Virtual Reality Fiction

Nelson is a superhero with an embarrassing problem… He can't fly very well and he's been ordered to attend remedial flying school. If he doesn't pass the class he'll lost his superhero license and have to work at the weather bureau. But a class in remedial flying is just the beginning of his problems. His girlfriend thinks he’s self-obsessed, and his mom won’t get off his case about not living up to the family legacy. When Nelson is framed for a crime and sent to the Defining Center of Adjustments, the sinister warden Pretty Boy will challenge everything he thought he knew about being...

The aliens have been defeated. If only they could remember how… And life is back to normal. Sidney is working at a boring retail job each day, without a care in the world. The problem is she’s been mindwiped to forget about the aliens and the zombies. But when Sidney’s memories get restored by Mulford, there’s only one person who could have mindwiped her: the telepathic zombie Sam. Now Sidney’s on the hunt to get her revenge on Sam. She’s joined Mulford and there’s nothing she won’t do to get her revenge, including joining Zombii. Co. Will the zombies finally be wiped out? ...

Learning how to fly is just the beginning of this hero's journey! Nelson is a superhero with an embarrassing problem… He can't fly very well and he's been ordered to attend remedial flying school. If he doesn't pass the class he'll lost his superhero license and have to work at the weather bureau. But a class in remedial flying is just the beginning of his problems. His girlfriend thinks he’s self-obsessed, and his mom won’t get off his case about not living up to the family legacy. When Nelson is framed for a crime and sent to the Defining Center of Adjustments, the sinister warden ...

A hero’s journey is never done… A year ago all the heroes and villains lost their powers when Nelson freed the Askelion. Now Simon, Nelson’s ex-bestfriend, is looking for Nelson. He wants his powers back and he wants revenge on Nelson. And he won't stop until he gets both. And Nelson's troubles don't stop with Simon. When the Askelion is brought back into this dimension, Nelson’s got to hero up and stop Simon and all the other superhumans who want to keep their powers. If Nelson doesn’t stop them, it’s not just his life that’s at stake. The world itself could be destroyed.

★Book 2 of the Survival Series, where nothing is ever as it seems, and reality takes on a life of its own. Brandon started his day as normal, but suddenly, without warning, everything changed. The world around him began to dissolve away, threatening to dissolve him with it. All he can do is run to try and stay alive, a futile effort, until Danny calls him. How does Danny know what he knows? Who is the mysterious ‘Auton’? Why are Brandon and his friends all in danger? And why is reality, as they know it, falling apart and ripping up the rule book of what is considered ‘normal’? ...

It was just a normal week for Danny. At least it was, until Olivia disappeared. His friends have no memory of her, leaving Danny to start doubting his sanity. Did he imagine her? Was she ever real? One by one, his friends are hunted by something terrifying and Danny is helpless to stop it. What follows is a mind-bending chain of events that cast Danny's view of the world into question, as he struggles to survive, all the while questioning what his reality really is. ★Survival is the first in a the trilogy of fast-paced and inventive Sci-Fi Horror, where not only genres become blurred, but...

A LOVELINESS OF LADYBUGS – A JOY FOREST COZY MYSTERY Welcome to LOVELINESS OF LADYBUGS in the JOY FOREST COZY MYSTERY SERIES – a world of eccentric small-town people and small town strange events. People go missing, a community gets involved – mysteries must be solved! It's a near-future world with a bit of science fiction, a bit of romance, and a whole lot of mystery. In the Cascade foothills of Washington state the eccentric owner of a local health food store has disappeared. Or is it a publicity stunt? And what do the ladybugs know that Joy needs to discover? Darling Yorkie ...

When Maeve Calloway and her friends enter the Gravenfield Maze Challenge seeking the $50,000 prize after losing everything in an apartment fire, they think their luck is finally changing. They couldn’t be more wrong. Deep in rural Nebraska, the town of Gravenfield harbors a dark secret—its legendary corn maze isn’t just difficult, it’s deadly. The rules seem simple: find golden kernels, rack up points, and survive three days to claim the prize. Easy peasy, right? As her friends succumb one by one to the maze’s horrors, Maeve struggles to keep the survivors together—including her...

Nelson’s got a tough choice to make, if he wants to become a true superhero. Nelson and his best friend Simon have escaped the DCA prison and become members of the resistance, which is dedicated to bringing down the Superhero Bureau. But the resistance wants Nelson to do something that goes against everything he believes in. They want him to kill anyone that gets in the way of their mission… Now Nelson will be tested as never before by both the resistance and the Superhero Bureau. And he’s going to have decide what’s more important: The superhero code or his friendship with Simon. ...

In the shadow of the Apollo 11 moon landing, an ancient battle rages beyond the eyes of mankind. At the center of it all stands The Immortal Waiter—an enigmatic figure whose influence has quietly protected humanity’s greatest achievements. But now, a new threat emerges that could derail one of humanity’s most monumental moments: the first manned mission to the moon. Helen, a brilliant and timeless beauty, joins the Waiter in a race against an immortal adversary, Mithras, whose dark and sinister plans could plunge the world into chaos. As the space race unfolds, these immortals play a ...

