Jacob A Zucker | fantasy | On going
NOTE: Hi all. I've published my book on Amazon! Unfortunately because of KDP exclusivity rules I've had to remove my story from Royal Road. I just wanted to thank everyone who read Nomads of the Sea and offered their thoughts. You're the reason the book is published now and I can't express my appreciation enough. If you decide you want to check out the book on Amazon, it's available here: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B09RWGRS5K/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_hsch_vapi_tkin_p1_i0 Synopsis In the Nisi Archipelago, a civil war festers. Zealous insurgents burn villages across the islands in an effort to return the Mangaal people to the sea and free themselves of their Lyssan overlords.Sig of the Midandaal, the son of a diplomat, must combat the growing threat. As he stamps down the rebellion, he quickly finds his talent for bloodshed surpassing his talent for peace.Idalia Goss is attached to the Lyssan company that has been sent to aid the loyalists. The daughter of a renowned physician and arcane scholar, her task is to learn more about the Mangaal mages, who far outstrip the mainland sorcerers. Her efforts are hindered by the dark reputation of her predecessors.Back on Lyssa, Bryn Urien, the Inferno of Mochan Pass, has lost his spark. Once, as the foremost mage of the royal army, he slew indiscriminately in the name of his queen. Now, he finds himself enfeebled and on the run.Witness the beginnings of the storied band of soldiers who came to be known as the Fishgut Guard.
0.87 Ten thousand words | Updated at 2024-03-27 15:12
jaauerbach | historical | On going
Mati was a typical blacksmith's apprentice, until the fateful day he discovered a long-lost demon sword hidden in a cave near his village. To make matters more complicated, inside the sword is the trapped soul of a girl named Lyra from hundreds of years ago. Despite having never left his valley and barely able to lift the smith's hammer, Mati vows to help gather the eight crystals needed to free Lyra. Now, many years later, the duo are near the end of their journey, and Mati has rather inconveniently fallen in love with the disembodied voice of the girl he has never met. But with the fateful day approaching, will Mati be able to muster up the courage to not only secure the last crystal, but also confess his true feelings to Lyra?
8.31 Ten thousand words | Updated at 2024-03-27 15:11
AJ_Agreste | mystery | On going
With her mom constantly out of the house and no one to talk to at school, 15-year-old Mona has no trouble rushing into the forest when it mysteriously calls out her name. When Mona is pulled into another world, she is greeted by a red-haired boy named Peter, who insists on spending time with her. But whenever Mona thinks about home, Peter tries to distract her with fun and games. Will Mona gain newfound comfort, or will this dreamscape turn into a nightmare?
3.02 Ten thousand words | Updated at 2024-03-27 15:11
CroodsGirl | mystery | On going
|OLDER DRAFT| Lost in the depths of the Lady Evelyn-Smoothwater Provincial Park, Ranger Kates meets a mysterious hermit who may very well have a connection with the decade-old legend of the Ghost of Ontario. *** Ranger Kate wants only one thing: to see her son, whom she lost to a canoe accident ten years ago. The opportunity comes when she and her partner, Ranger Amelia, attend the 24-Hour Ghost of Ontario Challenge in the Lady Evelyn-Smoothwater Provincial Park. Legend has it that a ghost haunts it with his mysterious lullaby, "Lucilla", and the only way to connect with him is for two individuals to brave the lakes. Ihaan never expected to find Ranger Kate on Red Squirrel Lake, said to be the birthplace of the ghost. He and his eagle friend, Ro, band together to win her trust, which is crucial for Ihaan's Guardian Trial. It's the only way for him to learn whether he is truly dead or not. Fate turns to reality, and suddenly, the legend of the ghost is more real than Ihaan and Kate think. What will happen when the Spirit Animals come and try to interfere with their long-lost memories? Will Kate and Ihaan defeat them, or will they lose themselves to the hands of Ontario's Beast? *** *Ihaan is pronounced "I-an".* *Based on a canoeing trip I took with my family to Lady Evelyn-Smoothwater Provincial Park!* Word Count: 7,000-7,500
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karenvideoeditor | horror | On going
Over a few months, a woman meets several men and occasionally goes on dates, but then makes a terrifying discovery.
