Lucas Mineur is the office manager at Braden, Inc., a software engineering firm that specializes in cutting-edge new technology.  Most prominently, Braden is currently developing a generation of nanobots that can improve personal appearance, fight disease, and...most intriguingly, increase height an...

A silver haired man tells his friend a story over drinks. This one is a bit experimental, but I liked the end result, so I'll share it here.  I hope you enjoy :)...

Eniola Adeyemi has it all. A year ago, Rogue won the California SCOPE championships and has now won the national title to represent the US in Seoul. Life couldn't get any better for her with her family and friends to support her and an amazing boyfriend. But Paradox is back and out for blood and fig...

Richard didn't heed his guardian's warnings about the mysterious and shady place from the flyer he came across. He wanted a big break and a chance to make quick and easy money, but never expected to find himself tricked and caught in a twisted experiment conjured up by scientists. Transformed into a...

One hundred million years ago, an unknown cataclysm rendered humanity extinct. After conquering seven galaxies and becoming a super-civilization, terrankind vanished from the cosmos. Time passed. Their animal descendants (Cats, dogs, and crocodiles, among others) all evolved and Uplifted themselves ...

This is a novel about the history of men in the magical advisory departments in their role as administrators on the usage of magic in their kingdoms. As magic develops throughout these ancient and modern kingdoms, this novel shows the progress and choices that magical advisors had to face....

In the year 2164, pop idols aren't just celebrities. They're soldiers fighting for their lives against extraplanetary creatures--and each other--in a battle royale-style competition. New trainee Angel Lee has to kill the galaxy's top idol get to the bottom of his brother's mysterious murder. But fir...

When the first robot to marry a human is murdered, no one gives a $@#%, not even the LAPD. Dead robot? So what? At worst, it's vandalism. Pay a fine. Buy a new one. Move on. But when Celia, Detective Cutter's 6 year-old robot partner becomes the killer's next target, Cutter puts the killer's first ...

So I died but death as for all is just the beginning, it,s what can come after is where the true journey will begin. For me the stories where true first the light faded from my eyes then there was darkness nothingness of the void, then a pin prick of light. As the light grew closer I began to relive...

Soldier.  Survivor.  Killer.  Hunter.  Legend.   Hero. In truth, Jhena Cuuhl was but a drifter, wandering her way across the stars, plying her skills to the highest bidder.  Little more than a weapon without a wielder, cutting her way through an uncaring galaxy. And then everything changed. A st...

Benji, Havana and Old Doc were on a mission to 'kidnap' the President's son, Akym Vybranny... This is an contest entry short story forThe [Royal Road Community Magazine] Contest [June Edition] Consist total of 8018 words for all chapters combined.You May found the prompt at first and final chapter o...

We define ourselves by the actions and choices we make every day. And the world of Aeyalion is vast with these decisions of countless people, living their own countless, separate lives. This is an anthology work of short stories for some of these visions. Gods who breathe new life, the cries of thos...

[Otherwise known as Runesoul: Circus Loser Overcomes Weak Naivete] From lawyers to firefighters, politicians to store owners, especially store owners, everyone is a Duelist at the core of their being. Runesouls, the ancient and beloved card game, is the foundation of the magic and mad science that p...

Humanity fled a dying world and found a thousand more amongst the stars. But a thousand worlds was not enough, would never be enough. What one has, another wants, what could have been a paradise, a golden age, became an age of war as the many branches of mankind fight for dominance, and the worst of...

"When does one reach their limit?" The frail-looking old man spoke to the children with a hint of wisdom. "They don't" ------------------------ Carlos Wingwood is the average mortal. After being tested for cultivation talent at the age of 15, he was found to have no talent or aptitude to practice th...

In a not so distant future where everyone has AIs installed in their heads and are forced to obey the law and be productive members of society, Lizzie tries to live normally but everything is not as it seems...

An author, stranger, interloper or worse? The Mudgway Super Cluster - The Station, home to Shay and Elise - brought to chaos. An attack on the station flips their world upside down. Will the two be able to find the man behind the button? Through coup’s and boiling civil war, change will come to thei...

In desperation people are capable of doing anything. For survival no law of man can bind them. Only the rule of the jungle can hold any sway. But a man summoned to another world as a contracted beast during a desperate act of another will descover that the only rules one must follow are their own. S...

Two hundred years have passed since the Order of Ash laid waste to the planet, taking millions of lives, and changing the world forever. Peace had been achieved and technology advanced from the repurposed war machines. Swords and sorcery to radios and flying ships, dozens of races more connected tha...

After the explosion of the Federal Star Submarine, the fourth Chameleon Princess arrives in the Light's Domain. Among the branches of the Heart-Tree she meets a young human girl and learns about Earth existence. The princess manages to obtain the bio-energetic code of the young woman's body thus sta...