Voracity - Book One

Camelboy | horror | Complete

NOT ACTUALLY COMPLETED Can't figure out how to remove the "Completed" tag :P Update 02/29/24: Working on chapter 12 Voracity - A low-fantasy romance steeped in pain, misery, and an internal hunger bent on consuming the most sane of us all. Thomas is a gentle person, too innocent for his own good. He's kind, thoughtful, and caring. Tragedy befalls the compassionate man and he's torn from his peace by the violent, strangling grip of anguish. Can he remain the kind-hearted man he's always been, or will he slip into dark depths occupied only by those with cracked minds and wicked thoughts as he embarks on the journey of a lifetime, or does he even have a choice? The story is a bit of a slow burn to start, but I promise you'll be rewarded for sticking around. I hope you enjoy Thomas's journey through the dark as he slips into madness.

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

Life of a Lich

EldritchPotato | horror | Complete

My life was overtaken by one purpose that killed me, but I made peace with that. The problem was when I suddenly found myself in an alien fantasy world. To make matters worse I'm a walking corpse wielding unholy magic and enemy number one for the holy crusaders who guard the kingdom from creatures like me. Now I have to figure out how to survive in this world and what my purpose is now, well that part is easy at least, I'm going to rid this world of one piece of filth at a time. Who would have thought the heroes would be worse than the villains? Warning: This story contains explicit violence and content which some people may find offensive. Reader discretion is advised. Life of a Lich will be updated every Tuesday and Thursday. Chapters are released early on my patron.

27.53 Ten thousand words | Updated at 2024-03-29 17:45

Ants and Eldritch Horror

LittleCreepy | horror | Complete

If Cthulhu can be summoned by humans who are so far beneath it, why can´t humans be summoned by ants? The answer is, they should be. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- I´ve been wasting my time away on Tumblr and stumbled upon a nice Idea. This is the extrapolation of the question; how do ants see humans and how would you react to a bunch of ants chanting your name? Would you give them sugar if they ask nicely? Would you be a benevolent higher Power? Or something way darker and more sinister than you could imagen. As this is the first story, I have ever written, I could do with some feedback. Thanks The picture is from Ants Australia - YouTube. Just tell me if I should take another picture.

2.62 Ten thousand words | Updated at 2024-03-29 17:44

Artistic Slashing - A LITRPG Novella

GhostImageArt | horror | Complete

Betty Jewel, A simple artist taking a tour of the Highlands takes a wrong turn and finds herself in a new world. Now she's lost, alone, and surrounded by aliens. Oh, and she just got the Slasher class. That can't be good... right? I will be publishing this work on Amazon under the name C.J. Danvers

26.86 Ten thousand words | Updated at 2024-03-29 17:54

Acquired Taste

Random Mudkip | horror | Complete

A coven of vampires is investigated by a hapless FBI agent. Trigger Warning: Contains gratuitious violence and foul language.

3.21 Ten thousand words | Updated at 2024-03-21 18:38

The witch of Cerro Alto

davel.gomoz | horror | Complete

This is my testimony about the day I discovered the horror that lived in Cerro Alto. I wanted to forget about the matter as soon as possible, but today, I believe my words could serve the world. --- Hello! Davel here. This is a Lovecraftian, short story set in my country (M閤ico). The events of the story take place in the same world as in my story "The dweller under the waters", which you can find here in RoyalRoad

4.23 Ten thousand words | Updated at 2024-03-25 10:38

Eldritch, Fragments from the Abyss

Pxan | horror | Complete

A black monolith stands before my eyes, images and letters of all sort are engraved, some normal, other bizarre, many confuse and contort, pictures of beasts and monsters confuse themself in the thin white letters that are all over the monolith, I realize that they are stories, stories on the Eldrich and unknown.This is not a single story but a collection of short stories inspire by H.P. Lovecraft, E.A. Poe and other writers of strange fiction.Read them in every order that you like. I am looking for an editor, if someone wants to help me avoid typos please contact me.

7.26 Ten thousand words | Updated at 2024-03-25 11:55

into the water

Robin Autumns | horror | Complete

A boy thinks he's getting away this time, but nature won't let him.