1.53 Ten thousand words | Updated at 2024-03-27 15:10
While coping with his sister's death, Felix finds out she suffered from a rare new disease linked to paranoia and terrifying visions. Despite his sister's efforts to hide her diagnosis, he can't erase his guilt for not seeing the warning signs before it was too late. To complicate matters, Felix has also fallen head over heels for the charming Milo Reid - which would be great were it not for the overwhelming influx of bigoted comments from his family, coupled with his own insecurities. Now suddenly he's started seeing movements in the shadows and felt a phantom presence watching him. Is he experiencing symptoms of the disease too? Or is he simply grieving? - Contains themes of contending with religious trauma as a queer individual. - Update schedule: Once a week on Fridays.
22.01 Ten thousand words | Updated at 2024-03-27 15:10
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
collegewriter | psychological | On going
In the afternoon - at the very last rows of an asphalt staircase - I met them. Twins, everchanging between a perverse grin and a gorgeous smile.Then, a week later, I couldn't ever live without them.
4.52 Ten thousand words | Updated at 2024-03-27 15:10
When a Creature of the Void fails to find friendship among her own kind, she instead sets her sights upon another, human-filled world. Unfortunately, humans turn out to be rather small and squishy things, resulting in a mostly accidental trail of death, destruction and madness as she embarks on her journey to finally make some friends. This is a 25k word inane short story, and makes no attempt at being serious or realistic. It's my first attempt at trying a more comedic writing style. No relation to my other stories, aside from a brief cameo. Cover bodged together with Charat Genesis. Not quite the design I had in mind, but reasonably close. Doesn't contain explicit smut, but does contain references to stuff happening off-screen. May contain traces of gore. Also eels, in varying states of distress. Posted here and scribblehub.
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One summer night, best friends Kaito and Hiromasa save a quiet girl from stepping out in front of a train. After spending a night stuffing their faces and playing games, the girl is gone. Three years later, the trio is reunited. But the once quiet girl is now firey and troubled. Kaito must now learn to balance his feelings for her while trying to unravel the mystery behind her suicide attempt three years prior.
45.86 Ten thousand words | Updated at 2024-03-27 15:09
InadvisablyCompelled | adventure | Complete
Book now available on Amazon! In a world of lightless skies and endless secrets, humanity is a vigil of light against the eternal darkness. Under the imprimatur of the Illuminated King and the nefarious endorsement of the Reflected Council, a veteran explorer assembles an expedition to the far east. A place that no sane and god-fearing man would ever go. Jonathan Heights will, and must, for he claims to have seen sunlight. A laughable myth and fairy tale, but he will not be stopped on his journey to find it again. Wonders and horrors both lie between the human lands and his ultimate goal; things long-forgotten and long-dead, that which could not be recorded on any map. They are temptation and terror to the wise and foolish alike, but not to Jonathan. His purpose is clear, and he has but one goal, yet the truth is shrouded and motives remain uncertain among the agents of both crown and underworld as they join Jonathan aboard the airship Endeavor to sail the strange and exotic lands out there in the darkness. Chasing Sunlight is a pulp airship adventure serial inspired by Sunless Sea, HP Lovecraft, and a little bit of Moby Dick and The Odyssey. It will be a single book, somewhere between 25 and 30 chapters. The first five chapters will be uploaded once a day, Mon 28 - Fri 1, at which point it will be uploaded every Friday at 5PM. Join our Discord!
83.42 Ten thousand words | Updated at 2024-03-27 15:08
Denarrow B. Ace comes from the rural mountainous country to the modernistic concrete jungle of Midcity in search of a purpose in life. To begin this ambiguous journey, he enters a fighting tournament where his opponents can level whole city-wide blocks with little to no effort. Without any powers alike, Ace has to work with his mastery in the art of combat in order to best his god-like foes. Meanwhile, a terrorist known to everyone as Hate has infiltrated the Midcity setting off the national alarm. With the efforts of the Hero Association, Midcity's Police Department, the government, and a certain vigilante, the priority is high to kill the most dangerous man in recorded history.