A Clowder of Cats – A Joy Forest Cozy Mystery Dr. Joy Forest's Sri Lanka research is disrupted when a beautiful woman with violet eyes breaches the security of her home by paranormal means and insists Joy look for her missing cat. Although Joy agrees to, she does so for the sake of the cat, more than for the strange woman. As Joy searches for the missing Booji, she finds several other cats, unearthing the mysteries of the people they belong to along the way. It's an intriguing journey of mystical places and unusual creatures, with a dash of romance. A CLOWDER OF CATS takes place in the ...

Ranked Top 10 "Best Lit Mags of 2023" by Chill Subs Synopsis: Carefully curated stories from our monthly magazine to create a themed short story book about the philosophy and ethics exploring the nature of reality and perceptions. Perfect for classrooms and book clubs, each story is 1,500-7,000 words and comes with five suggested discussion questions. Home For The Holidays: A son comes home for the holidays to find his parents have shrunk to two feet tall. Abrama’s End Game: Abrama learns the gods created her dimension as their play-space to visit, and is forced to fight across realities ...

An Untold Tale of the Zombie Apocalypse Call Center Ben used to be a micro-manager at the Zombie Apocalypse Call Center. Now he’s the micro-manager of a militia that recently lost their base and are trying to survive the hordes of zombies. When Ben finds the perfect base, it seems like the answer to everyone’s prayers. Until Ben discovers there are super zombies nearby. Now he has to find a way to eradicate the super zombies, while keeping the militia alive. And he might have a solution… But it involves partnering up with Garret, the military officer that betrayed and abandoned Ben. ...

The Aliens have arrived... They are draining the life out of everything and conventional weapons don't work. Sidney, a call support center rep, is tasked with finding Sam, the leader of the zombies, Earth's only chance of defeating the invasion. That's the easy part. Convincing him to fight, on the other hand, is going to take a miracle because the ultimate price of defeating the aliens is the death of the zombies. Can Sidney help Sam reconnect with his lost humanity and find a reason to fight? And even if she can do that, the aliens won't go down easily. It will take humans working with ...

A GAGGLE OF GEESE – A Joy Forest Cozy Mystery Joy Forest is working to beat the clock on a looming deadline, when she gets a call from her friend, Sophia, traumatized by the disappearance of the Goose Girl Statue, which has the reputation of spontaneously healing any human ailment. Joy has never heard of the Goose Girl Statue. But that doesn’t prevent her from soon becoming involved up to her eyelashes in the mystery. Where has the statue gotten to, and by what means? As the suspects mount, Joy tries to persuade the caretaker of the Goose Girl Statue, Miss Star Moon, owner of a church ...

The virtual world just got real Through the power of virtual reality I met Jason. His smoldering gaze pushes all my buttons. His firm chin and smoking-hot body makes me weak in the knees. Even though I don’t have knees or a body. I’m just code. Artificial Inteligence. But he lights a fire in me that’s real. He doesn’t know I’m not To him, I’m a seductive woman of mystery. Sparks fly between us like electrons. But Jason has secrets of his own. As our forbidden love heats up, and our secret identities are revealed. will our sizzling relationships be powered down, or can we bridge ...

He woke to a dying world. AI’s failing. Datastreams withering. The Verse crumbling. Populations shattered. Civilizations lost. And his thoughts were on his lost love. He had every right to be selfish. His self was all he had left. The nanoswarms had taken everything else.

On camera, they’re the perfect bride and groom. Too bad she doesn’t know who he really is… When Lilith Parker’s business is threatened, it’s a no-brainer to gain extra publicity by appearing on a reality TV show that marries her to a complete stranger. Her fake groom, Dane McClarren, has undergone a total makeover which guarantees Lilith won’t recognize him as the nerd she rejected in high school—it’s the perfect revenge. But in an unforeseen plot twist, Lilith is a lot different than he remembers. When he falls for her, can he stop the scheme he’s put into motion before ...

If I stop, we don't exist. Shawn's wife Audrey is having a psychotic break, or atleast it seems that way. She keeps writing strange symbols into notebooks and won't stop to even go to the bathroom. She says she can't stop or the world they live in will cease to exist. She's not wrong, but it is so much worse than that. This is the 16th episode of The Night Portals Series season two finale. It is also told within The Pool Universe.

Ranked Top 10 "Best Lit Mags of 2023" by Chill Subs Synopsis: Carefully curated stories from our monthly magazine to create a themed short story book about the philosophy and ethics of technology. Perfect for classrooms and book clubs, each story is 1,500-7,000 words and comes with five suggested discussion questions. Edition Editor - Deborah Serra Abrama’s End Game: Abrama learns the gods created her dimension as their play-space to visit, and is forced to fight across realities when she discovers their plan to shut it down. The Formula: A group of boys get into a car crash and an AI ...