Salt Blossom | sci_fi | Complete 74.86 Ten thousand words | 539 Recommended | 6670 clicks

All Adam wanted was to join the US Marines and escape the ghetto. The omnipotent Goddess of the space colony Astraea decided otherwise. Marked as Her Chosen, Adam is loaded up with futuristic tech and shunted into an alternate world, where the skies bleed red and corruption seeps into the land. His task is to travel this world, hunting, fighting and saving the Goddess's lost War Maidens, who have succumbed to corruption and transformed into monsters. The more War Maidens he saves, the smoother the taskin theory. However, the War Maidens are a zealous sort. Adam, as their Goddess's Chosen, is precious to them. He is to be defended at all costs, and may the Goddess have mercy on anyone that dares to threaten him& Updates on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays (UTC time). Support the series on Patreon or Ko-Fi!

Latest Updates 51. Shout Their Names (5) | Updated at 2024-03-29 18:21

jman8763 | horror | Complete 58.94 Ten thousand words | 481 Recommended | 8990 clicks

Invading aliens change our world, trapping all humans inside a game run by an insane AI system known as Beginners Guide. Humans are forced to fight monsters to survive. I'm in the process of finishing the book. Posting a chapter every other week. Hope you enjoy. Feel free to let me know what you think.

Latest Updates Chapter 37 - Stacy | Updated at 2024-03-29 17:52

DragonOfRochester | romance | Complete 70.96 Ten thousand words | 983 Recommended | 9289 clicks

When the Passivity Precept takes over the world it snuffs out all brutality, leaving its MMO-like Violence Simulator as humanity's only source of physical violence. Knowing how much she can make from selling epic gear, Grace Winston enters the simulation and discovers that it's more than just a game. Somewhere in there are the answers to who started the fire that killed her father. For far too long, Lorevinel Silvercat has been stuck as the Ravenborn clan's free-roaming prisoner. They've held a grudge against his clan and have used him to vent their hatred. Having planned his escape for several years, he has everything ready, but he needs a specific artifact from the Rogues Guild to finally start his journey. Will Grace find her answers? Will Lore gain his freedom? Can these two unlikely people, both alien to each other, find common ground and work together while dealing with an unasked for soul bond? ToS is a Lite LitRPG (meaning very few stats with a focus on story). Expect cursing, sexual tension, descriptions of breeding dungeon rats, and a little gore. TL;DR- The System Anti-Apocalypse forces everyone to be peaceful and only commit violence inside its Magical VR game.

Latest Updates Chapter 81 - Book 1 End!!! 😊🐉🎉✨ | Updated at 2024-03-29 15:14

Doctor Zero | mystery | Complete 57.88 Ten thousand words | 756 Recommended | 7527 clicks

What's the best way to enjoy the end of the world? If you are reading this you have lost your memory. Again. You dumb jerk. I have no interest in writing our life story - it'll come back to you. For now, this is what's up: 1. We are looking for a god named Tiger. 2. He can stop the apocalypse, but apparently does not know that. 3. If the apocalypse is ongoing, we haven't told him yet. Also, we believe that life is absurd, loving relationships make it worth living, and it's best tobe our true self. Love Copycat (that's our name dummy) Cover by proxybaba - he's here on Royal Road and he's the best!

Latest Updates 71 - What Now? | Updated at 2024-03-29 12:18

Belial666 | sci_fi | Complete 112.35 Ten thousand words | 624 Recommended | 6738 clicks

[completed the October 2022 and April 2023 Writathon ] In the town of Destiny, Florida (not to be confused with Destin, also in Florida), magic portals open and spew out undead horrors. A few lucky survivors discover that killing the invaders grants magic powers seemingly following popular game or comic book tropes. For Maya Wennefer that's only the beginning of her problems. Invaders from another world, normal people realizing there are easier paths to power, the government's reaction to the new reality; surviving all that is hard, let alone becoming a superhero. As chaos spreads and stronger monsters appear, human greed may yet prove to be more dangerous than any invader. What to expect:Man-eating monsters, unsupervised young adults, mistakes being made, exploration of superpowers, violence, superheroics, cheaty power combos, arrogance, struggle.

