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Paranoid Mage

Paranoid Mage

Original Action Fantasy Contemporary Male Lead Magic Urban Fantasy
18,929 Followers
1,432 Pages
4,299,233 Views
77 Chapters
Friday, January 27, 2023 10:00:48 PM

Now on Book Four!  Check the Volumes selector to make sure you start at the right place!

Book One: Paranoid Mage

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Callum had seen things all his life.  There are monsters and beasts living among people, but he learned very early not to admit such things, not if he didn’t want people to think him crazy.

It turns out that the supernatural is real, but at thirty Callum has no desire to be part of that secret.  Not that he has a choice when it turns out he is a mage, albeit one that hasn’t cast any spells in all his life.  There are requirements, duties, and education that the powers that be insist he be subject to.

To hell with that.

Book Two: Renegade Mage

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After escaping from the Guild of Arcane Regulation and the Bureau of Secret Enforcement, Callum has lost his greatest protection: his obscurity.  Now the powers that be know who he is, and hiding is harder than ever.  Nor is hiding a plan, just a reaction.

Now Callum is forced to decide how he wants to approach the supernatural world, and how he’s going to keep himself secure when the apparatus of government is arrayed against him.  Even if he wanted to live as a mage, that bridge has been thoroughly burned, and even if he wanted to live as a normal person, he is far too deep to close his eyes to what he’s seen.

He has to make his own terms.

Book Three: Heretic Mage

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Callum is at war with the Guild of Arcane Regulation, the organization that governs mages on Earth.  He’s spent most of his time lying low and hiding out, trying to understand what he can do and how he can remain free from their meddling.  What he’s learned is that he can’t.

It’s time to move from reaction to action, and take on GAR and its evils directly.

Book Four: Reclusive Mage

The Guild of Arcane Regulation has fractured, and new forces move on the board.  Callum cannot quite declare victory, for even a weakened GAR still forces him to hide from the world at large, yet he is no longer prepared to run. Instead he builds his own strengths to stand against those who wish to do him harm.

Change, once started, is hard to stop.  Callum’s actions have brought change to the world of the supernatural, but that can bring chaos and destruction even as he eliminates tyranny and corruption.  He has to move beyond being one man against the world, and stand in the world he’s made.


Paranoid Mage is an urban fantasy but it goes rather sideways from the normal stuff fairly quickly. 

Chapters are Fridays, 5PM EST, with approximately 5,000 words per chapter.

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Virtuous Sons: A Greco Roman Xianxia

Virtuous Sons: A Greco Roman Xianxia

Original Adventure Comedy Fantasy Tragedy Martial Arts Slice of Life Supernatural Male Lead Strong Lead Multiple Lead Characters Secret Identity Magic Wuxia Xianxia Low Fantasy Mythos War and Military Progression Attractive Lead
5,925 Followers
969 Pages
1,194,676 Views
93 Chapters
Friday, January 27, 2023 8:17:06 PM

Book one now available on Kindle.

The saying goes that when a man is born the Fates weave his destiny and swaddle him in it. Then one day the man dies, and the swaddle becomes a shroud. Heaven moves on.

It is audacity to question the Fates. Olympus is Olympus. The land of men is the land of men. To transgress that, to cross the line of divinity and scale Olympus Mons? To defy the Fates and cast off their threads?

That is hubris. It’s a mark that every philosopher bears plainly on their soul.

The Butcher of Gadobhra

The Butcher of Gadobhra

Original Adventure Comedy Fantasy Satire LitRPG Virtual Reality Slice of Life Multiple Lead Characters Low Fantasy Progression Artificial Intelligence
3,251 Followers
2,225 Pages
2,295,424 Views
253 Chapters
Friday, January 27, 2023 3:39:46 AM

Life is rough. Jobs are non-existent. And far too many people live in poverty in the real world and can only find work online in VR worlds. And it's getting worse. The old internet is unusable and hacked to pieces. The new system needs AI to run things, but most of them are destroyed. Now everyone is scrambling to get into the GENESIS ENGINE, as it becomes the new global market place

Everyone wants a piece of the new game. The guilds are competing to be the first to find the dungeons and kill the biggest monster. The corporations are claiming land and putting in their online market places. Ozzy and his friends just want a paycheck.

