Virtual Reality Fiction

Otherland is a realm of the imagination where anything can happen, a triumph of technology, a virtual world of enormous complexity and possibility. But Otherland is owned and controlled by a secret cartel, The Grail Brotherhood, whose motives remain shrouded in mystery. Trapped in this extraordinary world, the quest of a small band of companions to unlock the secrets of Otherland is running perilously short of time. For the Brotherhood has finally set the date for the Ceremony when they will make their bid for immortality. The journey will lead them through a strangely unfinished land and an endlessly labyrinthine house.

A five-story anthology about the perils and promises facing mankind as we rush headlong into an uncertain future, rife with corporate immorality, infectious disease, overpopulation, and unchecked technological advances. VOICE OF REASON - A megacity councilman finds himself embroiled in a terrorist plot, but soon comes to realize he's been on the wrong side when the personality highjacking his computerized brain reveals the true corruption behind the powers that be. MAIL FROM THE UNINFECTED - The last sane survivor of a town's brain chip experiment, meant to usher in a new era of human ...

Daniel Monroe is just an average kind of guy until he gets a job at Serendipity Antiques, a shop that specializes in finding items no one else can. It isn't long before the store's owner, Jaspar Cummings, lets Monroe in on a secret – Cummings is a able to travel in time. And what's more, he will soon give Monroe the device that makes it possible. The trouble is, there is more to traveling in time than twisting a few dials.

A man, an AI, a world to restore. Oswald lives in a world of isolation, as do the remnant of humanity. Their only interactions occur using their Personal Reality machines. They have an hour each month to enjoy the outside air. When Oswald accidently overstays his hour, he meets another human, Faye, in real life for the first time. As they experience the difference of physically interacting in person, they question why they must live as they do. Determined to meet whoever controls their lives, Oswald and Faye embark on a trek of discovery to find this mysterious being. As they struggle to ...

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.

The Future is Scary! Anthony’s marriage to Susan is unraveling. She’s cold, distant, and always away on long business trips. What Anthony sees as a fading love is just the surface of something far more ominous. Beneath the cracks in their relationship lies a much larger truth—one that goes beyond their personal struggles. At Norworld, a tech giant revolutionizing the future, artificial intelligence promises to eliminate pain and extend life. But the price of progress may be more terrifying than anyone imagined.

SHE ESCAPED ONE WORLD — ONLY TO WATCH ANOTHER FALL APART. After stepping through the portal, Jessica Chao finds herself stranded in a reality on the edge of collapse — a post-apocalyptic Earth ravaged by runaway climate change. With humanity splintered into desperate factions, survival is a daily battle... and returning home feels impossible. But Jessica’s fiercest enemy may not be the wasteland around her — it may be the war inside her own mind. Haunted by anxiety and crippling self-doubt, she struggles to stay afloat as chaos reigns. When a new, hidden threat emerges — one ...

Endless Return is a bold reimagining of The Loop, crafted to offer a more immersive and accessible experience while staying true to the original story’s core themes of discovery, mystery, and transformation. In this refined version, the narrative is clearer, its philosophical depth more approachable, and its mysteries more intricately woven into the journey. While The Loop challenged readers with its complexity, Endless Return invites them into a more fluid and engaging exploration of the unknown. This speculative and philosophical fiction takes readers on an unforgettable voyage to the ...

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? ...

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. ...

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.

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...

Th microchips have taken control! Why have the microchips in Deacon’s neighborhood—chips in traffic signals, ATM machines, mobile phones, and cars---started to communicate with Deacon? Do they just want to help him out, to get free ice cream, good grades, or the occasional day off from school. No, the Chip Network wants much more from him and many other children in Silicon Valley whose parents work for high-tech companies.

Tyler’s life has hit a wall. Stuck in a mundane job in London, he finds himself floating high above it all, literally clinging to a giant balloon. As he gazes down, he spots a sea of fellow dreamers also lost in their own thoughts. In a moment of clarity, he decides to break free from his dull routine and embark on a quest for meaning—grappling with big questions about life, death, and the elusive spark of magic that seems to have vanished from his world. Meanwhile, in a charming yet weathered Georgian house in Yorkshire, Molly’s life takes an unexpected turn when she meets a ...

Betrayals and shifting alliances among the Breachers incites the Second Anarch to accelerate his plans. A sudden increase in aggression places the Servators at a disadvantage as they struggle to address their growing vulnerability. Separated by distance and circumstance, Leviticus's friends work in the background, proving themselves invaluable as they develop inventive new defensive measures that they hope will counter the looming threat. As Leviticus masters his own unique abilities, he discovers a closely held secret. History is repeating itself on countless other worlds and one of them ...

Chaos threatens the world as the Breachers gain ascendancy. Extermination of the Servators is well under way and the remnant gathers at their final refuge, prepared to make a last stand. A small hope remains as Leviticus searches the journals of the Levigators. If he can reclaim the knowledge of his predecessors he might prevent disaster — his power means nothing if he can't find the answers he seeks. A storm is brewing and Leviticus must decide if he should take a desperate gamble.

Time kills all things. Even the gods. That’s why they interfere so much. Three dreamers, manipulated and used by the gods to play with fate and shape reality. But as each becomes aware of their role, they are recruited into an unseen war, and taught how to fight back. Together they struggle to protect their timelines and resist those that use mortals as their playthings. Each from a different reality, they must fight to protect what is theirs. Only first they have to survive. There are others who think them heretics and will try to stop them at all costs!

Can one person change a reality? Her father killed because of the color of his skin. Harassed by the mercenaries hired to control their streets. The county run at the whim of the billionaire oligarchs. Nadia is living the American nightmare. Even sleep offers no escape as her waking dreams transport her to a past reality where she is being groomed to manipulate fate. Worse than her own reality, she is trapped by an unknown entity in a different kind of nightmare where any hope of escape seems impossible. But she begins to realize she isn’t alone or powerless, that there are others like ...

Can one person save a reality? London, present day. Airships pass overhead on their way north to the capital, Jorvik. Ships of the Great Fleet load at the busy docks, preparing for the voyage across the Western Ocean to the Far Settlements. The clang of Scandinavian steel still rings out and as you turn a corner, you’re likely to bump into Odin, Thor, or Loki. Jakob thinks his world is safe, but it isn’t. Something needs finishing for his present to come to pass, and he has been chosen to do it. The gods don’t just stand by. Just as the sagas and the ancient stories tell, they like to...

Mara Lantern pursues her nemesis—and her friends—into a strange world of dreams where thought creates reality and imagination drives exotic technology. To save two worlds—one physical, the other ethereal—she must embrace a new concept of metaphysics, one that is steam-powered. -------- Join Mara Lantern and her companions in a seven-volume science fiction adventure through reality, time and space, where they encounter everything from steampunk dream worlds to artificial humans, from dragons to disembodied spirits, where metaphysics is science and magic is just one belief from coming...