Living alone since her husband's passing, June potters around, waiting for either her children to show up or to join him. To her shock, these goblins have shown up in her cellar and she might not want them to leave. Who would've thought the hole her husband left in her heart can be filled with somet...

In a contemporary world, a Main Character starts his vast new plans and bold actions for the betterment of the populace.  But what of the spear carriers, the normal people, who also live in that world?  This is their tale, or their many tales, as most short chapters will deal with a new character....

Oki Oshi, a fourth year student at Gowith high school, has his life flipped completely upside down upon meeting a being he’s seen in his dreams known only as the “Facestealer”. This being, whose gender nor name is known, task Oki with one simple job, “understand who it is that I am, and your world s...

[Royal Road Magazine June 2024 Entry] Daisy clocks in at 9 AM and leaves by 6.  Working in a office responsible for dimension travel and fantasy pest control wasn't easy. You had goblin howrds attacking grannies, vengeful princesses going back in time and random guys being teleported by magical truc...

The world has changed, and fantastical creatures of all kinds have chosen to lay down their arms and work together. Despite this newfound harmony, some creatures just can't help but stick to their mischievous ways. Enter the goblins—Chumbles, Dinty, and Frink—three friends who aren’t quite ready to ...

Wandering the world, from apparition to apparition, Eri's journey takes her through the stories and lives of those who've willingly, or unwittingly became involved with the supernatural. The story of people, human or inhuman are the center of her travels.   Never are their tales woven by her. The de...

Lu is a brother and healer, but also a storyteller. Here lies a collection of short stories that transcend time and space, told by him to help himself out of hard situations in his relatively calm adventure. Ever felt like wanting to do nothing but at the same time wanting to do something?  I do, m...

In a seemingly peaceful small city, David's father, an ordinary citizen, became the "scapegoat" for anti-government crimes in a well-planned frame-up and was arrested.After David learned the truth, he was determined to avenge his father and all the citizens who had been treated unfairly.After going ...

Born into a chaotic family, a young boy's life takes a dark turn as he is constantly faced with the cruelty of life. Spiraling into theft and isolation, his faith in family and society crumbles. Bullied at school and constantly criticized, he becomes isolated from society, finding solace only in his...

Taron Malvis, a seventeen-year-old boy burdened by a mysterious, lifelong illness, has only ever desired one thing: anointment. A Way to Be Blessed by the Deity-like The Ones Above, Granting the anointed a medium that is tied to the soul. The blessing, which takes countless and varies vastly in powe...

Big Time, A Little., follows three friends as they navigate the big-nervy universe of high school. Conrad is invisibly in love, and danger danger. Jon is distracted by a teacher's impossible good looks, holy crap and everything. Joel ponders the work of coming out of the closet, dip a toe in it, bab...

These are just some short stories about struggles of many kinds faced by people. Some of these stories may get follow-ups, but most of them are stand-alone that anyone can read and digest....

Living in a tree by oneself has a way of making one rather lonely. Who could blame Varavere if she's a little odd, so what if all the nearby villages are terrified at the mere mention of her. When Owain, a bumbling baker, seeks her out to save his sister; neither could have imagined the romance that...

𝐻𝒶𝓇𝓇𝓎 𝒫𝑜𝓉𝓉𝑒𝓇 𝐹𝒶𝓃𝐹𝒾𝒸𝓉𝒾𝑜𝓃: 𝒪𝒞 𝑀𝒶𝒾𝓃 𝒞𝒽𝒶𝓇𝒶𝒸𝓉𝑒𝓇𝙱𝚘𝚘𝚔 𝚃𝚠𝚘 𝚘𝚏 𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝚂𝚑𝚊𝚌𝚔𝚕𝚎𝚍 𝚂𝚎𝚛𝚒𝚎𝚜𝚃𝚑𝚎𝚘𝚍𝚘𝚛𝚎 𝙽𝚘𝚝𝚝𝚡𝙾𝙲~~~There is always that moment in a story where nothing has gone wrong, not truly, and yet the signs begin showing. The storm clouds b...

Intro: Pas'Arai. Known as the city of temples, and there were many. The Bone Temple of Nazveth, the Temple of Drakus the Five Headed, The Wind Temple of Urus, Lightbringer's Temple, Temple of the Elephant God Kalgrash, Manumokus' Many Chambered Hall, the Celestial Temple of Torn, the Night Temple o...

In this enthralling tale of crookery, romance and suspense man of Gold takes you on journey from the overpopulated prisons of kinshasa DRC to the the lavish suburbs of zambia. in this tale Meschak a down on his luck crook and con man aided by his lover and partner in crime Carolina devise a daring c...

Blind Lovers is a story about Emilia, CEO of Horizon Enterprises, trying to gain information from her rival company to get the biggest deals and buy all the talents so that they could expand on her rival company's expertise while trying to maintain a partnership, but there is a huge operative named ...

Step into a world where the mundane collides with the mystical, where the ordinary conceals the extraordinary. Meet Seraphine, a mysterious soul reincarnated into the body of another, weaving magic and mystery into the lives of those around her. With each rebirth, she brings with her an irresistible...

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...

Shiro Ishida, an emotionally detached high school student, gives up his dream of becoming a writer in favor of a boring programming job after his estranged childhood friend, Keiko, breaks a six-year promise to attend high school together. But when Keiko returns their senior year, the two estranged f...