Rocket Cat

parkertallan | one_shot | Complete

In the deepest reaches of space lies the planet Catalonia. Here two powerful cat nations vie to impose their desired cat scratching material upon their world. The nation of Felinia hopes to score a public relations coup by sending the first cat into space, but the rival nation of Catstroph is working to achieve the same goal and will stop at nothing to keep Felinia from beating them. Join Major Thomas Fluffison as he rockets into orbit, unaware of the adventure which awaits him. But wait, there's more. Join cats Henri and Cassie on their travels as they and we learn more about Physics. Look up in the sky. Yes, it's Dynamics Cat, that feline hero of acceleration and motion who uses his abilities to fight evil and keep the city of Newtonville safe. Warning: This short story collection contains scientific information explaining how rockets get into orbit, how to perform orbit transfers, and the secrets of reentry. In addition, there is the presence of other Physics related topics.

18.32 Ten thousand words | Updated at 2024-04-19 15:30

The Bounty Hunter's War

Icalos | one_shot | Complete

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 strange message crossing her eyes. The boundary between worlds collapsing. Death and destruction raining from above the skies, deadly creatures spilling out from beneath the ground. A catastrophe engulfing the entire universe. And so the galaxy turns to her, and places its fate in her hands. One last mission. One last chance. Can one woman save the universe? A System invades novel set in a Sci-fi universe. SciFi vs. Fantasy! Technically LitRPG but we won't see the MC's status much for story reasons. My entry for the June 2022 Royal Road Community Magazine Contest. Now complete at 15,653 words!

9.24 Ten thousand words | Updated at 2024-03-29 15:28

Ghoster

Anehalia | one_shot | Complete

The virtual world is everything. With sensors, computer chip implants, contact lenses, and an internet connection you can also live in the virtual world! Don't worry about how you don't look like a model. The virtual world can fix that. It can make it so that everyone sees you how you see yourself! With job leveling and virtual pets, everything is better in the virtual world! Come to an Insinc office today to get equipped to enter the virtual world. A series of short stories set in an augmented reality/virtual reality world. This story is posted on Wattpad, Inkitt, and Royal Road. If you are not reading on one of these location, you are reading a pirated version and you can read it for free on Royal Road.

2.81 Ten thousand words | Updated at 2024-03-25 12:25

Codename: Ghost

Trish | one_shot | Complete

Everyone has superpowers, and mine wasn't anything special... until I got recruited out of prison. [June 2023 RR Magazine Contest] This short story is a study of a background character in a collaborative project I've been working on with a fellow RR author, Arlen K. Our collab is projected to start posting in 2024, so if you are enjoying Codename: Ghost and would like to see more of this world that he lives in, smash that "Follow Author" button to be alerted to new releases. If you would like more of this world now, check out Portal to Regret. Maybe you'll recognize the MC. = As always, comments, follows, favorites, ratings and reviews are appreciated, especially as there is a lot more planned for this world. Codename: Ghosthas been exclusively published on RoyalRoad. All other sites have stolen the story. If you find this title anywhere else, please PM me on RoyalRoad or email me at [email protected]. Thank you!

8.64 Ten thousand words | Updated at 2024-03-29 18:22

The Out of this World Adventures of a Jellyfish Trucker

TealiciousTea | one_shot | Complete

A jellyfish in space. Also, cats, tea, AI with blue boxes, mech-bunny suit, giant duck, ape space pirates and more. I promise two of these things are true: melodrama, self-insert protagonist and a complete three-part story.

4.86 Ten thousand words | Updated at 2024-03-29 18:22

Recipe for a Thunderstorm

Mad Sadie | one_shot | Complete

A young witch makes a storm. A short.

0.44 Ten thousand words | Updated at 2024-03-22 13:43

Trouble in Station Liophage

Methuselah | one_shot | Complete

A sci-fi-fantasy shortstory about political strife on a metropolis space-station populated by plant-humanoid aliens. Our Hero leads a team of his assistants to investigate the whereabouts of the station's Captain, whose absence has been noted at a time of unrest where he'd otherwise step in.

