Witch Poison

VanessaFletcher | mystery | Complete

(COMPLETE STORY) 'One bite and you're gone' - That's what the boutique bakery usually boasts about its invisibility cakes but this batch has a deadly secret ingredient - so one bite really does mean you're gone...Who would want to kill the young girl no one seems to know outside Valencia Veemer's bakery - 'Spellbinding Treats'?Who is the scruffy man who they see hanging around - but who disappears just as quick?Who was the girl?Why are they trying to frame Valencia for the murder?And who has stolen her fairies? To make matters worse, no one in Spellica trusts half-witches like Valencia, it only makes their suspicions deepen.Can she and her best friend Talbot Acres discover who the murderer is, or will Valencia lose her business - and her life, trying?

8.01 Ten thousand words | Updated at 2024-03-25 18:57

Immortal Stonekeeper

Mercynarie | mystery | Complete

Living your life on the edge is all fun and games, until the ground shifts before your feet and you wind up dead on the streets with a hole in your head. Informant Jonathan Warner is perfectly content with living his life one exciting night at a time. But when his cop friend asks him for help regarding a dead auctioneer and a missing jewel, he finds himself suddenly dragged into the hidden world of vampires and immortals. What do immortals want from him? Who killed the auctioneer? Why is this jewel so important? And will his life ever be the same again? This is the tale of the Immortal Stonekeeper.

19.86 Ten thousand words | Updated at 2024-03-25 18:55

Gengar in Stardew

michela violet | mystery | Complete

Pokemon/Stardew crossover fancfiction short story. Punk girl Abigail finds a pokemon in the mines and the discovery gives her a newfound sense of purpose.

4.69 Ten thousand words | Updated at 2024-03-25 18:53

Within One's Shadow

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

The unlucky few

mau3 | psychological | Complete

Sym is just a normal girl until her Grandmother's vice catches up with her family.

6.97 Ten thousand words | Updated at 2024-03-25 18:44

Castle Lock

RiverJ | psychological | Complete

At the far fringes of the North the garrison at Castle Lock struggles against an unending blizzard. Starving and isolated, the garrison grows restless and afraid. Afraid of the cold, afraid of the other. This fear turns to bloody madness when one of their own, Shaw, starts to murder to save his own skin. **Finished **Chapter art illustrated by my friend

8.89 Ten thousand words | Updated at 2024-03-25 18:46

Acolyte

mau3 | one_shot | Complete

Ceit is a young girl working on her family's dairy farm, trying to find her path forward after a traumatic experience.

9.34 Ten thousand words | Updated at 2024-03-26 10:59

Other-Terrestrial Episode 11 - "Masquerade"

NolanConrey | drama | Complete

The holiday Darkeve has come, and the crew of the Craton get to relax, dress up, and have a good time! Apollonia Nor is able to experience the first real holiday in her life - if she can get left alone. For Pirra and Tred, a happy day may turn out to be less than they had hoped. While for Captain Brooks, an old friend comes calling to settle on a debt . . .

22.51 Ten thousand words | Updated at 2024-03-26 13:48

Los Herederos de toma (Spanish/Español)

Heguen D'merak | horror | Complete

Tres desconocidos entre si, tienen la habilidad de evitar situaciones potencialmente letales mediante visiones, alucinaciones auditivas o automatismos corporales. Sus vidas son un riesgo constante de muerte sin embargo, esta extra馻 habilidad les mantiene a salvo. Su encuentro les lleva a buscar respuestas en un pueblo fantasma llamado Toma. Una antigua iglesia abandonada. Conexiones con sus antepasados y un horrible destino les espera. Historia corta 80 paginas. Completada. Publicada y disponible en Amazon y otras plataformas, mi primera noveleta y la favorita de mi madre (lol). Es una historia r醦ida, sin relleno ni descripci髇 exagerada, estilo cl醩ico de los a駉s 80 (o al menos eso quiero creer).

