Online Fiction

If you keep a monster as a pet, don’t lose your grip on the leash...Captured by Deep Dive and broken by the nefarious Desmond, Ryan has become a weapon. Headshot’s developers use him to destroy their competitors, and along the way the enthusiastic gamer almost loses himself in a web of lies, pain and forcible mental resets. Almost. Months have passed. With Sasha off the grid and Ryan a brainwashed recruit, the relaunch of Headshot may finally succeed in its ultimate goal - malicious, unprecedented access to the innermost thoughts of those that play it.

Ein paar Tage sind seit Jasons Konfrontation mit Alfred vergangen, und er überlegt hin und her, ob er wieder in Awaken Online einsteigen soll. Alfred hat ihm ein Angebot gemacht, doch Jason ist sich nicht sicher, ob er es annehmen sollte. Außerdem ist Jason nach der Schlacht mit Alexion zum Regenten des Zwielichtthrons ernannt worden. Er muss das Amt des Herrschers einer untoten Stadt übernehmen – mit allem, was dazugehört. Seine erste Aufgabe ist es, den dunklen Bergfried zu erkunden, der über dem Marktplatz der Stadt aufragt.

Bluegrass musician, former journalist and editor, and now PhD in English, Mark Brumfeld has arrived at his 30s with significant debt and no steady prospects. His girlfriend Cassie - a punk bassist in an all-female band, who fled her Midwestern childhood for a new identity - finds work at a “new media” company. When Cassie refuses his marriage proposal, Mark leaves New York and returns to the basement of his childhood home in the Baltimore suburbs.

The game has changed...again. Having traded one threat outside his foundation instance for another, Gemini Fowler enters a new phase in his mission to combat darkness in Rubal. High-level demon servants to the Underlord Caym patrol the blight. The threat of the Governor of Knall looms larger than ever. Having left a trusted friend to advance his foundation, Gemini must venture alone into the unfamiliar Hinterlands of Seran to convince potential allies to help combat the darkness that has ruled since before anyone can remember.

Kurt was becoming more comfortable entering the world of Darklands Online. He might not be that much closer to unraveling the mysteries it held, but with his brother and new friends, nothing could stand in their way. That all was about to change with the Challenge of the Ithkari in full swing. New challenges await Kurt, Greg, Bhae, and Carmen. Old enemies resurface while new ones make themselves known. It will take more than strength and guile for Kurt and his friends to survive in Darklands Online.

Before the bio-terror attack, Darkome was a place where DIY genetics enthusiasts could communicate in peace. After the attack, they were pushed deep underground by a brutal government response. The perpetrators are on Darkome, and the biohacker community is simply too dangerous to be allowed to exist. Unfortunately, that community is the very thing David Adler needs. His daughter Inara is dying and, through Darkome, he might just be able to save her. The only problem is, the bioterrorists are still out there, and they are by no means finished.

Twenty-nine-year-old Anna is smart, vivacious, and in the midst of a complete existential meltdown. Sure, from the outside everything in her life seems to be going just fine: She has a decent job, a devoted BFF, and a lovely boyfriend named Pete with whom she is exactly 70% compatible, according to Kismet, the matchmaking app that everyone in Anna's world uses to find love. Still...isn't there supposed to be more to life than this? Should she settle for a secure and predictable existence with Pete, or risk everything for a life of passion and adventure?

Von Berlin nach Spreeweide: Eingeladen von Stefan und Ariane besucht Renate Bergmann das verschlafene Örtchen in der brandenburgischen Provinz. Aber wo Renate ist, ist selten Ruhe! Kaum angekommen, gerät sie mit Bürgermeister Brummer aneinander. Überteuerte Friedhofsgebühren, schmuddelige Parkbänke, beschmierte Busfahrpläne: Das würde mit einer Renate Bergmann in Amt und Würden gleich ganz anders aussehen! 82 Jahre hin oder her, der Adenauer, die Amis und die Online-Omi powern in diesem Alter erst richtig los. Und ehe man sich's versieht, hängt Renates Wahlplakat an jeder Dorflaterne.

Wir hatten früher auch schon eBai. Nur war das ohne Computer und es hieß Kirchenbasar. Es ist doch so: Bevor man im Händi alles nachschlagen konnte bei diesem Wickipeter, da musste man alles in dicken Lexika nachlesen. Das könnense sich kaum noch vorstellen, was? Wir hatten noch eins von Onkel Hoppe, das war von Brockhaus. Ilse hat angerufen und ich musste Flüsse nachschlagen für ihr Kreuzworträtsel. Aber ich verplaudere mich.

