A (slowly) growing collection of short stories, written mostly just to improve. They should all have at least some fantasy elements in them, but I can't guarantee anything. All of them will be self-contained, or at most separated into a couple of parts if they get too long. Therefore, the status of ...

“They’re very fickle things, stars. But learn to speak their language, and you may find that they’re more helpful than you think.” Mira and Magic are two young people struggling to make ends meet in the rundown town of Elnoire, a hub for mercenaries and thieves looking to make a quick buck. With not...

How many lives does it take to outweigh your own? For Lady Claire Augustus, there exists no acceptable answer. Fleeing from her duty—noble sacrifice—she quickly discovers that the only paths to freedom are paved with thorns and blood. Cover art by sualt98...

Eva Diaz, a marine biology student, has always loved the sea and the orcas that call it home. This makes her summer job a dream come true for the struggling university student. When an opportunity arises to check out her uncle's current project, a very rare specimen of cetacean, in the top-secret re...

At the end of a life spent meaninglessly there is a brief moment of respite in the thought that it will all soon be over, and yet with the quick tightening of a finger the world does not fade. When Henry awakens in another world he is not met with purpose, but rather an all-consuming hunger for a li...

The story of how Agnis Hourai, Gregory Sheru, Raishin Torai and Ted Barrington lost their home. Hourai is a place that the mythical and legendary races call their home but it suddenly got attacked by an eight tailed monkey with unclear objectives. the four got forcefully removed after getting kidnap...

A political debate streamer, a mercenary, and a street urchin are forced together by circumstance and discover a vast conspiracy in a dark urban fantasy setting....

Severin Molochi is aboard a train… but to where?  And come to think of it, what year is it?  He has lost his place and time in the world.  Could it be the work of the bewitching predatory woman who enters his private car, wrapped in furs, with designs and desire in her eyes?  Heirs of Cain, a gothic...

The revolution during the final periods of the ravenous Sengoku era wasn't sufficient to put an end to all conflict. Even under the strict control of the Tokugawa Bakufu, nothing could extinguish the flames of hate ravaging Iga and Kōga, the two eminent ninja clans who supplied the noble with the me...

This book is the second on the series. Please read Book 1 for better context of the events.https://www.royalroad.com/fiction/64052/into-the-hedge-knights-of-the-autumn-crown-bookThank you and enjoy...

Deep in space, a relic temple of an ancient, seemingly lost civilization has been discovered.  25,000 kilometers in width, the station dwarfs even the Earth itself. Captain Brooks must join up with adventurer and explorer Nadian Farland to take the first steps into a place where man was not meant to...

Su Lan; a plaything of the tyrant Meng Bai, a mythical creature with unknown powers, immortal, the once-upon-a-time best friend of The King of Hei'an City... BETRAYER, SNAKE, SERPENT! Xie Song-jun; the adopted daughter of the two Kings of Hei'an City, heir to the throne, holder of a royal King's Mar...

|OLDER DRAFT| Lost in the depths of the Lady Evelyn-Smoothwater Provincial Park, Ranger Kates meets a mysterious hermit who may very well have a connection with the decade-old legend of the Ghost of Ontario.                                                                                             ...

Following the aftermath of a supervillain trying to destroy a nuclear reactor, Transfemme movie worker Serenity Eden gets kidnapped by an unknown group of people, who then torture her for being queer. However, the torture had a really bad side effect (for the people who kidnapped her), as she and 15...

Every great story needs an author. Samuel Bragg was a fairly ordinary human. He lived in a simple home, and he did simple work. Born in a fishing village on the coast, he experienced a good life. But he wanted more. So when his chance came, he leapt for it, not knowing just how much more he was abou...

In this literary-fantasy short story, an aging man visits his undead former lover to learn if life is worth living after death. As a content warning, this story includes gore, scenes of animal consumption, and mild sexual elements.  I'm quite new to Royal Road (this is my first story!) so I gladly ...

This is a collection fo stories From The world of Elnia, also known as the World of Dark Occult these were made in celebration of the first anniversary of the series....

In the beginning, the three children of Primordial Chaos overthrew their mother and created the multiverse. Yet the peace would not last, as bickering and rivalry drove the cosmic deities apart over the eons. Still, their great work of creation endured, and eventually reality would settle into a new...

John, Cain and Thomas seem normal enough. Crass. Uncooth. They eat greasy food, drink cheap beer and when the mood takes them they watch questionable videos from the curtained off section. They're not the best guys... but Lilly is their friend. She forgives them all their foibles, all their shortcom...

A goddess walks into a swamp and stubs her toe, inadvertently spawning a new species of monster. Brittle is a kindhearted bog log beast with a knack for wandering headfirst into trouble. After rescuing a knight, he uncovers a plot to kill the very goddess who gave life to his people. Brittle sets of...