Virtual Reality Fiction

Overworld. It's more than just the world's most popular e-sport - for thousands of VR teams around the globe, Overworld is life. It means fame and fortune, or maybe it's a ticket out of obscurity or poverty. If you have a connection to the Internet and four friends you trust with your life, anything is possible.

Dr. K is a pensioned-off insurance lawyer who occasionally publishes fiction. One day when he’s walking in a Berlin park with his young girlfriend Dora he comes upon a little girl who’s lost her doll. Dr. K calms her tears by explaining that Josefine isn’t lost; she’s merely gone off on an adventure. Serving as the doll’s ghost writer, K entertains the child with a series of letters relating Josefine’s life as she makes her way through a friendly but unexpectedly baffling world. The doll’s fantastic adventures mirror the strange chronicle of Dr. K’s life—an existence he ...

Brian's world is shrinking as his vision fades, but a revolutionary implant offers an escape: Gambit, a virtual reality where he can see again. As Neuromantik, he finds purpose and friendship in this digital realm. When a mysterious hacker threatens to destroy Gambit, leaving players with crippling migraines, Brian discovers he's immune. Suddenly, he's thrust into a race against time to save the game – and the only place he feels truly alive. But as Brian hones his skills in Gambit, he meets Rebecca, a blind girl who challenges him to navigate the real world in new ways. Caught between ...

Mature Readers: combat, violence, elements of horror, some sex, some language. She awakens in a windowless room full of lab equipment and spends a minute getting used to the pumping heart, tingly skin, and air filling the lungs of her new healthy body. Her name is Mary, and she has returned from the Ten Sigma Program, a virtual universe designed to produce the greatest fighters the Earth has ever seen through the harshest training methods ever devised. Now stuffed with every type of lethal knowledge and a victor in countless life-and-death struggles, she has one goal: to reunite with her ...

Sucked into the deception by Diane Shawe is the second sequel to Scrolling Shadows both a rollercoaster of a novel that weaves together elements of science fiction, cyberpunk intrigue, and thrilling adventure. From the very first page, readers are thrust into a world where the boundaries of reality blur, and technology holds secrets that could alter the fate of the multiverse. The story follows Amy, a seemingly ordinary teenager, whose life takes an extraordinary turn when she stumbles upon a mysterious phone. This device, unlike any other, is linked to a time traveler and possesses mind-...

Emma isn’t a typical teenager. Who in their right mind would spend hours studying the Holy Text? Who has the audacity to presume they can connect with the Sovereign? Yet she must try. She will implore the Almighty to send them the High Priest her people so desperately need, the one who will restore balance to an out-of-control world. And if she died trying? Then so be it. Yet Emma has no one to support her—unless you count that crazy homeless man. And she has no one to guide her—except that surreal voice inside her head. Is she crazy or consecrated? Will her questionable journey doom ...

Dream Breach: First Contact (The Dream Breach Series, Book 0) 🔹 What if your dreams weren’t just dreams? What if they were the key to unlocking the deepest mysteries of existence? Dr. Sandra Chen believes in facts, data, and logic. But when her sister Emily vanishes after working on a classified consciousness experiment, Sandra is forced to confront a terrifying possibility—what if reality isn’t what we think? At Greenstone Medical Center, coma patients exhibit impossible brainwave patterns—as if their minds are communicating across dimensions. As Sandra investigates, she ...

This is the 2nd novel in the 6-book VANISHING LAWYER SERIES about John Carverton, a retired Canadian lawyer who suddenly found himself plunked into his hometown in a parallel world in which he had never been born. John witnesses a car accident near his dumpy apartment. Someone with both power and money wants John to lie about what he saw. Since lawyers never lie, John is thrown into a complex and dangerous series of events in which he must keep his unique secret hidden from the government and the media. The last thing John wants is to be some sort of circus freak in this alternate realm. ...

A Tale of Fantasy and Magic Rockwell believes his eight-year-old daughter Sydney has a very vivid imagination. She sees the mythical Fae: fairies, goblins, sprites, pixies, and other magical creatures. She sees them, talks about them, and plays with them, but every instance feels like a knife in Rockwell's gut. His daughter sees all the mythical creatures in the stories told to her by his late wife, Sarah, reminding him that Sarah is gone. These stories are folklore handed down through the generations and all that his daughter has to cling to of her mother. He has no idea how to help his ...

Virgil’s got problems. There’s the whole “is someone trying to kill him?” thing at work, but he thinks he can handle that. It’s what’s happening at home that’s harder to deal with. His sister, Claire, called to say Father’s getting worse. He used to just be angry. Angry about the direction of the country. Angry about politics. Disgusted and amused at ‘kids these days.’ That wasn’t fun, but it wasn’t scary. Now he’s online all the time, making threats, buying guns. He believes things that seem impossible -- things that, if true, make the world a dangerous place and ...

