Amara Colano is a young girl with a habit of sticking her nose where it doesn't belong. When she ends up warping into the world of a mysterious book, how will she get home again? And how will she bring death back to the world?...

Jin Yue's world changes when her father dies. He leaves her just two things: an old scroll and mysterious last words. But this scroll isn't ordinary. It holds secrets that powerful people want—secrets worth killing for. Strange people start appearing around her. Each one wants the scroll. Each has t...

Charles McKnight was a failure. Try as he might, he could not succeed, no matter how hard he tried. A master's in robotics brought him nothing after leaving the field to take care of his poor, sick mother. Now, 20 years later, he was stuck in a dead-end job in an auto repair shop doing work for his ...

Seranalyn loved dragons. She grew up around stories of dragons, often as the supreme force of nature, joined a druidic order founded by a dragon, and later befriended a young green dragon ‘rescued’ by a silver dragon. Her adventure with others  resulted in getting to found a kingdom shared with her ...

A seventeen-year-old gamer girl is about to embark on her biggest adventure yet: an exchange semester in Seoul. But when a strange, glitching video game falls into her hands, reality begins to unravel. Thrown into a world where time fractures and forgotten technologies awaken, she becomes Veela, a n...

Dying wasn’t part of the plan. But staying dead? Turns out, that’s not an option either. When our not-so-lucky soul gets trapped in a jar—yes, a jar—he knows something’s gone terribly wrong. Even worse, the one responsible is a devilish little girl who treats cosmic horrors like playthings while u...

Justice has finally caught up with psychopath and serial killer, Jack the Ripper. Facing the gallows, the heinous man utters his last words before being publicly disembowelled. He watches his insides become his outsides, and is kicked down to a maddened mob which tears him apart. The pain is sublime...

Ethan a young aspiring chef gets transported to a fantasy world. With nothing but his chef clothes, knifes and knowledge he explores a new world with new recipes to discover....

“Calling all gamers! Do you wannabe the next King of King Kingdom? Join today for the low, low price of… your life.” In the year 2052, King Industries created King Kingdom—the virtual game that accidentally developed artificial super-intelligence. As the world within King Kingdom grew and threatened...

An immortal being has existed since ancient times—some say it was born from the first flicker of fire, while others believe it has watched over humanity since before their earliest memories. Known as William, he is a creature of darkness and light, revered and feared throughout the ages. Civilizatio...

Delphine's childhood was consumed wholly by her most favorite book of legends and tales, tales of the world Hythalla. But what Delphine did not expect was that her dreams of Hythalla would soon turn into nightmares, haunted memories that would follow her around for the rest of her life. Ten years ha...

A vicious, deadly curse is running rampant across the world of Ashlokh, and governments across the world repeatedly abduct people from other worlds to keep the population up. For a group of nerds at an anime convention on Earth, it's their unlucky day. They suddenly find themselves in a world where ...

To the wanderers, the dreamers, and the warriors of all times, who seek a balance between the past and the future, may you find your own path. This tale is not simply a journey through time, but a testament to the enduring spirit of loyalty, courage, and adaptation. It is a reminder that even in the...

Alex Pierce, a relatively average individual, wakes up in ancient Greece after being mysteriously transported from the modern world. He quickly discovers that this is not the historical Greece he had learned of before, but a mythical version of Greece where the gods are real, their power undeniable,...

Across the infinite expanse of the multiverse, countless possibilities have given rise to countless realities. But within this vastness, each multiverse exists in its own isolated timeline. Hidden among them lies one forgotten timeline, sealed by an ancient force known only as "The Original." Within...

RoyalRoad Writeathon Participant - Fall 2024 Kya woke up on the wrong side of the bed. Her hair was kind of messy, her back was kind of sore... oh, and she was no longer in her bed. Rather, she found herself laying on what could only be called a stone altar in the remnants of an ancient temple. She...

In the enchanting yet perilous world of Udanara, Paola Juderías—a feisty young woman from New Mexico—finds herself unexpectedly thrust into a land brimming with magic, mayhem, and danger at every turn. Imagine waking up in a place that’s a blend of Naked and Afraid and a high-stakes RPG, but with dr...

An unnamed soul wakes up as a dungeon. Everything was alright at first until the outside world discovers his anomalous nature. Now forces beyond his control are vying for his attention or want him as a pawn in their petty games of life, but he wants none of that. Life as a dungeon, although strange...

John Delmont. A weak man with unfounded pride. He walked through life with nonchalance and spouted lies to whomever would humor him.  His false charisma led to many falling for the trap of safety he promised. Safety he could not provide due to his incompetence. When this weak man was given an opport...

The Ex-Space Tyrant’s Guide to Earthly Problems follows Sierra Fox, formerly known as James Fox, a once-ordinary gamer who, after a late-night gaming session in 2014, finds herself transformed into her joke avatar—an adorable, silver-haired girl with mind-bending powers and nanomachines coursing thr...