45.13 Ten thousand words | Updated at 2024-03-27 14:57
mallorybingham | psychological | Complete
Why must I shoulder the weight of your body when your spirit mingles with the seraphs and light of the cosmos?
6.62 Ten thousand words | Updated at 2024-03-27 14:53
silaslane | contemporary | Complete
Was it a dream? Was it real? What happened last night? Theo Morgan searches for these answers, but will they be the answers he hopes for? Or will he find himself down a dark path? Detective Patrick Turner is determined to find The Paperboy or will The Paperboy find him first?
8.77 Ten thousand words | Updated at 2024-03-27 14:48
jc431 | psychological | Complete
Lilly is an attractive, young, goat-woman, in the prime of life. But she is in mental and physical decline. She has become increasingly isolated, living alone. Her sustenance and shelter are covered by a stipend she receives from her parents abroad, in exchange for working as the superintendent of their apartment building, where she lives, and for attending college. Although she is intelligent, she has stopped attending college due to her boredom with the subjects, her declining ability to concentrate, or even to communicate. She fills her empty hours with her art' projects, and preying on middle-aged salarymen.
21.37 Ten thousand words | Updated at 2024-03-27 14:47
TrafficButter | psychological | Complete
500 years following the Nature-Nurture Fallout's resolution, humanity and nymphs continue to project the world into one where solar energy is the status quo, horticulture is booming, and, little by little, what is proclaimed to be global peace is on the horizon. Associated with the robotics firm Swiss Puppeteer Corps, which strives to advance the future of technology to higher heights, dryad Evie, a nymph bound to a pledge behind her cybernetic arm, spares time to reminisce. She ponders where she stood those years ago in the catastrophic war and what she works for now. Even in this Solarpunk utopia, Evie still seems to have doubts about herself. *This is a dialogue-heavy short story with a Solarpunk background, and
7.07 Ten thousand words | Updated at 2024-03-27 14:46
MajorKerina | mystery | Complete
Codie Hewitt and Harper Melvang just started their sophomore year of college. Despite sharing dorms so close to one another, they have never met. But a seemingly random encounter in their psychology class leads to discoveries that will transform them and their future, when they realize that touching one another swaps their sexes. This short but trippy mind-bender reaches across our human connections and seeks to find an answer for what we can't explain.
4.99 Ten thousand words | Updated at 2024-03-27 14:45
Fox Bluereaver | drama | Complete
Subject #150, Codename: Mewtwo. The strongest Pok閙on ever created, a being of fury and destruction unmatched by anything else. But was he always meant to be that way? Perhaps, once, things could've gone differently...Backstory supplement for the main story written by Viroro-kun. Main story knowledge not essential, but reccomended. Ties in with Chapter 37.
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NolanConrey | drama | Complete
Deep in space, a relic temple of an ancient, seemingly lost civilization has been discovered. 25,000 kilometers in width, the station dwarfs even the Earth itself. Captain Brooks must join up with adventurer and explorer Nadian Farland to take the first steps into a place where man was not meant to tread. A place where reality twists and warps, and the echoes of the past still rebound. Into the heart of madness and death.
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Stephanie Van Orman | drama | Complete
Welcome to the world of Sleeping Beauty Inc. Each novel can be read as a solo or as part of the series. If you're reading in series order, it goes as follows: Book One: Rose Red - You can't buy a girl! But in the year 2214, you can. She can whip you into shape, design your diet, be your personal stylist, and turn you from geek to chic in just one year. What will happen if your model isn't what they promised? Book Two: Sleeping Prince - Gage is a solarship pilot who transports Sleeping Beauty Inc. models between the moons of Jupiter. His favorite is a model named Iona. She has a contract for him. Dare he refuse? Book Three: Beauty of Ares - Tired of hiring temporary models? Why not try an arranged marriage through Sleeping Beauty Inc.'s Gold Edition catalog? Look no further than Lisbet. She's the daughter of an 'old money' diamond merchant. She'll dazzle your contact list with her wave of black hair and her violet eyes. She'll even travel to Mars, a place infamous for its cruelty toward purchased models. After her father sells her to Vantz Bloomburg, she'll do anything.
46.19 Ten thousand words | Updated at 2024-03-27 14:40
