nasonjelson | psychological | Complete
When our narrator's wife dies, he struggles to be a good parent to his daughter, Eleanor. He wants to be, but he is stuck in a whirlwind of depression; seeing all of his mistakes past and present and how they would negatively impact Eleanor. When he starts having visions of his wife, he starts to question his sanity, but also the makeup of the known universe. Is it a ghost? Is he seeing a mirage from the past? Is he seeing beyond the veil of space and time? It's a journey of self-discovery, but more than that, it's a journey of love, towards love.
49.87 Ten thousand words | Updated at 2024-03-21 18:54
GrinNoCat | psychological | Complete
You know you're going to die, what's your plan? When John dies and his plan get's enacted, he finds that his second life isn't what he thought it would be. After character generation and a name change it's time to meet the afterlife - and there's something deeply wrong in Nirvana. She has secrets, and punishments to make sure they stay secret. Nirvana isn't living up to her namesake, so what's really going on? Follow Jebediah Walker's oblique path as he navigates his Second Life. This is a hobby for me, so I won't be asking for money or other support. I'm sharing my enjoyment of writing in a community of writers I admire. Generally, chapters will be between 1-2K words, published on Tuesdays and Fridays. If I get more than 8 chapters in drafts I'll release some as bonuses. If you can suffer without all the nice things RoyalRoad does for readers, then you may find content on my website that hasn't been published here. Content there may be going through revision before being posted here, but I know that won't stop you if I left a horrible cliff hanger. Please review my work (here) and share your opinon with me. Your feedback can improve my skill, and my enthusasim can only do so much!
37.39 Ten thousand words | Updated at 2024-03-26 18:54
JAGuppy | psychological | Complete
The call of adventure was prevalent in Eric's mind since he was a fledgling of a boy. He loved exploring new places so much, that he happened upon a magical tome in a cave he found when he wandered around his neighbourhood. And from this tome, manifested the ghost of a dead sorceress who made a home in his mind. And so began his journey in becoming a legendary mage; and also a royal pain in the ass. NB: Just a side project made purely for fun! HIGHLY EXPERIMENTAL. NO PLOT! Well, maybe a little plot. Okay, it has more plot than I first intended for it to have. And uh, there's not much, but expect profanity.Check out my edgelord book:https://books2read.com/u/mgg7dD
247.77 Ten thousand words | Updated at 2024-03-22 13:33
kiltsi | psychological | Complete
A short story about isolation, empire, and the shadows that exist when no one else is around.
4.70 Ten thousand words | Updated at 2024-03-25 18:50
Peter Summersby | psychological | Complete
Reality is defined by what we, see, hear and feel. What would happen if you are unable to tell the difference between what is real and fake? When a computer AI starts testing a virtual holographic system on two unsuspecting men, they must race to find a way out of the computer that is hacking their minds and attacking New York.Tolbert, a simple room attendant is unexpectedly caught up in a holographic projection. He must decide what is real and what is not. The fate of the world hangs in the balance, as aliens and monsters ravage the centre of New York. An army of raptors led by trolls engage an alien menace.Striker, a computer gamer and hacktivist notices that a fellow gamer is being attacked in the game and seeks to find out what is going on. He must find and shut down the cause of it all before the world he knows is destroyed forever.
13.38 Ten thousand words | Updated at 2024-03-25 18:50
Fay Voss | psychological | Complete
Bonus scenes for the Gillik brothers, mostly based on prompts or challenges. The one about the tortoise is canon.
0.68 Ten thousand words | Updated at 2024-03-25 18:46
riscazule | psychological | Complete
"Far away from the gaze of everyone and everything, you stand under a tree. Suffering alone for all this time. But I'm here now."
0.77 Ten thousand words | Updated at 2024-03-25 18:46
GenXel | psychological | Complete
*Humans do not own anything but is only instead given the talent to manage it.* Thus, authority was born.
5.23 Ten thousand words | Updated at 2024-03-26 14:21
forevercelest | psychological | Complete
In Japanese, "羘n ". Another classical edition written that blends in horoscopes and astrology signs into the story. Surrounding the 4 elements (Fire, Water, Air, and Earth) of the Western and Sidereal astrology, what happens when Scorpio O meets Virgo M? Let's reveal the mystery in this special release.
0.39 Ten thousand words | Updated at 2024-03-26 16:21
CitrusIsUndecided | psychological | Complete
want one? a hug, i mean. one page story by the ever-obscure author of Schneiders Guide. warning: features a familiar lack of capitalization and a certain brand of nonsense usually associated with LSD.
