Online Fiction

The year is 1855, and on the LNWR train to London, a criminal is being escorted to his appointment with the hangman. But the wily Jeremy Oxley, conman, thief and murderer, has one last ace up his sleeve: a beautiful and ruthless accomplice willing to do anything to save her lover, including committing cold-blooded murder... When Inspector Robert Colbeck learns that Oxley, his nemesis, has once again escaped, black memories of their shared past leave him no choice but to do his duty.

Val thought it was over, having gambled with fate itself for the lives of all those he loved. He did not expect to wake up in a hospital bed, in the crosshairs of a professional killer. A friend he thought lost forever shows him a mysterious game that only a select few can jack into. It's the perfect escape, and what seems a fun lark becomes all too real as he enters a realm where level-ups affect both worlds, dying in game is dying for real, and no one is hungrier for Val's secrets then the men hunting for his head. Time is running out for Val and everyone he loves.

As an early backer, I get to play the Phylomancer, a mage class that masters spells by bonding with companions. But little did I expect this game would suck me in unlike any other.... Now, I face the savage Beastfolk, poised to overrun the wild north of Aerda. I’ll need to find my companions, bind them to me, and with their help become the master of the elements.

After the Challenge of the Ithkari, everything had fallen apart for Kurt and his friends. As his game world and real life collided, he had all but walked away from the world of Darklands Online entirely. The departure was short-lived, however, as one last mystery presented itself. Embroiled in a new plot with a promise he cannot refuse, Kurt must make his way back to the city of Wester while enlisting the aid of those players he has met along the way.

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Charlie Mason (a.k.a. Mace) is a former detective of major crimes who is forced to retire. His former captain offers him a job as an in-game constable for the hottest virtual reality game around, Immersion Online. This down-and-out detective knows nothing of character creation, leveling up, or magical artifacts. He is a noob. He spawns in the Wilderbrook - a group of human and humanoid villages hundreds of miles from the nearest city - to learn the ins and outs of the game before he assumes his role as a constable in Grandview, one of the largest cities in The Great Realm.

To earn a second chance at life, Devrim Bains must die and enter a virtual world of monsters and mayhem. Let's just hope one death is all it will take, because he can't afford another.

Magic is dying in the land of Valka. With only two virus nodes remaining, dragons have emerged in great numbers to spread corruption to every corner of Beta. With no allies left, Illume is forced to return to Valka. He plans to call in every favor, summon every ally. The Cryomancer will bring every ounce of strength to the distant shores.

Eric McCaffrey has come face-to-face with the developers of Battlegrounds Online. They have shown up at his doorstep. He's used to seeing those faces in the game, not inside his apartment. He knew the game had been physically affecting him. Turns out he was right, and Hastech wants to run some tests. Battlegrounds Online was designed as a training simulator for the military. They want to know why Eric is being affected.

An NPC story. With her pain potions in short supply, Maddie accepts a deadly run, picks up a package in Trox City, and crosses the desert plains to Port Troli. The only issues - an unwanted passenger and Tromoal breeding season.

No longer playing as a Local from the world of Continue Online, Grant Legate’s adventure can begin. The Voices offer him a unique title along with a test and reward. To start—he'll have to survive underground horrors, old girlfriends, become a warrior. To win—he must become an imp familiar and kill another player, one with a dozen tricks up his sleeve.

No one wanted Gracie to become the Queen - hell, Gracie didn’t want to be the Queen. She is, though, and people are just lining up to take shots at her. Some want her gone; some want what she has. And one of them is determined to destroy the entire game if he can’t get what he wants - which means that Gracie might just have to team up with the absolute last people she wants to: Dan and Dhruv. Her only consolation? They hate the idea, too.

A freak accident leaves childhood friends Aiden and Scarlet dead and stranded in Hazard Online, a VR MMORPG. They're pushed to the brink of their sanity as they awaken with the knowledge of their death and are thrust into an experimental expansion, which only further threatens to tear them apart.

From YouTube sensation Zoella comes a debut coming-of-age novel that perfectly captures what it means to grow up and fall in love in today's digital world. Girl Online is the first book to be published by Keywords Press, an imprint under Simon & Schuster dedicated to today's digital stars.

Even the Dead Trees are Coming to Life! Eric and company search for Sarah on level 1-3 while also dealing with overwhelming hordes of undead. With tougher mobs comes better loot, but the group needs to be on their toes as they fight to survive. Every battle brings them closer to uncovering an unsettling truth about the Tower of Gates. Will escape ever be possible?

Tagsüber hilft Juno ihrem schwerkranken Mann Jupiter dabei, seinen Alltag zu meistern. Außerdem ist sie Künstlerin, tanzt und spielt Theater. Und nachts, wenn sie wieder einmal nicht schlafen kann, chattet sie mit Love-Scammern im Internet. Martina Hefter hat einen berührenden Roman über Bedürfnisse und Sehnsüchte im Leben geschrieben. Und darüber, wie weit man bereit ist, für die Liebe zu gehen. Juno schreibt online mit Männern, die Frauen online ihre Liebe gestehen und so versuchen, sie um ihr Geld zu bringen.

My name is Zephyros, and I have spent my entire life inside an amazing virtual game world, but when I hacked the mainframe server, the Overseer sentenced me to the real world, where I am now commanded to sacrifice my new and very mortal life for the heaven that cast me out. The real world is far horrifying and crazier than I could have ever expected. What's worse is the war I have been sent to fight is against fantastical creatures and demons and the human body I’ve been placed is hard to endure, given how it suffers the agonies of its mortal existence.

BIRDS OF A FEATHER, KILL TOGETHER A smuggling operation, orchestrated by paramilitary groups representing both religious factions, takes a fatal turn when a local farmer loses his life, and journalist Jock McDevitt is left injured from a gunshot. This incident hits close to home for Ian Wilson, the leader of the Belfast Murder Squad, intensifying his determination to apprehend the perpetrators. As the Belfast Murder Squad delves into the investigation, they uncover a web of criminal conspiracies that transcend old rivalries, uniting former foes from opposite sides of the sectarian divide. ...

It's been weeks since Hall and his newly formed guild, the Breakridge Irregulars, returned to Skara Brae. The village continues to grow but faces new challenges every day. Gaining a level opens fresh quests for Hall to take on, and leads the Breakridge Irregulars on a voyage for their first dungeon crawl in an updated Sky Realms Online. Hall will encounter prisoners from unknown lands, demons, new foes and more in the tunnels of the abandoned Dwarven outpost of Greenfire Depths.

Worried for his sanity after poor in-game choices, Grant Legate’s sister, Liz, blocks access to Continue Online. With no way around the restriction, he ventures into a new world—a VRMMO game based in space—called Advance Online. There he must help his companion AI, Hal Pal, overcome an identity crisis, race to the center of the universe to bring back his true love, and figure out where he stands on the scariest implication of all; AIs are bringing the dead to life.