"Every bit as mind-bending and captivating as classic Murakami." -- Rusted Reviews “Stick with it to the plot twist and then you won’t want it to end.” -- A Feast of Books -------------------------------------------------- Why did she die? How much did I really know her? These are the questions Benny asks himself after finding Staci in the bathtub with her wrists slit. He spirals into a bout of depression. Two weeks later, she reappears as if nothing happened. But only for one night, and then she’s gone again. Two weeks later, it happens again, forcing Benny to ask himself a new set...

Death is burning with deadly heat and fumes towards them. They stand on the edge of a tall skyscraper's roof, a raging fire roaring towards them. There is no escape. They take each other’s hands and kiss for the last time before they choose to leap to their deaths together. Twist! They are rescued. An older dog, blind in one eye, limps across a lonely street, thinking it is safe. Suddenly a roaring engine is heard; a drunken driver crashes around a corner and weaves out of control for the helpless dog. Twist! The dog is saved. Neither the dog nor the young couple knows what just happened....

From USA Today bestselling author Uvi Poznansky comes a gripping suspense thriller: Her bullet grazed his head, but the leader of a Russian crime organization is still breathing. One way for Vlad to avoid paying the price for his crimes is to play dead; another is to play dying. For Ash, this is not a game. She must learn his secrets. Only one problem: because of the raging pandemic, she must put her plan on hold. Vlad slips away from the hospital in a body bag, then develops a brazen fraud scheme that will bilk health insurance companies out of millions of dollars. If not caught in time, ...

If you were married and had a chance to have an affair with someone you’ve been interested in, knowing you’d get away with it, would you? These are the thoughts of two co-workers, Chris and Tracy, who find themselves in a tense sexual situation after working a long night. It’s Tracy’s last day, and even though the two are in committed relationships, she decides to express her hidden feelings. Knowing this would be the last time they would see each other, Chris and Tracy have an affair in the storeroom before saying their goodbyes, seemingly for good. Two years later, the ex-...

The explosive sequel to Time Smash! From worlds ruled by dinosaurs, fourteen-year-old Chase is suddenly slammed into Pleistocene forests filled with savage wolves, enormous cave bears, and saber-toothed cats. But now he's being stalked by the most dangerous, relentless, unpredictable predator of them all. Man. Don't blink, don't breathe, and don't move a muscle. Read Time Slam today!

He says he saved her. So why won’t he let her go? Fiercely independent Catherine Alexander-Blair, Cat to her friends, doesn’t scare easily. But after the Celtic fiddler is attacked leaving a performance, she wakes terrified and tied to a gurney in a dungeon. With scant memory, sanity threatens to shatter when her handsome, silver-haired captor claims not only to have rescued her but to be an eight-hundred-year-old vampire. He insists he’s protecting her, but when her undead guardian demands her obedience, Cat defies him at her own peril. When her magical abilities start blossoming, ...

Introducing "From Fiction to Reality," a gripping exploration into the realm where the boundaries between reality and fantasy blur. Deeply rooted in the popular video game, 'The Last of Us,' this eBook allows the reader to embark on a thought-provoking journey that transcends the gaming world, and delves into the very real, yet obscurely understood world of fungal infections. The tantalizing chapters within this narrative wade progressively deeper through enthralling concepts. Beginning with an intriguing overview of the gaming story, it acquaints you with the fictional pandemic that serves...

To break free, you'll need to break the game In the virtual fantasy realm of Honorus, Ronin Ironclad is a Paladin forced to fight for his real-world coalition. A coalition that has turned the government's way to resolve political disputes in-game into a weapon to control the populace. Especially the Drafted players. Now, the wonder and magical beauty of Honorus is consumed with pointless warring, the game's true lore forgotten. That is until Ronin joins a top-level clan who fights to return Honorus to its epic fantasy game origins. A beginning designed to unify the world. But, deserting his...

Dive into the intriguing realm of surviving the imaginary, yet terribly captivating, zombified world with this eye-opening eBook - 'From Fiction to Reality'. Equipping you with a unique lens, this immersive book will navigate you through the captivating history of Zombie narratives, their psychological magnetism, and the societal implications they mirror. Ever wondered about the mechanics of societal collapse as portrayed in Zombie lore? This book ventures into the incisive depiction of governance failure and infrastructural loss. Post-apocalyptic communities and their interesting power ...

A celestial entity sets out on an extraordinary quest to breathe life into a barren planet, weaving the foundations of existence itself. But as creation takes shape, unforeseen challenges arise, testing the limits of its power and purpose. "What a great fiction book about the cosmos! From the very first page, the story immerses you in the fascinating life of the cosmic builder, whose ability to create planetary life for the first time is nothing short of awe-inspiring. The vivid descriptions and imaginative storytelling by the author immediately draw you into this cosmic realm, making you ...