[Participant in the June 2024 Magazine Contest. The theme - 'Goblins and Grandmas'] Razan is back home for a family reunion following his first year at Mage's College. But things get awkward when the conversation of his new college sweetheart comes up. For you see, she's a little green. Will grandmo...

(A Novella for the Community Magazine Contest) Roberto screwed up in his life, big time. He seems left only with the option of wasting all of the days he has left to live. He has become a cynic, unhealthy, crappy individual. Metaphorically, a goblin. One late night a mysterious lunatic approaches an...

In Kanne's tribe, what separates adults from children is owning and mastering the N'Kele -- a strange item that allows one to see through time. And yet, as Kanne is about to find out, not all N'Keles are created the same. What to expect: A soft Science-Fiction short story with a fantasy feel. For mo...

When my Dad shipped me off to my Granny Liadan, who lives in the woods, I expected her to be the one to answer my knock at the door. You can imagine my surprise when a goblin in a pink dress calmly opened the door. Entry for the Royal Road Community Magazine: June 2024 Edition....

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 ...

Jimmy Byrne, a poor chicken farmer, has racked up considerable debt with the wrong kind of people. Desperate to make a lot of money in a short amount of time, Jimmy turns to his friend Scott O'Malley, an old friend that knows just where to go to make a quick buck. Jimmy is led into the world of unde...

A short story about what happens when you give a goblin a cookie, according to your grandma, in seven parts. [June 2024 Magazine Contest Entry] Progress: Done...

Can a dream foretell the day ahead? For Bernadette, what begins as an ordinary morning soon spirals into a series of unsettling events, turning her day into a living nightmare. As she navigates through the chaos, she uncovers a hidden secret that changes everything. Trapped in a relentless series of...

**COMPLETED** In the land of Opuree, a vast, divisive community has been built across thousands of floating islands, with the infamous Soulbell Prison at the nation’s foot. Revered for its unbreakable confinement, Soulbell harbors the most dangerous criminals. After being imprisoned for a crime he d...

When five fantasyland creatures get turned human against their will, they go Off To Beat The Wizard and get turned back.  The POV rotates between:  A centaur who can NOT manage to walk on two legsA minotaur who misses having a proper range of visionA harpy who will do unwise things to fly againA pix...

Mortals envious of the powers of the Gods sought to take it for themselves through the magic of the Numinia Boards. This would spark the downfall of the world. Thousands of years in the future a young slave named Blink will find himself at the centre of this ancient conflict. A cursed sword in hand,...

(Participant in the Royal Road June 2024 Community Magazine Contest) [THEIR FINAL STAND PITS THEM NOT JUST AGAINST MAN — BUT A BERSERK ALLY ABOUT TO COMMIT A FAR WORSE CRIME.] The Tanglesooth Druids are on their last legs. Humanity’s plague has washed over their neighbors and rivals, and the goblin...

Length: Short story - 5,500 words In the near future, everyone will be required to have a cybernetic implant embedded in their brain. While the implants allow instant communication with the multiple artificial intelligence systems that run the world, they are prohibitively expensive to own. To offse...

How would you imagine two socially anxious people meeting each other for the first time? Not so much conversation right? Well thats exactly how these two meet up but as minutes went by... it became more than just conversation......

Nobody talks much about the mind prison. "It will break you" is all they say....

At the edge of human space, the occupants of an unfinished space habitat find themselves in a fight for their lives.  With less than fifty security officers, Captain Mori must defend the construction crews against a determined pirate assault.  Reinforcements are on the way, but the Vulpine are bruta...

Tales from the Crossroads is a series of 17 micro-fiction horror stories set in the Primordial Crossroads Universe. WYRD is about a wizard who rivals Merlin and his quest to uncover the truth beyond the veil and his very own fate....

Inspired by the legendary analogue horror series by Darian Quilloy, I M P E R I U M follows teenagers Kai and Kate after they make a groundbreaking discovery in their small town.  What they don't realize, however, is that some things are better left undiscovered...  WE ARE NOTHING MORE THAN MEAT......

Tales from the Crossroads is a series of 17 micro-fiction horror stories set in the Primordial Crossroads Universe. LUNACY explores one man's insane attempt to fight an unspeakable horror....