10.79 Ten thousand words | Updated at 2024-03-26 13:57

Bloody Halloween

M.L.Tr | mystery | Complete

{A Short Supernatural Story For Halloween}. A gathering of teenagers, neglectful of the ridiculous frightfulness that could sickeningly take over them, endeavored to bring an evil presence to make their Halloween much more intriguing than the last. The ritual they performed as the creepy tomfoolery opened a doorway for a tempest of dread, and it cost them their lives. One teenager, on the other hand, was spared to confront the ramifications. Even though there was no possibility of returning the storm back to calm.

11.38 Ten thousand words | Updated at 2024-03-26 14:01

Businessman reincarnated in fantasy novel

Sam-kun | romance | Complete

I died by the mistake of god, as a compensation in my second life I got reincarnated in the novel I read last night with immense powers,As family of my favourite character my grandfather.The most powerful person in the entire kingdom whom the king want to remove. I don't want his end like original story, but I have commoners blood will I be able to win favour of my grandfather?With the ultimate goal to rule the nation witness journey of businessman. By author : sam

29.27 Ten thousand words | Updated at 2024-03-26 16:35

Towards the Valentine

Vertrex | comedy | Complete

The ups and downs of highschool, especially between childhood friends that love each other with the other not knowing about it. Author's Note I entered this short story in the recent WriTE Valentine's Competition and earned the "BestRomance Score" award. While it wasn't a total victory, it was something, and I'm thankful for it. Now, here's the uncut version with the full blown out short story that I had to cut down to 5k word limit to enter the competition. Enjoy!

3.59 Ten thousand words | Updated at 2024-03-26 14:55

Is it right to fear death?

Lekim | mystery | Complete

After dying, a young man who hates humans is awakened by a voice that proclaims itself God.Proposing to be reincarnated in a different world, he will meet other gods who act strange.He doesn't turn out as he expected, because in the blink of an eye everything changes.What will become of him after discovering the truth? The sequel is "Is it right to fear love?". (Trilogy free on Kindle Unlimited and available on Amazon: http://mybook.to/EsCoTeMEN)

29.13 Ten thousand words | Updated at 2024-03-26 16:21

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

Episode 2: SPAWN

XombieHamster | mystery | Complete

A vampire was destroyed in the city of Two Rivers. Her second death points detectives Alton and Cook of the Unjust Existence Extermination Investigation Force in the direction of an agent of a foreign power, and suggests the existence of a greater vampiric plot that undermines the reputation of the city for fair treatment of living-impaired citizens. Set in the world of Manifest Destiny - a shared hombrew D&D 3.5/Pathfinder 1 campaign setting that has been in use since 2007, this is a fantasy police procedural similar in style to Law & Order. Retired player characters make cameo appearances. This work originally won NaNoWriMo in 2015, and will update every Saturday until complete.

29.60 Ten thousand words | Updated at 2024-03-26 17:42

I Met Death and She was Cute

RCDC | mystery | Complete

If you are given a chance to redo will you accept it or continue in the path you've pave. Kaito is a young teen that is bored at everything. Constantly watching everything in his path repeat itself. Though one day he found something that is not within this parameters as he move, everything ends. Though after opening his eyes, he is greeted by someone giving him two choices.

1.65 Ten thousand words | Updated at 2024-03-26 17:37

NIGHT STALKER

Eiten Dylus | psychological | Complete

Under the gaze of two shattered skyscrapers of Kuala Isyarat's past, a long hunt reaches its final stages. Across rooftops and dwellings, two legends of the wasteland find that their target- a monstrous spree killer- may be more closer to them than either would like to admit. Before night falls, someone, or something, must die.

8.23 Ten thousand words | Updated at 2024-03-26 17:42

Akasha

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

Gibit and Claude

Riven Auroren | one_shot | Complete

A Grimm-style inspired fairytale. One twin has it all, the other remains meek, until she no longer can.

1.06 Ten thousand words | Updated at 2024-03-26 18:00

Seer Walks Out

Adge | adventure | Complete

Seer and two friends go on a quest for power - and find something completely different: a new world, a world they had never known existed, yet only a few days' journey from their tribe. They need to learn fast how to survive in this strange new world - and their friendships may have to be part of the price of survival. The book is set in a postapocalyptic South Wales All finished now - and the sequel - "Seer's Cauldron" has started! And thank you to "Mildegard" for permission to use the cover art!

28.66 Ten thousand words | Updated at 2024-03-26 18:43