Four friends find they are locked into five year contracts as virtual serfs in a small village, and can't go adventuring at all to gain money and buy their way to freedom. They don't have many choices. They can work as a blacksmith, barmaid and shepherd for all those years....or they can cheat and find ways they can take advantage of the system.

When they give you a mop and not a sword, you have to find the loopholes and change the rules.

The Power of Ten, Book Three : The Human Race

The Power of Ten, Book Three : The Human Race

Original Action Adventure Fantasy LitRPG Gender Bender Female Lead Strong Lead Magic GameLit High Fantasy Urban Fantasy Mythos Progression
873 Followers
3,961 Pages
2,416,624 Views
502 Chapters
Thursday, February 17, 2022 2:12:10 AM

This story TWICE Completed the Royal Road Writathon challenge! 

Successor Book to Power of Ten Book One: Sama Rantha, and Book Two: The Far Future. Chapters began 9/5/2020. Chapters are around 2000 words (4 Word Pages), the author updating daily since Dec. 26, 2018.

This story is basically completed as it stands, at 500 chapters of daily updates.

Book Four: The Power of Ten: Dynamo, is continuing with the daily updates!

Ebook: The original Power of Ten: The First Day, Part One! The First Day

And Part Two! Part Two of The First Day!

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A shard severed from a soul, full of Karma, but needing a body and life of its own.

The first true Rantha Hagbloods.

A Shrouded Earth invaded by magic, struggling to once again see the sky.

Three souls with the full knowledge of Power of Ten are on a world in need of something to break the stalemate and suppression of the Shroud of Undeath.

It's going to take gold, and Gear, and Levels, but the undead aren't the only enemies that they'll be facing as they strive to liberate a world, and guide it towards the Light of Heaven.

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Power of Ten has a Patreon for anyone who wants to read advance chapters (up to 35 ahead, and you can even pay annually!). We use a Google Docs system, sending out access emails to our Patrons once Patreon confirms things to our Patrons' gmail accounts. Help support PoT today! :)

For those who would like to support me, my Patreon Link is at: Contribute Goldweight to Save the World!

The Original Power of Ten/Sama, the Tip of the Spear, is being posted at: 

Tremble, She Comes!

Books One and Two for Sama Rantha are at: Rantha Hags Forever!

The permanent Discord Link is: Your Friendly Allegiance LInk is active!

I always have Discord up if I'm online, although I may be busy writing and not see it right away...

Underland

Underland

Original Adventure Fantasy Mystery Supernatural Multiple Lead Characters Steampunk Genetically Engineered
4,795 Followers
100 Pages
167,886 Views
9 Chapters
Tuesday, December 6, 2022 3:11:56 PM

Underland is now available on Kindle and Audible!

Once, the sun shone brightly on Azlant. Until came the Whitemoon, to steal mankind's light and condemn it to eternal darkness. 

Valdemar Verney is a sorcerer with a dream: to find a new world for his people to settle, one where the sky isn't a ceiling made of stone. But in the underground empire of Azlant, dissent is never tolerated. Brought before one of the undead Dark Lords, Valdemar is offered a choice he cannot refuse. Meanwhile, the swordswoman Marianne Reynard is given a mission: to investigate a dead cult with a few mysteries left to unravel.

Both are looking for the truth, though they might regret finding it; for many cultists, monsters, and cosmic horrors stand in their way. They'll just have to kill them all.

Cover by Vitaly S. Alexius. 

Edge Cases

Edge Cases

Original Action Adventure Fantasy Mystery LitRPG Male Lead Female Lead Multiple Lead Characters Non-Human Lead High Fantasy
5,068 Followers
1,201 Pages
1,437,310 Views
150 Chapters
Friday, January 27, 2023 10:02:45 PM

Rare classes and powerful skills are helpful. Too bad the system doesn't seem built to handle them. What even are all these errors? 