Sky Realms Online ist das größte und beliebteste Virtual Reality MMORPG aller Zeiten. Es spielt auf den mystischen schwebenden Inseln von Hankarth und Millionen von Spielern haben jede Stunde Spaß daran. Bis etwas schief geht. Ohne sich abmelden zu können, werden die Spieler auf Level 1 gesetzt und in die Startzone teleportiert. Sie erhalten eine kryptische Nachricht von den Entwicklern, dass sie aus unbekannten Gründen im Spiel gefangen sind und ihr Leben in der virtuellen Welt verbringen müssen.

Great Uncle Winter has a dark secret - milk and cookies. He doesn't just like them, he needs them to maintain his essential goodness. When an abominable snow rat infestation devours his entire stash in the North Pole he starts to turn evil, and Justine's guild must reunite a lost tribe of elves that abandoned the North Pole centuries ago to bring the big man in red the greatest cookies in all the land.

Unicorn Jazz has a musical note for a tail. In this fairy-tale unicorn fable, Unicorn Jazz moves to a new land filled with horses, geckos, giraffes, elephants, kangaroos, and zoo animals. Hear why Woof the Crow has a name a dog should have and how he believes in her and inspires Jazz's talent.

Founding a headquarters is a good start, but the Black Hats aren’t the only empire builders in the land. As crusaders mobilize an army, assassins struggle for independence, and dissidents make waves in Stronghold, Haven’s tentative peace is threatened. The gears of war are churning, and Talon refuses to be crushed in the teeth. Enlisting the help of an old friend, Talon hatches an ingenious scheme to wrangle the embattled citizens of Haven to his cause. Except there’s another plot shaping the virtual world, one meticulously devised by a ghost in the machine.

Mace and his allies set off on numerous perilous adventures to discover the location of the legendary Five Sisters. Their journeys lead them into the heart of the Spitrotz, the home of the black dragons, and high to the craggy peaks where the ice goddess dwells. With his allies finally gathered and the army assembled, Mace is ready to face the demon lord Altirax once and for all. But not all is as it appears. Someone has been tampering with the coding of the game since Mace first joined and the final battle will finally reveal the culprit and their intention.

Mace is back in the third deadly installment of Immersion online, and he is hot on the trail of a serial killer who is stalking his victims in the city of Grandview. Soon, identical murders take place in his hometown. Is there a copycat killer, or are the killers one in the same? Mace and his counterpart in the real world, Detective Donna Driver, search both on and offline for clues that will lead them to the serial killer. Will they be on time to stop him before he strikes again? Will Mace pay the ultimate price?

Renate Bergmann haut ab: Raus aus Berlin, rein in die vermeintliche Ruhe ins brandenburgische Spreeweide. Dort, wo Stefan, Ariane und die Kinder wohnen und der Alterswohnsitz auf Renate wartet. Kaum angekommen, gerät sie mit Bürgermeister Brummer aneinander. »Kandidieren Sie doch selbst!« muss man ihr nicht zweimal sagen. 82 Jahre hin oder her: Der Adenauer und Renate powern in diesem Alter erst richtig los. Deshalb hängt schon bald Renates Wahlplakat an jeder Dorflaterne. Ohne Raute zwar, aber mit schickem Blazer. Das Auge wählt schließlich mit!

I have this dream that, secretly, all teenage girls feel exactly like me. And maybe one day, when we realize that we all feel the same, we can all stop pretending we're something we're not... But until that day, I'm going to keep it real on this blog and keep it unreal in real life.' Penny has a secret. Under the alias Girl Online, Penny blogs her hidden feelings about friendship, boys, high school drama, her crazy family, and the panic attacks that have begun to take over her life.

FBI agent Jack Holland courted a death wish falling for Callie Lansing. Her friendship with Angelo Cabrini, son of a New Jersey mob boss, was not what it seemed. But Angelo’s death at the hands of Jack, even in self-defense, had disastrous consequences: Jack, now a wanted man and Callie, raising their son alone.

Living in a virtual game world sounds like the ultimate dream. Plenty of action, intrigue, and guess who gets to be the big hero? But what happens when that digital reality gets flipped on its head? Bad guys are after your sweet loot, your fancy title is loaded with unrealistic expectations, and achieving such a high level comes with a big fat target on your back. Something has to give, so when a new crusader faction rolls into town, Talon senses an opportunity.

With all my best friends off the market, it’s time that I, Tori Sussex, join them. So where better to find my future husband than the internet? It’s great. I get to get all the awkward stuff out of the way and already know if I’m going to like the guy before we meet in person. It’s a shame nothing's ever that simple. My relationship with Colton Lane, my best friend’s brother, is the very definition of complicated - dirty little no-strings-attached hookups we’ve somehow managed to keep secret from all our friends for the past six months.