0.60 Ten thousand words | Updated at 2024-03-25 11:56

Hubris is a virtue

mau3 | horror | Complete

Roxom is a slumbering god awoken by a great disturbance

2.60 Ten thousand words | Updated at 2024-03-25 11:56

[Portuguese] Midoriya e sua vida

Satoshy | horror | Complete

Com uma midoriya sem sabre acabou com a vida dele vem muitas reviravoltas e intrigas

2.01 Ten thousand words | Updated at 2024-03-25 13:17

Rambling Doom

fsarbolaez | horror | Complete

While checking for squatters in an abandoned building marked for demolition, the contractors found a room containing the body of a missing tech entrepreneur, who appeared to have died of natural causes. When authorities were investigating the room, they noticed that the walls were covered in scribblings, scrawls, and old headlines. According to forensics and detective work, the following are all in chronological order:... *A one-shot story (Content Warning: Contains gore and body horror)

0.55 Ten thousand words | Updated at 2024-03-25 14:33

An Appendage of Zjeut'rek, Son of Olfhgns

unknown | horror | Complete

Cosmic deities? Ha! They're far more than that. They are our universe and its masters, and the masters of all other worlds, their flesh being the space between. They are the creators, the destroyers, preservers. Alpha and Omega. Their immortal servants are mistaken for demons and angels on the world of plain and stupid mortals, and although we may call ourselves their descendants, our divine blood has been so diluted and our eyes have grown so rotten that we can no longer see them without going mad upon a mere glance at the outline of their shadows. No, instead we delude ourselves, thinking we can hurt them by battling with their ageless, yet barely killable abominations of children, just like the old Mad King, and just like me. Baron Arthur Grey of Oxfordshire. A fool and a coward, who's fear of losing his own world, led him to lose a free one.

1.40 Ten thousand words | Updated at 2024-03-25 14:32

A Field of Persistence

Saint Sword | horror | Complete

A Field of Persistance is about an 18-year old boy who gets lost in a mysterious cornfield trying to find his dad.

0.66 Ten thousand words | Updated at 2024-03-25 14:37

Five nights at Freddy's: Nightwatch

Pawlik | horror | Complete

(Y/N - your name) After years away from your home town, you return to the old pizzeria, this time not as a guest but as a nightwatch worker.

7.84 Ten thousand words | Updated at 2024-03-26 13:54

The Lard Bat Slaughterhouse: A Horror Progression

C.J. May (Goddess of Records) | horror | Complete

Feed a bat a special mushroom and what do you get? Bright red lard that burns longer and hotter than kerosene. For those daring enough to eat it, it can lead to superpowers, or even immortality. Feed that same fungus to a child, and well& there's no telling what powers their lard will produce. When Kid's class is abducted by an evil man and taken to the slaughterhouse, she does everything in her power to save them. But how far can she go, when the abattoir descends dozens of levels below the earth? And rumor has it there's something even more monstrous than the man, and it's hungry for more& An unlikely hero, Kid, teams up with Old Man Snaggletooth and embarks on the adventure of a lifetime: to save her class, or die trying.

8.44 Ten thousand words | Updated at 2024-03-26 17:31

Darkest Reflection (Lovecraftian Horror)

DWinchester | horror | Complete

[June 2023 Royal Road Magazine Contest Entry] This story is a work of Lovecraftian horror set in the 1920s, detailing the inexplicable happenings at the Bergen Estate, and the only one Josephine can turn to for help is a 200-year-old vampire. Though she has thwarted many smaller evils, and is not without her own powers, sometimes only a monster can hope to defeat another monster.

6.30 Ten thousand words | Updated at 2024-03-29 17:43

Forest Trickster

Elizabeth Tschereda | horror | Complete

Deep in a tangled forest spilled out from a sleeping god live our protagonists, Cassie and Angus. Cassie lives a normal village life; Angus lives a life filled with evil cultists, gods, and magical powers. When their lives collide Cassie is forced to flee the only home she has ever known. Can they work together to make up for the mistakes of the past, and defeat the evil cultists once and for all?

19.17 Ten thousand words | Updated at 2024-03-25 12:00

Sun Baked Soil

aspwil | horror | Complete

[Warning: Disturbing Content]A short story about a man and his children. as the crops whither, and the ground turns to dust.Reworked from a short story i wrote in an afternoon ~6 months ago.

0.32 Ten thousand words | Updated at 2024-03-25 14:33

BIOME

Alto Watson | horror | Complete

In the aftermath of an alien invasion, Jia and Gerard must navigate a world ravaged by destruction and infectious spores. With Jia's extraordinary healing abilities and Gerard's scientific expertise, they embark on a mission to restore the rainforests and save the planet. Together, they face challenges, discover hope, and shape a future filled with promise and rebirth in the novel BIOME.

14.99 Ten thousand words | Updated at 2024-03-25 14:36

The Case of Augustus McClairne

Goreman the Gormless | horror | Complete

A private investigator takes on more he bargained for when he's hired to track down a missing aristocrat.

1.85 Ten thousand words | Updated at 2024-03-26 13:53