1.81 Ten thousand words | Updated at 2024-03-22 13:42

Rise of the Red Dragon Emperor : Book 1

Chadadin | one_shot | Complete

I thought starting college would be a good opportunity for a huge step up in my personal life and it was but not the way I expected it. It turns out that I'm a Red Dragon which makes me infamous and despised in the magic world, even by other Red Dragons. It doesn't matter what comes my way, because I'll completely dominate it. I will become a Dragon King.

26.10 Ten thousand words | Updated at 2024-03-22 19:01

Ultimate Universe Elemental Madness

Ultimate Universe (Krishna) | one_shot | Complete

Introduction This universe consists of Gods, Superheroes, Villains, and many more advanced civilizations. This universe was created by Omkar who is the god of gods. He created many universes and then they created Lord Brahma The Lord of creation, Lord Vishnu the Lord of preservation and Lord Shiva the destroyer, they were also called together Trimurti by other gods. They made other gods and gave them their unique powers. They decided to make a leader of the gods and they chose God Indra to lead other gods. Trimurti also created rakshas, asura and many more powerful monster like creatures but, that was their mistake to create them as they attacked on the gods to get more powers and the motive was to conquer the world but Trimurti helped Gods and locked monsters in several pockets of patal lok every pocket could be unlocked with several special keys made by God Vishvakarma, and gods started living in swarglok which was so peaceful place. Later all gods decide to make 5 elemental rings(these rings also can choose their owner by there own) full of cosmic energy (there are two types of energy that are Cosmo and Cosmic, Cosmo energy can be achieved by anyone but Cosmic energy can't be possessed by anyone who is not a god except one in the history) with the help of God Vishvakarma. They made some elemental stones with the help of rings which can be attached from the rings(unlike rings, stones can't choose their owners by themselves). All the rings were preserved in 5 different chambers no one knows where those chambers were. Thousands of years later one person got all of the rings and unlocked some of creatures from patal and started killing everyone in the universe but some gods managed to kill that person and decides to not interfere in the universe directly instead operate all of the universe from swarglok and again put all the rings in the chamber and later that chambers got broke and all rings lost in darkness of the space some says that the chambers broke eventually and some says it was broken by someone Later on&..

5.51 Ten thousand words | Updated at 2024-03-25 12:27

The Lightning Witch

officialleehadan | one_shot | Complete

Daramethe was a hedgewitch until lightning struck her for a second time, and she gained incredible, devastating power. Her husband is a blacksmith who loves his tiny electrical wife, and would like prophets to stop kidnapping him.

6.80 Ten thousand words | Updated at 2024-03-13 10:50

Warned

Yousureimnotarobot | one_shot | Complete

Earth is in a hostile galaxy and we tried to tell them to stay away. They didn't listen. I wrote this for HFY in chapters and this is a rewrite, including a lot that was left out or skipped over.

6.88 Ten thousand words | Updated at 2024-03-29 15:26

Alta Chimera

Epsilon Twilight | one_shot | Complete

My chimera, my Alta. You were born for greatness. Alta has been trapped for all their life in darkness, a jail warded by demons and other creatures. But as they manage to escape the outside world with a hint of their true lineage, they understand that the outside was far bigger than their prison cell had been. After rescuing a fairy, they shapeshift into one and joins the fairy village, looking to find themselves, rather than their family. Author's synopsis: Gender-fluid, shapeshifting bloodthirsty creature wants to be happy and discover the world. Also fairies. A lot of fairies. WE HAVE ART! [Winner in the Royal Road Writathon challenge April 2023!]

33.36 Ten thousand words | Updated at 2024-03-29 18:23

Cereal

Keyori | one_shot | Complete

A boy ventures into his kitchen for a late night snack.

1.01 Ten thousand words | Updated at 2024-03-22 13:43

1000 Cranes For Love

Yuuenchi | one_shot | Complete

Aihara Ryuusuke was always cleaning up after his childhood friend Kajika Seriko especially those childish origami cranes of hers that had been her obsession the past 2 years. Unbeknownst to him, Seriko was folding 1000 cranes so her special wish would be granted. But she was forever loosing her precious cranes, forcing her to start over. And then one day she walks in on him... Previously published on FictionPress

3.99 Ten thousand words | Updated at 2024-03-22 19:03

Tales From Mirthland: Rorik's Quest

NicholasDuval | one_shot | Complete

Rorik Stormcoast, a wizard of some regard, has embarked upon a new quest. He's dared to climb a perilous mountain and seek out a legendary dragon to learn his secrets. But as Rorik makes for the summit, he is joined by a strange companion, and soon finds his quest more challenging and dangerous than he ever anticapated.

