Rooms of the Desolate

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Description

Rooms of the Desolate is a collection of short stories designed to guide the reader through the many rooms and mysteries of the bleak and greyscale labyrinth of the Desolate.

The first entry, "The Forever Tower" follows an unnamed wanderer climbing an endless, colourless tower; the only world they have ever known. As they slowly ascend alongside the masses, they consider the nature of their world and look to the corridors as temptation beckons.

The second entry, "Production Line", follows an engineer in a boundless factory, who encounters a product that does not wish to bow to the overseers and makes them question their belief in the truth and duties they were made to believe.

Content guidelines:Current entries do not include explicit profanity, but future entries may do so, hence the presence of that tag. Some entries do include blood and violence. The Desolate is exactly that: a desolate world; as such, it is bleak, downtrodden, and may deal with mental struggles.

Cover art credit:Adam Borkowski on Pexels.

Information

Status
Hiatus
Year
2022

Royal Road Stats

Rating
3.9/ 5.0
Followers
6
Views
9,337

Chapters(33 total)

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Community Reviews(1)

  • Sleepy Sad SnailRoyal Road
    ★★★★★ 5.0
    'Rooms of Desolate' delves into solitary experiences related to the exploration of the unknown.
    The characters find themselves in eerie and mysterious locations with no known origin and embark on a sort of journey kindred to a pilgrimage.
    The worldbuilding choices are excellent, what stays in the memory is the balance between what lore is known and what needs to remain unexplored. "A magician never reveals his secrets" is a perfect summary.
    However, I do feel that the main characters in the story one and three might feel a tad bit hollow, compared to the rest of the stage. At the moment, I can't precisely pinpoint why.
    The author seems to improve with each and every story, which is a good sign.
    I had no issues with the flow of the story and grammar.
    I would love it to be an advanced review, but by RR's rules, it's too short, so I'll leave a final score here:
    Style: 5/5, Grammar: 5/5, Story: 5/5, Characters: 4.5/5