Our team of outcasts and adventurers will have to rely on their trust - and the bane of all stories, healthy communication - just to survive, let alone understand what the system is doing. Because they're quickly realizing that not all is as it seems, and it's doing something to people, to monsters, and maybe even to the gods themselves.

And their goal isn't just to survive; it's to make things better. It's a good thing they're not doing it alone.

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Edge Cases is an attempt to take the LitRPG genre and the overpowered MCs trope and write a story where numbers aren't everything. Sometimes it takes trust, support, and just a touch of being very, very clever.

Expect a mix of action, slice-of-life, friendship, and ominous worldbuilding.

Updates M-W-F at 6pm EST. 

Cover art by Alovck of Artstation, and typesetting by jessessey right here on RoyalRoad.

Sunflower : [A sunflower based litRPG]

Sunflower : [A sunflower based litRPG]

Original Action Adventure Fantasy Psychological LitRPG Portal Fantasy / Isekai Harem Slice of Life Supernatural Male Lead Female Lead Strong Lead Non-Human Lead Secret Identity Magic Strategy High Fantasy Dungeon Progression Attractive Lead
3,991 Followers
207 Pages
572,886 Views
33 Chapters
Saturday, October 22, 2022 3:05:16 PM

Hello. I am a sunflower.

Are you a sunflower too?

Well, it doesn't really matter. Today is a calm day. The wind is warm. I do not know why I am alive, but do you want to look at the sun together with me?

- I am a sunflower.

[Updates Sundays]

Valkyrie's Shadow

Valkyrie's Shadow

Fan Fiction Action Adventure Drama Fantasy Portal Fantasy / Isekai Slice of Life Male Lead Female Lead Strong Lead Multiple Lead Characters Non-Human Lead Magic Anti-Hero Lead Strategy GameLit High Fantasy Ruling Class First Contact Progression
2,671 Followers
8,253 Pages
5,371,388 Views
696 Chapters
Sunday, January 29, 2023 4:08:00 AM

In the wake of the Battle of Katze Plains, the banner of Ainz Ooal Gown flies proudly over the city of E-Rantel. The Sorcerous Kingdom has entered the world’s stage to the clamour of death and devastation; the surrounding nations fearfully prepare even as they reel from its calamitous debut. Within the borders of the newly annexed realm, its Human subjects cower in their homes as the Undead openly walk the streets and stalk the lands. Yet, when a destitute noble finds herself under the auspices of an unlikely benefactor, events are set into motion that will resound over the world for ages to come.

A kingdom builder based on the events and setting of Kugane Maruyama’s Overlord. In a fantasy world where beings of matchless power are transmigrated from the arbitrary existence of a game, Valkyrie’s Shadow chronicles the lives of the natives whose reality has been turned upside down by their advent. It is the tale of a nation created by the whims of a supreme sovereign, and his unstoppable servants who each have their own, often twisted, interpretations of their Master’s Will. 

There is no victory in strength; no miracles wrought from magic that will save them: only the inexorable advance of a new world order where those who secure a place of service within will find themselves turned against the world that they once knew.

[Slow buildup. Methodical storytelling with a focus on well-rounded kingdom building and character development.]

Memoirs of Your Local Small-time Villainess

Memoirs of Your Local Small-time Villainess

Original Action Adventure Fantasy Portal Fantasy / Isekai Female Lead Magic High Fantasy Progression
5,514 Followers
1,214 Pages
1,675,243 Views
113 Chapters
Sunday, January 29, 2023 8:49:18 PM

An editor at the prime of her life—and with maybe just a little too much free time—finds herself waking up in one of her favorite RPGs with no clue as to what's going on or how to get back home.

This might be the part where others rejoice over getting whisked away to a world of wizards and magic, but she certainly doesn't think it's anything to celebrate about.

After all, she woke up in the body of a small-time villain with some severe personality issues.



Updates Thursdays and Sundays.