5.97 Ten thousand words | Updated at 2024-03-25 11:10

Grimjack the Eviscerator Saves Christmas

Spencer Havens | one_shot | Complete

Grimjack the Eviscerator never really cared for Christmas, but with the horde weakened from a recent attack by the Stridian Armada, he has no choice but to go to Santa Claus for help. He arrives at the North Pole to find that he can't turn in the Christmas wish granted to him by the Bajorin Alliance because Santa has gone missing! So, he reluctantly teams up with an unlikely group of heroes to try and save Christmas before the Torellians can harness the sadness of a year without presents and finish off the horde. Will Grimjack learn the true meaning of Christmas, or will his blood stained heart stay hardened to the truth hidden behind all the presents and decorations?

11.41 Ten thousand words | Updated at 2024-03-25 12:26

The Good End for the Villainess

Queenofthefuzzybugs | one_shot | Complete

That night, she was bored and illegally downloaded and installed "Life is but a Rose", the most cheesy and terribly rated otome game of 2001. Just as promised, it was laughably bad. She heckled the game the entire night, finishing it at dawn. As she fell asleep she thought, "Did monkeys write this? How could they let the characters be so dumb, if it were me I wouldn't be that stupid..." And then she woke up in the body of a child "Camilla Florentine." The dumbest character of them all: the villainess. Bad ends and death flags are all that await the arrogant and proud Daughter of the Duke. But only if she went according to the script! As long as she makes her own "Escape Route", surely nothing could go wrong... "Huh? I activated a hidden route? Who cares about that! Love flags or whatever, I've got a great job lined up and can live how I want, screw the game's fate and capture targets! I'M FREEEEEEE!" Runs out the door. Years later: "Why did a Capture Target follow me to a completely different country??????" *** A sweet, silly story written over three days. Lincensed under: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

19.86 Ten thousand words | Updated at 2024-03-27 17:37

To Run Again

drewhead118 | one_shot | Complete

Dr. Laura Brandie is ready to change the world. She's the lead researcher behind the KSE, a revolutionary cure for paralysis and neurodegenerative conditions. And now, by good fortune, she's found the perfect candidate for her first human trial: a man who suffers from locked-in syndrome. Brett Harmon's paralysis is total: he can't move his arms, legs, torso, neck, or face. To the outside world, he's little more than a statue that breathes... but Dr. Brandie's KSE might be the miracle that allows Brett to run again.

7.96 Ten thousand words | Updated at 2024-03-27 17:38

Leave No Survivors [RRCM Winner Jan. 2024]

Aest Belequa | one_shot | Complete

The Highwayman leaves no survivors. He hasn't in over a century of terror on the Old King's Road. His reputation for ruthlessness and immortality is his greatest weapon. When a dying noble begs him to spare his daughter, the Highwayman is faced with a choice; he can protect his reputation, or he can do the right thing. One choice lets his myth live on forever. The other may mean the Highwayman's end. Edit: I'm incredibly honored to have won the January 2024 Community Magazine Contest. Thank you all for reading!

5.10 Ten thousand words | Updated at 2024-03-27 18:13

Romance in the Stone

Damaged | one_shot | Complete

A side story for The Heart Grows, in which romance and intimacy within the dungeon is explored. The main story is to be considered required reading to follow this. When Ludmiller gets outplayed by a dungeon and becomes one of its minions, she thinks the man she loved is lost to her forever. Now living as a kobold within the dungeon, she tries to reconcile her feelingsand she's not alone. Others living within the dark chambers underground find emotional holes in their lives. This is a short side story for The Heart Grows starting around chapter 25 and ending around chapter 60. All my works come with a CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 license. This means you are free to download, publish, and even make derivative works of my writing so long as you include this license, attribution, and don't sell the works. Keep it free!

5.59 Ten thousand words | Updated at 2024-03-29 15:25