Who would have thought that dreams could also offer job opportunities?... more>>

It's alright if you get hired, however, you also have to get your body to the dream as well, otherwise, will your ghost do the work?

James is an ordinary guy living a boring life in our world. One day he meets a man in his dreams, who invites him to his world to experience magic and solve cases.

Let me ask, which modern man would refuse? <<less

2119... more>>

In a high-tech world that has left humankind running after its own progress, one man takes a moment to figure out what it means to be human.

What happens when you switch a man off? What if that man was you, but something boots you up again?

Detective Johannes is a murder investigator and future death is not what it seems. <<less

A woman discovers the blurring lines between herself and her mechanical twin.

A humdrum banker seeks out an unusual detective, known for taking cases too strange for police to solve, to find his vanished niece. The client... more>> soon finds himself in over his head as his eyes are opened to a secret world. One that has been hiding within the shadows of his alt near-future city of London. Magic and technology merge in a feat to rescue the kidnapped girl and bring her safely home to her family. <<less

Palantine and Co. is an unusual company that does its work in an unusual field. But it's attractive enough to out of work Gary Bellamy, and offers decent pay and a good benefits package. But there are a few things a little strange about the local office. The CEO is perpetually out of town, apparently in search of ‘Enlightenment’. His co-workers are involved in research and investigations involve the likes of Bigfoot, ghosts, walk-ins and other supernatural phenomena, for who its not quite clear. It all seems a bit dodgy to Gary but again, good benefits package.... more>>

Ephram Palantine is having problems of his own. His search for Enlightenment hasn’t been going all that well, has lead down some rather bizarre rabbit holes. It's about to get a lot worse.

The employees of Palantine and Co. are themselves hoping their new hire is exactly what they need. Otherworldly phenomena is on the rise. A seven year old girl has gone missing in northern Michigan, and they are sure it involves something that happened to Gary when he was a boy, thirty years ago, not to mention that there have been sightings of same identical dead man on a Lake Erie beach now for several decades. Some might call what Gary and his co-workers are about to get involved in to protect humanity from a world whose borders with other realities are fraying at the edges, incredible and perhaps even insane. Some might call it a mission. <<less

Jerome is a famous detective specializing in psychopaths. Famed for hunting down the psycho named 'Lady Killer'; he is called in to investigate a chain... more>> of murders in the nearby town suspected to be the works of a psycho. Jerome gets reminded of his painful past while studying the case. His childhood traumas resurfaced in the form of nightmares. Haunted by nightmares and persistent insomnia; read through as Jerome tackles the case to find the culprit. <<less

In the 1920's, Ronnie Diamond was a hard boiled gumshoe working the dark side of Chicago. With a penchant for strange cases and a reputation for knowing more than was good for him, it was only a matter of time until he took the wrong case. Facing down an unimaginable horror from beyond, he didn't even have time to scream before he was annihilated from this mortal coil. ... more>>

His story should have ended there. Instead, he found himself... alive? Or at least, in possession of an unfamiliar body in an unfamiliar time and place. Reborn as a high school student in a futuristic fantasy world that is like nothing he could ever have imagined. Will he discover why he was sent here? Will he ever figure out how to use a smart phone? And what's that shadow creeping behind him on his way home?

"Look pal, I dunno any Magical Girl Palalai malarkey, just keep your peepers off me and we'll be square! Sheesh! If these mooks don't dry up their jabber for a minnit hows I'm going to study for this math test?"

The adventure of a supernatural gumshoe reincarnated into an anime type world. <<less

Holder of a Branch of the Tree of Knowledge.... more>>

Demon-possessed.

Cursed soul.

[weed]

All of these titles stem from the same misfortune, and all of them describe him equally well.

However, there is only one that he holds in any importance:

Private Detective. <<less

A horror stalks the night, collecting its grim toll.... more>>

Elspeth MacAdams and Gregor Lythgoe are detectives, part of the secretive Special Investigations unit. Experts in the strange, occult and supernatural, they arrive on the tiny Scottish island of Raasay to investigate a grisly murder.

Darkness lurks at the heart of the tiny rural community. Soon they find themselves battling to stop unnatural rites and ancient evils. One again they find themselves the thin blue line standing before the darkness.

Can they stop the looming evil in time? Before it adds them to The Pillar of Horns. <<less

Wen Liang is a forensic anthropologist (professor and working in museums) who lives in Hong Kong and is obsessed with his work, yes, he is a Workaholic. He has been a lonely person since his parents died, and he isn’t interested in maintaining long-lasting relationships.... more>>

When he was a kid he loved a series of criminal investigations what as going on in England, that he is a fan of a forensic investigator in Charleston County, it was at that time that he was inspired and eventually loved career as a forensic anthropologist.