Latest Updates Book 2 has now started! | Updated at 2024-03-27 17:37

MDW | psychological | Complete 120.15 Ten thousand words | 614 Recommended | 6727 clicks

[A failed Participant in the January 2023 Community Contest: I forgot to fill the form] The world ended. Bam! The Apocalypse opened the gates of Hell, demons killed everyone. Including me. But I got a second chance of life. Though it was as an apple. Which was eaten by a starving survivor, not that I fault them. But to toss my half-eaten core into a landfill? To add insult to injury, an earthquake brought the landfill and everything in it a mile underneath the earth. I guess I'm not in uncharted waters, because good luck finding any nearby. Not that it would matter. I am pretty sure the apple I was reincarnated as was a GMO hybrid whose potential to germinate was as stunted as the empathy of a corporation CEO. So there's that. Also, no sunlight. ** DING **SYSTEM INITIATION!Oh, for the love of all 

Latest Updates ANNEX I: Sanity-Preserving Glossary | Updated at 2024-03-27 16:57

scifi | sci_fi | Complete 48.78 Ten thousand words | 779 Recommended | 7583 clicks

In the cyber post-apocalypse, the Asteri, a powerful upper class, rule over everything on the planet. Little they dislike survives long on the planet's surface. June, a veteran with more baggage than she'd like to admit and a big heart, has made it her mission to make sure the little guy living in the slums doesn't get forgotten. In the middle of rescuing a bunch of children kidnapped by the local mafia, she encounters a small, strange, and extremely dangerous cyborg child. Marked as property of the Asteri, Sasha comes with baggage of his own... the deadly kind. Between the two of them, can they make a difference on the surface? Or is there no future for anyone on this planet who dares run astray of the Asteri? -Cyberpunk-Eventual cyborg progression-Post-apocalypse-Mechs-Cyborgs-Action!

Latest Updates 29. Flipside | Updated at 2024-03-27 13:46

JennaLynnBadger | action | Complete 33.92 Ten thousand words | 485 Recommended | 7865 clicks

A young scullery maid bound to a slumbering castle must embrace her innate powers to wake the castle and save the townsfolk from a fiery dragon. When Sleeping Beauty’s spell sweeps through the castle, putting everyone to else to sleep, Hailey is the last girl standing. While she watches everyone she cares about fall to the ground asleep, mages outside the castle battle to keep the spell from growing to cover the entire kingdom, giving their lives and their magic to keep everyone else safe. The legacy of the mages must be passed on and Hailey finds herself stepping in to shoes that she doesn’t think she can fill. Note this is a Work in Progress and hasn't been through any editing.

Latest Updates My Thanks! | Updated at 2024-03-26 11:11

aly-clark | mystery | Complete 5.03 Ten thousand words | 868 Recommended | 6240 clicks

Lady Ana and Scribe Lin are left with the destruction of the Tognir Kingdom after the Eltana's defeat. As they pick up the pieces of the only life they've ever known, racing against the fading light and warmth for survival, dark secrets about the Tognir's past--and their true identity-- begin to come to the surface. Will they be able to stand strong against the powerful, ancient evil now searching for a new host among them? Or will they fall to the Eye of the Rogue's power--just like their ill-fated ancestors?

Latest Updates Chapter Three-READ A/N | Updated at 2024-03-22 18:34

RejectHumanity | contemporary | Complete 167.30 Ten thousand words | 413 Recommended | 9522 clicks

The threat: the destruction of all life on Earth. The agents: a young man with a system, and a military woman in charge of Bureau of Supernatural Affairs. Albert woke up and saw a Quest waiting for him, from a [System] that had not come without reason. Its purpose was to give him power to fight an invasion of Earth at the hands of an unknown species. One day, one step at a time. First, he must become strong. And he is not alone. There is another: a woman of pure steel and resolve working against all odds to save humanity. Slow start, then the pace picks up. Stakes are real. Choices matter. Characters make mistakes. Progression makes sense and no power creep. No dumb villains. No plot armor.

Latest Updates 168 – Unending | Updated at 2024-03-20 14:48

mneue | horror | Complete 150.17 Ten thousand words | 923 Recommended | 6132 clicks

The dead have never been so alive. After a deadly contagion reduced the world's population into mindless, undead cannibals, the ruins of America still teem with activity, as some of the dead have regained their intelligence and created their own society; one free from the living's touch. Now, more than a decade later, survivalist extraordinaire Liam Fenix seeks to reunite with his family after undertaking a harrowing escape from the uninhabited island that has been his prison, only to discover that he is the sole survivor of the civilization he left behind. He is not alone, however, as undead bounty hunter Leah believes that Liam holds the key to reversing the pandemic that created her race. Armed with their survivalist expertise and following traces of the past, the two must traverse the wastelands together and bring back life to an otherwise dead world, even as they are pursued by a tyrant who does not want this plague to end. **This series is tagged as Multiple Leads because it contains multiple POVs throughout. **These stories are styled as if they were a set of paperback novels being released concurrently as opposed to a weekly web serial. Some sections may have wonky pacing as a result.

Latest Updates Announcement: New Series, Who Dis? | Updated at 2024-03-13 16:35