An alchemist and adventure scribe who travels the world and takes official note for those daring fools called adventurers. Adventure finally catches up to him one day as the trail to his missing mother he's been searching for for years goes hot once more. Join Clarke and the friends he's accidentall...

A respected doctor in his old life Jake was stolen by the gods of another world to 'spice things up.'  Upset by this the god of his old world was able upset the cart long enough to give Jake a better chance at things.  Unfortunately that also meant he got knocked off course and landed in about as da...

"The Infinite Odyssey" is a science fiction novel that follows the journey of an advanced S-Class Mothership as it explores the vast expanse of space. The protagonist encounters various challenges and wonders, from ancient artifacts to interdimensional portals and beyond. Along the way, they use the...

A husband and wife recovering from marital strife attempt to rekindle their affection with a vacation trip to Maine. In hopes of putting the past away, they look to the future, to the old couple running the bed & breakfast, and to each other. In a desperate fight for their marriage, they find themse...

Humanity has fallen. Machines have taken over. You follow a survivor, the last human, as he prepares to take revenge on the machines, and restore humanity to its former glory.  Note: this is a pilot chapter to view reception to the story. If this does well, it will be turned into a full book. This c...

Life has always been difficult for Dragomir. Never able to fit in anywhere, he wasted his youth as an outsider, until an impulsive decision made him travel to Japan, whereby he became a destitute and desperate vagrant. That was until by a chance encounter he discovered the Sea of Stars, a mystical p...

A short story choose your own adventure fanfiction of The Zombie Knight Saga featuring the first meeting between the protagonist Hector and the Crystal Titan, Sermung.  Written for the fan server fanfiction contest. Note:  This fanfiction was written as of approximately page 3310 (in Chapter 278) he...

While traveling to Sigallah, Kaz and Rhenor stop in a village called Frostrun for supplies. During their visit, they start hearing about a mysterious beast breaking into the villagers' homes during the night. Even though Rhenor isn't thrilled at the prospect, he and Kaz investigate, and they soon st...

For as long as he can remember, Caldor has been forced to live a life of crime. With a group of his fellow thieves, they've stolen from practically all of the wealthier citizens of Redreach over the years. They have a system of how to go about their business, and it works. Until one day when it does...

Goreblaster - a beefcake whose prime ingredient is over-the-top monster slaying, topped off with the delicate frosting of the desperate need for validation and adoration. Under the (mostly) helpful guidance of his hapless assistant slash manager, Percy, the pair turned his natural skills (and incred...

[June 2023 Royal Road Magazine Contest Entry] This story is a work of Lovecraftian horror set in the 1920s, detailing the inexplicable happenings at the Bergen Estate, and the only one Josephine can turn to for help is a 200-year-old vampire. Though she has thwarted many smaller evils, and is not wi...

06/12/2023 Update: this series is COMPLETED. Thx for reading! When Goddess Aphrodite curses the world with devouring mirrors, the kingdoms band together to create a governmental body to deal with them. Follow the Mirror Checker, Agent Lucheng Tang, as he handles cases to retrieve those terrifying ob...

Woe is upon the town of Drezin. It knows it not. A magister had come on a hunt, invoking a prize beyond refusal and a secret not understood - one with consequences beyond the wildest estimation. Of course, no one could know that. Not even the vampire who the offer is made to. And the request was so ...

The world ends on her perfect day and all she can do is push forward. What would be like if magic was suddenly real, if the laws of nature suddenly had a new much less physical sibling?Chaos, all that is, is cast aside like a dream, and Summer must navigate a far grander far more dangerous world. on...

With a spaceship crashed, the captain having most of his face gone, a crew of 60 missing and almost no chance of getting back to earth, the captain has a lot over his skull but with his robotic companion, ARG-05, this new purplish blue planet should be no match for the two of them but still the capt...

Some men have demons inside them. Lou's stays in the mirror, stalking his wife.  It's at the doctor's office. It's in the bathroom at their assisted living apartment. It even chases the car when they go shopping.  It keeps getting closer. And as it does, he's having a harder and harder time rememb...

A stranger takes Hatash, the village chief, into a strange and perilous journey where he will have to face dragons, trolls, ogres, and villainous elves. And while he struggles to survive, still he must solve the greatest riddle of all: who is the stranger? And is the stranger showing him all these t...

Guy likes shooting. Now, he sucks. Then, a mirror lets him not suck... maybe. Deputy William was the best shot in the small town of Easy Breeze... until he found himself with an injury to his dominant hand. Now, without his greatest talent, William finds himself spiraling down into broken dreams and...

Dave is not a happy man, But he is a man with a plan. After many years working as a Janitor in the College of Magic, he is finally ready to seize his destiny and become a mage. He has the knowledge he has overheard as he worked and a forbidden object as his focus... but that has to be enough. Who ca...

Magicians have summoned demons for centuries to serve as powerful familiars or grant wishes.  When one demon learns of a recent human innovation, the wall-sized mirror, he gets an idea that could shift the balance of power. Participant in the June 2023 RoyalRoad Community Magazine....