The name of the series is "Archived Cases of the United Kingdom," which was told in the noir style, with that somber air and background music that gets on the nerves.

So one fine day after going to sleep, he woke up in a very cold forest and clearly not in China anymore, still wearing his favorite pajamas, he just didn’t understand what was happening.

Until he finally found a road and a local cop helped him to go somewhere safe.

Finally, he realized, after not being able to understand the police officer because he spoke a different language, that he was in a world totally different from his, or at least, he was no longer in China.

Edmund Lockwood is a forensic investigator for 10 years, is now 35 years old and remains single, always worried about his work and a little disillusioned by life, until he is in charge of helping this mysterious man who, according to documentary records, doesn’t exist in this world, which can be a case of human trafficking or identity exchange.

As the investigation unfolds, Edmund was responsible for helping this mysterious man adapt to Charleston and assist in his investigation, since Edmund Lockwood was one of the few people Mandarin-speaking in the police office, of course, besides the interpreter.

Wen Liang doesn’t believe that really he entered the world of his favorite series! And he's living with his favorite character, the wonderful, handsome Edmund!

A world similar to his original world, but at the same time was very different, especially when Wen Liang discovers the secret of his idol... Edmund is not human! Edmund is from the race called Shadow!

This was strange but even stranger than discovering that his favorite character is not human is finding out that he is attracted to this supernatural being!

Things only get worse when a terrible crime takes place in the village of Charlene and Edmund has to travel to the small village to help investigate the crime, leading Wen Liang along with him, unfortunately, discovered that the murdered victim is a Shadow of an aristocratic family.

Was there any organization hunting the Shadows?

Does this have anything to do with the transmigration of Wen Liang?

What is this legend of the east dragon that came into the world to free the sons of the serpent god?

Wen Liang just wants to return to his original and normal world! <<less

Two smucks land in the middle of an fantastical invasion force within a superhero world wielding the supernatural.

An orphaned student, an unexplained expulsion and a mysterious smiling boy…... more>>

Sophie Dayton had long come to terms with the death of her parents. Having made it through the UK foster care system, she’s happily settled into her second semester at university. Then one day a bunch of security guards show up at her dorm room and proceed to expel her from campus. The main question circling in her head is: Why?

Taking refuge on a friend’s couch, Sophie attacks the mystery head on and subsequently finds herself wading in parts of her past she’d thought long dead. Narrating the story through her diary entries, Sophie’s account is interspersed with thoughts, lists and humorous observations. <<less

INTO THE NIGHT is a story that revolves around an American billionare, Ethan Reynolds, as he seeks to recover his stolen collection of Jack the... more>> Ripper artifacts. Ethan enlists the help of journalist Rachel Truax with her own secret link to the mystery of Jack and her connections lead them to a high powered Washington lobbyist with ties to the underground art trade. When the lobbyist is murdered, Ethan and Rachel are the only suspects, now on the run, their journey to clear their names takes them from Washington D.C. to London and in the process they uncover the mystery of Jack's true identity. <<less

At first, Vu Diep Phong Nam was just an unemployed guy, a typical example of the concept of failed young people. Every day, his only... more>> assignment was to stay at home to be parasitic on his mother and sister.
Until one day, Vu Diep Phong Nam had a dream.
In his dream, he was a successful person, had a building, a car, knew many people from the upper class. Moreover, he had a young and beautiful wife. It all started because he accidentally solved a case.
After waking up, Vu Diep Phong Nam didn't want the dream just to be a dream. Therefore, he put on his pants.
"Don't take off your pants, let me solve the case ..."
(This story is purely fictional, all the similarities in the names of the characters as well as the places are just coincident. But if you accidentally discovered your mother's name is in this, most likely the author. really know your mom.) <<less

---Warning for people with suicidal tendencies---... more>>

"Kill or be Killed"

Life was going well for the rich, intelligent and athletic girl Pacific Hanasaki. But she suddenly decided to commit suicide because of her "logical" reasoning, “What’s the point of living if you already have what you want?” Yet she didn’t die at all, because Judgment Day has arrived: where God decides who goes to Heaven.

He decided that he wants to bring every human to Heaven. There is an exception though, the Sinners: living people who attempted suicide. There is only one way for a Sinner to go to heaven: kill everyone and be the last one alive.