A Practical Guide to Sorcery

A Practical Guide to Sorcery

Original Adventure Drama Fantasy Psychological Gender Bender School Life Supernatural Female Lead Strong Lead Secret Identity Magic Anti-Hero Lead Low Fantasy High Fantasy Urban Fantasy Progression
3,413 Followers
1,817 Pages
1,271,426 Views
140 Chapters
Friday, January 27, 2023 12:22:40 AM

In a world where magic is a science, Siobhan Naught is a genius.

But even geniuses need schooling.

Siobhan has just been banned from the country's only magical university.

As the unwitting accomplice to the theft of a priceless magical artifact, she has suddenly become a wanted criminal. There are fates worse than death, and if caught, she will face them. Unwilling to give up on her dream of becoming the world's most powerful sorcerer, she resolves to do whatever it takes to change her fate.

Even if it means magically disguising herself as a boy and indebting herself to a gang of criminals to pay for University tuition.

With the coppers after her, the pressure of trying to keep her spot in the devilishly competitive magic classes, and the gang calling in favors to repay her debts, Siobhan will need every drop of magic she can channel.

When Immortal Ascension Fails Time Travel to Try Again

When Immortal Ascension Fails Time Travel to Try Again

Original Comedy Fantasy Satire Reincarnation Portal Fantasy / Isekai Female Lead Strong Lead Xianxia Time Travel Soft Sci-fi Progression
6,331 Followers
1,048 Pages
2,672,289 Views
126 Chapters
Friday, January 27, 2023 10:18:00 PM

What is my 1000-year-old monster self to do when I’ve failed my immortal ascension? Time travel — accidentally — and wind up back in my 9-year-old body, needing to re-cultivate, of course. But after that? Get REVENGE! Muahahahaha! 

But the idiot who killed me — also accidentally — was the main character of the dumb harem Xianxia I transmigrated into. But wait. Wasn’t he only 7 or 8 at this point in time? Well, since I can’t harm a child or the main character without suffering in some way, then I’ll just have to raise him better, faster, stronger, and loyal! Muahahahaha!


This is a Xianxia comedy and satire by the author of Cold Steel Dig and Tome of Stealth. But it is also a series of interconnected and chronological short stories (featuring the same main characters). For example, it’s similar to the structure of Fred the Vampire Accountant series by the wonderful Drew Hayes.

Updates Every Friday (2:15PM PST). 

Find it on Top Web Fiction!

Cover art created by Novel AI and edited by the Author.

Other art within the story ranges from author created, commissioned art, stock photos and AI art.

The Natural

The Natural

Fan Fiction Action Adventure Fantasy Portal Fantasy / Isekai Martial Arts Strong Lead Progression
3,646 Followers
1,442 Pages
644,889 Views
45 Chapters
Monday, September 5, 2022 11:34:59 PM

Leo's first order of business when he is dropped unceremoniously into the pokemon world is to survive. Seeing as he is in the middle of the wild with only a small pocketknife, some papers, and a backpack, and with no signs of civilization in sight, that is setting up to be quite the task. 

Infrasound Berserker

Infrasound Berserker

Original Action Adventure Fantasy LitRPG Slice of Life Female Lead Magic GameLit Progression
3,571 Followers
238 Pages
285,536 Views
21 Chapters
Friday, June 17, 2022 9:01:20 PM

Kate is a firefighter near Falstadt, living her life in the Alps between her demanding work, wandering, and enjoying the sanctity that is coffee. She's dealt with flooding, fires, and cats, but nobody is really prepared for the sudden appearance of bow wielding goblins, strange magical powers, and a game like system. Thankfully she won't be alone to face this new and strange challenge. Trying to survive in the forests and towns she thought were theirs was certainly not the plan, but she won't go down without a fight.

Genre: Fantasy Litrpg Apocalypse on Earth. Focus on action and slice of life.

Cover art by bacon: https://baconstrap.carbonmade.com/

Azarinth Healer

Azarinth Healer

Original Action Adventure Fantasy LitRPG Female Lead Magic
25,105 Followers
9,714 Pages
58,042,383 Views
865 Chapters
Thursday, December 29, 2022 1:17:42 PM

Heya. The heavily edited chapters 1-74 are available on Amazon as Book One, on Kindle, Kindle Unlimited, and as an Audiobook narrated by Andrea Parsneau :).

