Embark on a harrowing journey with Zander Valecross, an unlikely hero cast into an unforgiving world where every choice forges his destiny. "Frontier Epoch" is a gripping blend of survival, exploration, and deep-seated mystery, set within the vast expanse of a player-driven virtual universe that fee...

The story is about a 12-year-old boy named "Johan" who has faced many challenges since his birth, including the loss of his freedom, which will be taken away by his father "Dimtri" as the story progresses. The thing that will drive Johan to fight for his freedom, but the journey will be difficult. W...

A man is like a dragon, he pours down rain when he is angry, he has mysterious medical skills, he has the heart to heal the world, and he is the strongest son-in-law....

In 2045 passed of the old technology to new ones which are through the “Singularity” nowadays the world has get the entrance to a new way of life. Benjamin:I like to say that I feel good or I feel the same amount that a god can have.   In this story you’ll find traveling through different worlds of ...

Mira was a rising star in the Mythic Realms game, a master of arcane arts with few peers. Mira solves all her problems with magic, but now faces her final challenge, boredom.  She plans for a triumphant exit, aiming to conquer a notorious, impossible to beat, player-killing dungeon. This final chall...

"It would have been nice." - Kazuo Ito The last leaf has fallen, signaling autumn's full bloom. Kazuo Ito enters a familiar apartment; but a home it is not. His partner joins him moments later, but a loved one she does not appear to be. The two agents' objective is classified, but its success is su...

Jakob is a thrill junkie who spends most of his life climbing the corpo ladder. When he isn't crashing rooftop parties or racing in the streets of Hope Megacity, he's illegally modifying AR visors to help off-the-grid denizens live their lives — for a profit. When his side hustle is discovered, he l...

History becomes legend, legend becomes myth. But never forget, at the heart of every myth lies a grain of truth. Centuries have passed since the generation of Champions either fell or vanished, leaving behind  a world bereft of Exoene.   In the current day and age, the Champions have become nothi...

Beyond the Veil, New Horizon’s first fully immersive Sandbox VRMMORPG features elective storylines, revolutionary character progression, and the latest in AI development. Closed betas describe the game as “terrifyingly realistic,” and “like no other game on the market.” Joe doesn’t really care much ...

Time has recently has taken a turn that changed the original figment that was constructed by a person's daily life. Father Time has become part of the system, controlled by the tides of power. The progress of technology has surpassed all expectations of humanity, and is now considered a legal alien ...

Sophie woke up one day to find that her world had changed. As she gazed at the subtitles floating in the air, she realized the full extent of the game's storyline. It turned out that she was an NPC in the game, and not just any NPC, but a malevolent one. After struggling several times to break free ...

God couldn't be everywhere, so He created mothers....

This book is more of an anthology of Short stories, poems, prose, songs, sonnets and other writings that challenge the mind and body. These words are the soul creation of a passion for writing that hopes to encourage others to pursue the art more....

I thought being laid off from my job was the greatest of my worries but I just had to wake up in a ship's cockpit after my space game crashed. Now I have no map, no friends and no money. But that's ok, I've started from the bottom before! With my starter ship I will scour through space as a Mercenar...

A year has passed since Sword Art Online was defeated for good, and everyone was freed from the game. But one young man was still not free of the torment. And a job. Thomas Trey Trenor is now an emotionless husk of who he once was. He once had the whole world ahead of him, but reality set in within ...

January 2024 Royal Road Community Magazine Contest Entry Nico Caro is living out his fondest TTRPG fantasies. All the things he wasn’t strong enough for in his former “real” life, he can handle in this new one. All he has to do is level up until he’s basically a god, and then he’ll never need to tak...

Join Fred as he discovers the wonderful world of virtual reality and meets a bunch of colorful characters, all with their quirks, tricks, and dreams. The adventure starts slow but picks up pace as time goes by. Eventually, Fred becomes a magical girl and enrolls in a magical school. In this school, ...

All I wanted was to get my mind off of the real world. That's it. Was that too much to ask? Now I have the key to a corporate conspiracy and a major identity crisis. And after all of that I'm supposed to just log off and go back to living my normal life? God damn it. First of all this story will ha...

World of Warcraft's first dungeon designer is writing a sweeping litRPG fantasy featuring heavy game mechanics, a progression of pets, boss fights, spells, unique magic items, and base-building. Weak to Strong MC with a slow burn. The first half of book 1 is slice-of-life, so don't expect early comb...

Ash Clearly died before his twenty-first birthday. Fortunately, his family backed his consciousness onto a drive. As he waits for a new body, he must navigate life within a virtual world: a video game set in the post-apocalypse. He soon learns that life in a video game isn’t as easy -- or as fun -- ...