Virtual Reality Fiction

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.

Shifters. Psychic detectives. Time travel. Enter the world of Jaxon Reed's short fiction. A world of science fiction and fantasy, with visits to and from other realms and realities. A land where lonely empaths are forced to take unheralded moral stands, and orphans must fight evil with only their wits. Where time travelers meet in the past to recruit their ancestors, and bend the rules to find solutions to personal problems. Where criminals are offered opportunities to help scientists delve into the mysteries of the afterlife . . . if they are willing. Enter the world of Quantum Magic.

Murph lives on an ocean liner which has been set down in the corn fields of Kansas. He works as a security op and plays dangerous games in a virtual reality called Way Out. But Murph is lonely and wants to meet his online lover, Cat, in person. But who is Cat, exactly, and what secret is she keeping from Murph?

James Halloway and Ranjeet Srinivasa are the founders of Aethereum Enterprises, the world’s leading technology firm. Jim and Ranjeet have spent their careers designing, building, and selling novel machine cores and upgraded neural learning programming suites, creating smart software to improve or supplant human capabilities, and inventing innovative analytical solutions. But these businesses are but means to this end. What they really want is to create a computer that can produce novel insights and understanding, a machine capable of generating new thoughts. And not just any thoughts, but...

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.

This is a Steampunk adventure in a steampunk world, adventure, action space quest. “Pa” Captain Simmons Captain and owner of the finest Ship hauling “Junk” to various parts of the known galaxies Mollie is a girl who is a fine master of all space engines, especially the old antique steam harnessed ones. John Cavanaugh, a man who came out of nowhere and is suddenly an important part of the crew. Doug Sapling, a man who is so in love with Mollie, he will fall her through the universe if need be. Maude, a warrior from another time perhaps, but insists John so adds to the list. Various ...

Rick's friend Kelly has been begging him to be a part of her tech start up for months, but Rick's not sure he believes the incredible claims being presented to him. Is it really worth losing his cushy job to pursue a virtual reality concept that seems impossible? Rick finally agrees to come over and test the product, but when Kelly accidently ends up plugging him into her private gangbang simulation, Rick takes on an even more immersive experience than he bargained for!