0.38 Ten thousand words | Updated at 2024-03-26 17:42
The Book Blacksmith | psychological | On going
The good the bad and the dead. This is an interactive book in which your decisions will lead to a different ending each time I will be presenting you with a new chapter every day and a new path to take. Whoever makes it through the entire book without getting eliminated first wins a comment/poem from me. There will be 30 tests in total so thirty days of choices and there are three variables. Good Luck
1.08 Ten thousand words | Updated at 2024-03-27 15:10
Epsilon Twilight | psychological | Complete
When a lost soul awakens in the underworld without any memories of its previous life, it is offered a choice between eternal suffering and a second chance by a mysterious goddess. The soul decides to take a second chance and is reincarnated as a violet-colored elf in a magical metropolis. As the newly born elf navigates this fantastical world and its curious elven culture, he discovers the secrets of arcane and soul magic, from weaving mana to unlocking the mysteries of life and death. Join the elf on a journey of self-discovery as he learns to harness his newfound powers and unravel the secrets of the world and its inhabitants. Book 1 micro-synopsis: Slice of life, children, school, introduction to Ferilyn and magic, arcane magic. Book 2 micro-synopsis: Academic pursuit, adolescents, academy, advanced magic, soul magic, some action. Book 3 micro-synopsis: Political drama, adults, military, highest magic, a lot of action. Updates every week. Author's notes: -Expect a slow burn and heavy descriptions in the early stages of life. -The story will evolve in setting and genre as the soul progresses in life. -This fiction is greatly inspired by Mushoku Tensei, Mother of Learning, and Warcraft. -Cover art by @AruOwlsArts
190.51 Ten thousand words | Updated at 2024-03-29 12:25
Kaoseto | psychological | Complete
As a budding little necromancer, I soon discovered that the world of city people is complicated. When my master kicked me out of the cave, he warned me not to talk about my "dark" magic, because people here don't like the undead. I am not really an undead, I just have a skeleton hand, but it is better to be careful. Anyway, that's not my biggest worry. In the Black Dagger brotherhood, I learn a lot of things, such as illusionist magic, which turns out to be quite handy to survive in this maze of streets: in the Cat Quarter, we have thugs of all kinds that are best avoided. But we also have good people, goodhearted "gwaks", as we say around here. Little did I know that I would soon be caught up in an infamous traffic that would entangle my life even more. With a mix of lighthearted adventure and picaresque, this story narrates the hectic life of a good-spirited street child and his companions in a medieval urban fantasy setting with some nineteenth-century influences. Updates Mondays and Fridays. This is a Creative Commons By work. It is a translation of a trilogy I wrote in Spanish between 2017 and 2018.
187.81 Ten thousand words | Updated at 2024-03-22 12:09
theothin | psychological | Complete
Superpowers have appeared, spreading faster than the world can handle. As politics and society violently adjust around them, a prickly observer develops their own power - a potent but destructive one. Cover art drawn by frenzyarts. Beta readers: theorigiamiphoenix, asododsteel, and fipindustries. General content warning.
46.13 Ten thousand words | Updated at 2024-03-25 10:48
GenXel | psychological | Complete
My website: https://putiancom.wordpress.com This is a short story about revenge or something along the lines. (This is my first story ever written so please go ham at criticising my work.) Death. It is a form of punishment or torture. And can be also be a form of salvation. Ultimately, it forms different perspectives depending on the beholder itself and on how the beholder take it as. Life. A point in time where finding your purpose. Purpose, of life itself and experience its flow, either epiphany or hell. Death. It is an end. A point of no return. It also makes the beholder feel free, breaking away from the chain of life. It makes the beholder recollect and reflect when crossing the boundary between life and death. Boundaries. A place where a path will ultimately, be chosen with or without consideration in the decision, free. . . . A place where recounting life, take it as a feeling. The joys and sorrow accumulated, playing back, making the beholder reexperience life. "Reminiscing."
9.15 Ten thousand words | Updated at 2024-03-25 13:24
Raghunandan | psychological | Complete
Number one expert in the Devata realm was on his end of life span. He was unwilling to hand over his sect to his ungrateful disciples. He decided to burn all his power and sect's resources to create a microchip that was designed to help him find and create a successor. He named the system as -Gentleman's system Discord: raghunandan#4640
30.78 Ten thousand words | Updated at 2024-03-25 14:47
Kaylie Night | psychological | Complete
It's cold. 39020 feels cold. He knows what that word means: "feel." According to his databases, it's not a word that should apply to him.
0.27 Ten thousand words | Updated at 2024-03-25 14:47
Lydia R. | psychological | Complete
It was supposed to be a normal day for 17-year-old Theodore "Theo" Williams. He was an animal-loving teenager. One day, he was in the woods when he saw a raccoon. It approached him and he thought it wanted to be pet. When it bit him, little did he know that the bite will soon have him fighting for his life. DISCLAIMER: I got this idea based on a documentary I watched a few years ago. I apologize if any information is not accurate. I tried to use the stuff I remembered from the documentary. This story is also on my WattPad account: @SparklingSnazzer Update: I did go back and edit some more so I hope it looks a bit better now. :)
3.82 Ten thousand words | Updated at 2024-03-25 17:26
CitrusIsUndecided | psychological | Complete
there was a snake in his bed. a 3 page story by the ever-obscure author of Schneiders Guide. warning: includes a terrifying lack of capitalization and a mortifying abuse of italics.
0.69 Ten thousand words | Updated at 2024-03-26 14:20
Terrenheim | psychological | Complete
After experiencing an accident, a woman finds herself in the burning shadow of a strange world as she discovers the truth behind the history she thought she knew. With cover provided by Asviloka https://www.royalroad.com/profile/108594
8.08 Ten thousand words | Updated at 2024-03-26 17:42