In a world where no one is born and everyone will die, the Sinners are tasked to purge the Earth with the help of a companion, Angels, each with different powers. Pacific was given the Angel of Secrets, Raziel. Can Pacific successfully kill everyone and remain alive while other Sinners do the same and hunt each other down? How can she even kill other sinners?
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features some of my art and checking out this website
also in royalroadl.com. if not here or there, that's not me
I appreciate it so much if you comment criticisms and such, especially since this is my first story and it has a very controversial topic that could offend people if I do it wrong. Thank you if you do so. <<less

An obsessive investigative reporter who knows too much teams up with a washed-up detective to solve the bizarre mysteries occurring in their neighborhood.... more>>

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Years ago, an incident occurred. Nora was kidnapped. She was saved. Lightning struck. And ever since, she's been able to hear what other people wish to say but can't.

She meets Detective Daniel Moon, freshly demoted to the substation of their small, rowdy neighborhood. He'd rather be anywhere else than here, and be with anyone else but her, but she's insistent on his help.

Something strange and wrong is happening in Wonsung-du.
With Nora's know-how and Daniel's skill, she's convinced that they have the power to change everything for the better. <<less

Harada Tsubaki is a girl with no personality at all, no dream and no future. Living a static life was enough for her, that was until she started having a dream about being a professional pianist. Meeting a former virtuoso violinist, Hachisaki Haruki, on the first day of high school, she found herself clashing with her genius classmate in his own game. Music.... more>>

This is how Tsubaki's life change from dull straight line to a roller coaster ride with her interaction to the serious, intimidating and unfriendly Haruki. <<less

Elio is a shitty deity who neglected his duties and became the first immortal to break the mistake quota.
To punish him for his irresponsibility,... more>> his immortal body has been destroyed and his soul reborn into a video game! He has to finish the video game without losing or making too many mistakes, or else his soul will be destroyed and never to be reincarnated or return as a deity. But… hey, isn’t that too harsh a punishment?!?! <<less

Requires knowledge of Zaria van Karian from Let's Explore and Enjoy.... more>>

A present day AU story where she messes around in the present and tries to solve mysteries in the present day. And a detective and a schoolgirl get rolled up in all the chaos that happens when reality and the supernatural meet.

Welcome to The Otherside.

Please leave your sanity at the doorstep. <<less

Brandy, a seventeen-year-old boy, he died in a traffic accident as a huge bus hit him, which make him rebirth in another world.... more>>

Shockingly, he opened his eyes to find himself in his favorite anime world, Detective Conan, while the tyrant Gin and his friend Vodka faced him.

After a while, Brandy discovered that he possessed something that could not be found in this world, something supernatural, he possessed ... the system!

What will our hero do to survive these two? And how he will continue to live his life within the anime?! <<less

Lucia Fernandez wife to Late Neville Fernandez, he was murdered at his office, she was Framed for the crime and persecuted for it.... more>>

Five years later, she is released although still charged. Weeks after he release Eleanor Fernandez her step daughter is found dead.

A well decorated detective, Detective Alvarez is on the case, he has never seen anything like it. Secrets will unravel, betrayal will happen, all this and more in the mystery town of Sephora.

The question remains, who is behind this killing?! <<less

The dbug agents are trying to get rid of the bugs.... more>>

They are trying to get the bugs out of the system
but the system is riddled with bugs. <<less

Nexus is a gateway planet to multi-dimensional travel, but if you happened to be labelled an exile, then your options are limited. You can't get an education, you can't get a job, and you can't leave. If you're lucky, you'll die early. If not, preyed upon.
At age 28, Kera was an exiled Elven; worst of all, she's an exile with a large mana supply and absolutely no control. How would she survive? By finding shortcuts, of course. So a race against time begins.
Then suddenly Kera's ex-girlfriend wanted a favour...... more>>

Warning: this story is rough, and I am going back to fix it as much as possible. Constructive criticism is appreciated. <<less

Promises are meant to be kept, but a promise to save a beloved sister leads a group of high school magical girls into a dream... more>> of many literary landscapes. Out of this dream of Carroll’s wonderlands and Baum’s fairylands and Poe’s nightmares comes a monster that threatens to invade the waking world. Their promise forms the opening act of a play they can’t stop, so to prevent this monster’s debut into their world, they must play their parts to the end at all hazards to their lives. If you love quirky magical girls, bloodthirsty femme fatales, fight scenes, love scenes, twisty plot lines, fantastic settings, the possibility of dreams, and the uncertainty of nightmares, this story is for you. <<less

A Private Detective gets hired by a mysterious benefactor who wants to work alongside him. She is both his client and partner for this case, so he can't very well refuse her. What makes her peculiar is not that she obviously is wealthy, but rather that she has a supernatural air about her.... more>>

The protagonist of this series, however, is not the detective. Oh no, it is in fact, the mysterious girl! <<less