Ada, a cashier in a consumer-tech dystopia, uses electro-pulse capabilities on a revenge mission against her father. Along the way, she hopes to discover the source of her power. Ada's life changes with her new abilities. She blames her father for her husband's death, and fears being discovered by the Prominent-run St...
Wattys shortlist 2021. One morning the sun rises a few hours early, striking levitating skyscrapers in Soliara ahead of schedule. People in the streets stop to look up at the sky and then down at their watches. Most of them, puzzled but disbelieving, adjust the hour on their timepieces, hoping they aren't late for mee...
When a glitch in the game causes some active players in Minecraft have their consciousness get sucked into the game, 50000 people enter a coma. A coma where in they are stuck in a multiplayer based version of Minecraft, and the only way out is to beat the game. But as the weeks pass, and the trapped are slowly dying i...
Leah Preston was a normal 17 year old girl, until she wakes up and finds herself staring at her own lifeless body. She has no idea what happened to her or how she died, and the only person who can see her is her sworn enemy Jared. Neither of them have a choice, they must put their differences aside in order to find...
Years ago, the Trolls were banished into the Nether, a void of evil and darkness between the magical realms. With their greed and treachery locked away, peace has reigned throughout the worlds. But not for nineteen-year-old witch, Aramina. Being discovered to be a non-magic-a witch with waning powers- has cost her eve...
In the world of supernatural creatures. Amaris crimson will be crowned as a new werewolf Queen. This will lead her into her second chance mate and her own new world of monster that will make sure to bring her down. But what if she is something much greater and deadly then these monsters. What if the curse that was ca...
When trust is broken it's often hard to gain back. When an rumor is made, it's hard to stop. When a love blossoms, it's not easy to be logical. And when heartbreak occurs, it's not easy to cope. One rumor is all it takes to make a whole kingdom hate you. One strange boy is all it takes to open up again and one heartb...
[WATTYS 2024 SHORTLIST] Born with glowing green eyes. Destined for rotten luck. Peasant girl Meya Hild was "given" the opportunity to become a Lady. At swordpoint. By mercenaries. Engaged to a dying nobleman. Poisoned with one month to live. Tasked to loot a castle. In a kingdom running out of resources. Little did M...
Thousands of years ago, one of Sherath's distant ancestors refused to take on a quest. The task has to be done - it's vitally important - but nobody knows exactly what it is. Their race is dying out, and time is running out; and until Sherath comes into his full powers, he can't do it anyway. They have been waiting th...
Melissa Crawford thinks she's just a regular teenage girl. She goes to school. She has friends, boy problems, homework...you know, the typical teenage angst. But she couldn't be more wrong, for Melissa Crawford is not a mortal. Her adoptive mortal mother refused to give her up and hired a witch to erase the enchanting...
This is the story of how a storm and a space-thief started an apocalypse. Lillian Cart Ci, a spunky thirteen-year-old girl with a newfound ability to steal from space, must leave Earth after she is blackmailed into joining the army for an upcoming world war in the Shifter World, a world with opera-singing walls, upti...
Nerina Monroe has lived her entire life on the small fishing island of Bernig, working with her father in the bait and tackle shop. He's always given her complete freedom to roam around the island with her best friend Ryan but one thing he's never let her do: Go out on his boat. Or rather, any boat. There's nothing s...
Three sisters born of magic. These sisters will live abandoned and yet each of them will find a heart. But beware the darkness. For all three of them will fall into it. One with secrets. One with darkness. One mending a broken heart. But beware the One. The One with the most blood in her veins. The One with the most f...
[Editor's Choice] Pinti is a fun-loving child of the blue feline race Kathula. When the shapeshifting Edglings kill those she loves, her heart darkens and she is suddenly thrust into the unknown world. For revenge, she must find an ancient and powerful scepter that can only grant one wish, once in a hundred years. Bu...
"'There are two types of fear. The type that controls you and the type that feeds your fire.' He stands. 'Don't let your fear control you, Ana. You are stronger than you think. Let your fear feed your fire.'" All Princess Anastasia wants is to be normal. No balls. No dresses. And no kingdom watching her every move...
(Free to read + a paid bonus chapter) In a time when kidnapping is a common occurrence, Nora is about to become her father's science experiment. Nora believes she's starting a new job, working alongside her father, but instead, she's trapped inside of a dream with other humans. Besides for a small group of dreamers ca...
Chapter One of a story I started. I'm only posting chapter one to get some feedback so I can see what works and what doesn't. It was a normal assignment: "parent" an egg for two weeks to learn about responsibility. For Kyle, however, the end of the assignment brings about a whole new beginning.
A magic-addicted spy trapped in the queen's service must track a princess-turned-assassin in order to earn her freedom, but things get complicated when she falls for the princess she's supposed to capture. ***** Weak. Cursed. That's how seventeen-year-old Kayden Branimir, the realm's deadliest assassin, views herself...
Updating Fridays and Sundays, Kingdom's Fall is a fantasy adventure set in a world where heroes find themselves pitted against an ancient and powerful magic. Kara has lived her whole life trapped under the roof of her father's inn. She longs for adventure, but there is little to be found in a backwater village: at lea...
In a world ruled by the magical elite... It's hard for a normal guy to get by. Unsavory tactics are needed to keep the belly full. Azark sells phony potions, traveling from village to village. Mallow, his adopted adolescent Moon Giant daughter, keeps dissatisfied customers away while she yearns for a better w...
(Posting to RoyalRoad) Iona of Tamaris is a half-elf caught between worlds. Born a bastard child with the curse of an ancient magic, she has always lived a life with secrets weighing her heart down like a stone. The price of discovery? Death. When two unwelcome visitors arrive in Yssa's royal court, however, her life...
Quara and Lina are two sisters who have spent their entire lives in the safety of an underground world. The world above ground is too dangerous for all but the bravest of scouts and warriors, and even they venture out only to protect the underground fortress. But when Lina's forbidden underground explorations leave bo...
The world as humanity knew it was gone. In its place was a radioactive wasteland, scorched by nuclear furnaces. The third millenium passed unmarked and uncelebrated by those in the safezones. The rich took to the oceans, and to the skies, leaving everyone else behind. Stranded in the isolated "safe zones", with no kno...
Hailey is a 21 years old girl with a dream. After putting all her passion and time into acting school, she finally managed to take another step towards her goals and got her very first role in a tv show. Not much screen time, but it'll do for now. Her luck is only up the sky when she finds out she's going to play ne...
Franctopia , a land far away from the humans, a magical land full of magician and mythical creatures. Franctopia was full of happiness all around untill the black clouds of evil turn the happiness into sorrow after the sudden disappearance of the prestigious king and queen of franctopia. Aleena being the only princes...
The Shimmers in the Night is the second novel in the Dissenters series following The Fires Beneath the Sea. This might be the worst weekend of Cara's life. Her mother is still missing and her brother Jax is off at "smart kid boot camp" in Boston. When he texts Cara asking to be rescued, she and her two best friends, H...
Cara’s mother has disappeared. Her father isn’t talking about it. Her big brother Max is hiding behind his iPod, and her genius little brother Jackson is busy studying the creatures he collects from the beach. But when a watery specter begins to haunt the family’s Cape Cod home, Cara and her brothers realize that thei...