Next to the published book on Amazon, I only post Azarinth content on Royalroad, Scribblehub, and Patreon.


A new world with nearly unlimited possibilities. A status, classes, magic and monsters. Sounds good? Well, for Ilea it didn't come quite as expected as for some other protagonists, nor was there a king or god to welcome her.

The grand quest? Well, she might figure that out someday but for now, a new world with new food is prize enough. Her fists at the ready, she's prepared to punch and get punched, however long it takes and however many limbs she might have to regrow.

A story I've started writing now quite a while ago. Transported to another world, somewhat standard fantasy setting with my beginner attempts to make it dark but funny. There are Litrpg elements here but I do hope it's not too heavy and annoying. The fights should be interesting and aren't just numbers vs numbers. Contrary to the title the protagonist will be quite an offensive fighter.

Ilea Spears is your average sarcastic kick-boxing fast food worker and soon to be student. She will be transported to another world rather conventionally and will be confronted with survival in the wild.

Give it a shot and let me know what you think. My experience is incredibly lacking. If you find yourself hating it early on, do convey your anger in a detailed comment or review :) I want to get better but without any feedback it's simply quite difficult.

Quick heads up: Around chapter 120 there are a bunch of longer PoV changes that I discontinued again shortly after. The Arc around chapters 150-200 is darker than the rest and the themes shift quite a bit. Just know that it goes back to what you've come to know after that section.

Thank you for reading.

Quick update June 2019: Many complaints regarding the formatting, specifically spacing in conversations and of course the usage of the present tense in the first 36 chapters have been addressed. I'm of course learning by the day but compared to how it was before it should be an improvement at least.

Chapters usually around 3k words

Cover art by Kevin Catalan

Shade Touched

Shade Touched

Original Action Adventure Fantasy Slice of Life Female Lead Non-Human Lead Magic High Fantasy
6,561 Followers
572 Pages
1,577,925 Views
78 Chapters
Monday, March 8, 2021 8:15:01 AM

A monster is born in the depths of the wilds, but she isn't like her siblings. Curiosity colors her every thought, and a hunger for understanding grows within this little creature. The world is full of wonders just waiting to be discovered! She's not just hunting for her next meal, her prey is something far greater: knowledge. But as wonderful as it is, discovery alone is missing half the point. After all, what joy is there in finding the next amazing thing when there's no one to share it with?


Aiming to update Monday and Friday!

Cover art by the amazing Kailey!
Twitter
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Full-size cover here.

Full banner pic here.

Gore tag for some somewhat graphic fight scenes.
Profanity tag because there may be some explicit language, it shouldn't be excessive.

Battle Trucker

Battle Trucker

Original Action Adventure Fantasy Sci-fi LitRPG Female Lead Strong Lead Magic Post Apocalyptic Ruling Class Genetically Engineered Technologically Engineered Soft Sci-fi Dystopia Progression
1,679 Followers
177 Pages
156,078 Views
24 Chapters
Saturday, January 28, 2023 12:49:07 AM

Jill MacLeod might be just a long haul trucker with a dirty mouth and back pain, but with Bertha the big rig under her she always makes her deliveries. When Mana, monsters, and an RPG style levelling system comes to Earth it's the end of the world as anyone knows it: the apocalypse is here. On her journey it's just Jill, her Soulbound truck, and any survivor she can find against the universe. Mutated animals, aliens, dragons, droid armies… it doesn’t matter. Nothing’s going to stop Jill from making her way home.

Blare the Horns of Valhalla and let slip the Rigs of War!

[A story in the apocalyptic LitRPG genre]

[Warning tags: Profanity, Gore]

Updates Mondays and Fridays.

