin, and he hates it Klik spends more time with Elder Zelena than he does with his own tribe. Unlike them, she cares for him, talks to him as an equal, treats him with kindness. In her little home, he feels safe, not i...

Arvid lives in a dangerous world, where deeds define who you are, a world where words, passages, and writings mean power and fear and where monsters and humans are bathed in ink, drawing a canvas of battle for survival. He hopes only to be able to get the means to get by, but what happens when a fat...

I got sucked into a hardcore video game called RE:Quest with my grandma. There is only one difficulty in settings called honor mode and the only condition to leave is to slay the final boss and beat the game. No Saves, No Reloading, One Life Only. Can I survive this dangerous world while protecting ...

How did my life come to this?Here I lay on my twin size mattress with the dirt stains on top, trying to find out the exact pin point of my downfall. No, I shouldn’t call it that. Downfall would mean that I was at the top at one point. I was doomed from the start. Almost as if it were fate for my lif...

STEP UP, STEP UP! COME ONE, COME ALL! HERE’S YOUR CHANCE TO STRIKE IT BIG! ALL YOU HAVE TO DO – IS WIN! – The Game-Master, 32nd Show============================================================================= Arthur Conwell is, for lack of a better word, screwed.He’s unskilled, unemployable and un-...

Kai, a reserved and distrustful young man, is transported to a mysterious, ancient world. Forced to rely on a group of diverse strangers, he must navigate an unfamiliar and dangerous realm. As they uncover secrets about their new surroundings and develop their unique abilities, the group strives to ...

Fischer had always wanted an adventure, but perhaps this one isn't what he asked for. What to expect: — An adorable goblin who likes to fish  — wonderful grandmothers who are clearly not witches *wink* *wink* — Storytelling and style: metamodern and whimsical, because why not? — A magic system that...

When college graduate Orer Janesh and his cousin Kena are sent to spend a summer with their grandmother in the rolling countryside of Gregar, Orer is set on getting through the boring months with little zeal. He only has to make it to August before starting a flashy new position at a bank and then h...