Want to talk about Battle Trucker? Join the Discord!
https://discord.gg/2VkPd9zXTS

Dungeon Life

Dungeon Life

Original Action Adventure Comedy Fantasy LitRPG Portal Fantasy / Isekai Slice of Life Magic Dungeon Progression
8,981 Followers
702 Pages
2,899,729 Views
120 Chapters
Thursday, January 26, 2023 8:53:46 PM

A normal guy gets hit by a truck and isekai'd.  Why?  Because trucks are apparently some cosmic loophole.  He decides to be a dungeon, because it sounds weird and interesting to be one.  Is it?  Let's find out.

Updates Monday and Thursday.

Cover by the talented and very cool Vitaly S Alexus

Prophecy Approved Companion

Prophecy Approved Companion

Original Adventure Comedy Fantasy Satire LitRPG Virtual Reality Female Lead Non-Human Lead Magic GameLit High Fantasy Soft Sci-fi Artificial Intelligence
4,400 Followers
1,161 Pages
1,683,023 Views
152 Chapters
Friday, January 27, 2023 2:00:00 AM
Qube was designed to die.

As the cheerful childhood NPC companion who helps the [Player] learn the world during the start of the game, it was only natural that the big bad would kill her at the end of the tutorial, kick-starting the Player on a quest for vengeance.
The only thing is, no one told her that...
And this particular Player doesn’t like to play by the rules. Being a chaos-loving gremlin, he glitches her out of her programming and drags her on various adventures. They'll grapple with friendly sharktopuses, Evil Emperors, and what it means to be a person.
On the way they pick up equally unlikely party members, with Qube breaking the world in increasingly strange ways as she seeks to be the very best Companion ever. All the while, Qube herself slowly realizes that her reality is not quite what it seems.
A loving parody of old school games, dungeon's and dragons, and every player who has ever thought “what happens if I do this...”

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Book One is now on Amazon and Audible!

Book One Amazon

Book One Audible

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Patreon  - many chapters ahead!

Ko-fi  - coffee!
Discord:  - many friendships made!

This is essentially a first draft, so I welcome grammatical corrections etc.

The Eagle's Flight

The Eagle's Flight

Original Adventure Drama Fantasy Historical Supernatural Multiple Lead Characters Strategy High Fantasy War and Military Ruling Class
2,226 Followers
3,032 Pages
1,271,133 Views
245 Chapters
Wednesday, July 13, 2022 7:00:30 AM

The king is dead; his heir is too young to assume the throne. Jarl Vale wants to become Lord Protector, spurred by his ambitious brother Konstans. Jarl Isarn likewise seeks this power; he is aided – or thwarted – by the return of his brother, the knight and war hero Athelstan, whose squire, Brand, hopes to restore his family’s fortunes, cost what it may. Through all of this, an enigmatic traveller makes plans with jarls, scribes, and priests for his own purpose. Abroad, powerful forces sense division in the realms of Adalmearc and make their own plans. It is only a matter of time before schemes clash, plots collide, and conflict erupts. War is on the horizon.

Story updates every Wednesday. The first, second and third book can be downloaded as ebooks from my site, where a map of the world or of Middanhal can be viewed. The site also contains other background information such as history of the realms, pantheon and religion, calendar etc.

The Many Lives of Cadence Lee

The Many Lives of Cadence Lee

Original Action Adventure Fantasy Romance LitRPG Reincarnation Slice of Life Female Lead Magic Strategy High Fantasy Progression
8,464 Followers
595 Pages
1,899,542 Views
51 Chapters
Saturday, September 17, 2022 9:30:22 PM

Cadence Lee thought she was a normal girl, perhaps a little well to do, but not exceptionally so.  She had her college classes, she had her job that her uncle gave her, and she had a nice boyfriend who was sweet if a little awkward.

Except, when a mugger accosts Cadence and her boyfriend attempts to wrestle a gun away from the criminal, Cadence ends up shot.  A normal girl, with the kind of wound Cadence had, would die.  Cadence managed to do that part.  But a normal girl wouldn't then open her eyes again and learn that death is not as permanant for her as it is for other people.  She can be reborn again, and again.  Each time stronger and with new abilities.

The catch?  Any world she is born into, she can never return to.  She has infinite lives, but only one life for each.

So begins The Many Lives of Cadence Lee.

[participant in the Royal Road Writathon challenge]

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