Online Fiction

I have lived my whole life in the shadow of a magical secret being none the wiser.... I am nobody. I am nothing. That is what has run through my head since I was a small child. Freak. Garbage. I have been called it all and from my own flesh and blood. Finally, at 17, I am free, as free as a homeless teenager can be. I constantly move around, doing every job I can to make sure I at least have food to eat, and I am thankfully alone. I like it that way, and if it is up to me, it won't change. No one will ever get close enough to hurt me again.

There's never enough time to really enjoy life, not when you're Russian Weapons Engineer Vlad Nardoir. Vlad has done a number of things in his short time in Eldgard. He's helped capture an Imperial fortress, defeated a corrupted demigod, and created a Crafter's guild where all are welcome. But Vlad's greatest challenge is yet to come. With a timer counting down until the Vault of Souls changes locations, leaving him completely without a lead for its resting place, Vlad will need to battle against time, a powerful hidden evil, and his own internal darkness to destroy the vault in time.

Loss was nothing new to an orphan like Riley. But when the online persona he'd spent years building was ripped away by a monster with unbelievable power, everything changed. As a gamer who made a living from Sigil Online, losing his character meant losing his job and any means he had of paying his bills. Now, he had to start from the beginning, just like any other player joining Sigil Online for the first time. All the fame and fortune of a high-level character was gone.

Nachdem sein Spielstil nun allgemein bekannt ist und Aetherius’ älterer Bruder Magnitude hochleveligen Inhalt kontrolliert, ringt Damien darum, seine Relevanz in der sich rasch verändernden Welt von Saga Online zu behaupten. Damit er seine Bekanntheit wiedererlangen und Magnitudes wachsender Macht etwas entgegensetzen kann, muss Damien sich einer Quest stellen, die sein Level deutlich übersteigt. Wenn er Erfolg hat, wird sich sein Okkultisten-Charakter für alle Zeiten verändern.

Nun war es also so weit. Jetzt stand ich hier, am vereinbarten Treffpunkt und wartete. Ich hasse warten, aber ich bin ja auch viel zu früh hier. Wie mochte sie wohl aussehen, ich hatte überhaupt keine Vorstellung. Ich wusste nur ihren Namen: Karin. Aber trotzdem wusste ich schon so viel über sie. Sie teilte meine Vorliebe für erotische Geschichten und genauso hatten wir uns kennengelernt: In einer Newsgroup im Internet.

Noah Carver is still playing Sevenfold Sword Online, trying to find proof of the game's dangerous secret. Namely, that the game was built using dangerous technology taken from humanity's greatest enemy, technology that might give the enemy a way to return. But Carver hasn't found proof that will get the authorities to act. So when an old friend from the military offers help, Carver has no choice but to accept.

Dr. Liset Chen vowed to save her world from the Darklings' influence, but when divine will directs her to Ankara and the Fighting Pit of Kar'Kun—a coliseum that pits the Priest against monsters and other Travelers alike—she must win the tournament and successfully clear a dungeon rumored to be a gateway to Morsheim itself . . . one no team has returned from. With her lover on the rival team and only one respawn left, Liset must prove her conviction, leadership, and faith are enough to seize this last chance to eliminate a source of Darkling power, even if it risks her own damnation.

After rescuing a holy relic from Darklings, Liset the Blessed learns no good deed goes unpunished. The Temple of Areste has given her a day and a half to make a choice: be excommunicated for turning in the quest item or excommunicated for stealing it. Either way, she risks losing her hard-earned class as a Priestess of Gaia, and with it, her ability to heal the people of Viridian Gate Online.

Edwin Morris has been playing Sakarn Online almost his whole life. In fact, most people have. While he considers himself a skilled player, he never could really find the time to take his game to the next level and pay the bills. After he is finally pushed over the edge with his job at Burger Planet, Edwin stumbles upon a man representing a game company called Stratus Labs.

Renate Bergmann ist 82, vierfach verwitwet und fährt im Sommer quer durch die Stadt, um die Gräber ihrer Verflossenen zu gießen. Die restliche Zeit verbringt sie mit ihren besten Freundinnen Ilse und Gertrud, mit denen sie Schnäppchen jagt und sich bei fremden Beerdigungen durchfuttert. Als ihr Neffe ihr ein Smartphone schenkt, wagt sie sich in die Welt des "Onlein" und Internet – und unterhält bald tausende Fans mit ihren Weisheiten rund um Häkeldeckchen und Buttercremetorte.

Almost as exciting as the chance to have archeologist Brian Harris' dig sites modeled in an interactive virtual reality is the chance to alpha-test the newest Terramyr Online game for the company providing the tech. The arrangement is simple, test the game, play the main storyline, and report any glitches. In return, the game's main designer will render fully virtual models of the dig sites that will not only ensure Brian's successful graduation but set him up for life as he uncovers the secrets hidden within a trio of ancient Chilean volcanoes.

Bilda FOH Smartown has the biggest civilization in Avila. He brings in billions in ad revenue. Everything is branded. For instance, you can partake of a foamy ale in the Troll and Tourniquet pub - sponsored by Texatron Auto-air, the cheapest deals on the best air cars - or pull the lever at the High Summer Hangings - courtesy of Blue Bird Neon. Perhaps you’d like to sponsor a battle and ride with the fiercest centaurs, or hire a bard and seduce a princess. Everything and anything has a price tag in Bilda’s empire. Revenue is king, and coincidently, so is Bilda.

Now a Level 10 ronin, Seiki is slowly coming to terms with the death of Master Tsujihara and his new life in Shinshioka. Spending his days in the Wilderness, he’s venting his remaining frustration while staying away from the city drama and those griefers, like the Rogami Clan, who had made his in-game experience so challenging thus far. He has even taken up a trade skill. But when he’s presented with an offer he can’t refuse and accepts a simple mission to deliver a message to Kano Castle, he quickly finds his troubles are only just beginning.

Jennifer Jane Watson has spent the past 10 Christmases in a maximum security prison. The last thing she expects is to get early parole along with a job on a secluded Canadian cattle ranch serving Christmas holiday dinners to three of the sexiest cowboys she's ever met! Rafe, Brady, and Dan thought they were getting a male ex-con to help out around their secluded ranch. The last thing they expect is an attractive and very appealing woman fresh out of prison. In the snowbound wilds of Northern Ontario, female companionship is rare. It's a good thing the three men like to share...

The year is 2043. God and Satan are dining at a cute little Italian trattoria in Purgatory, when Satan challenges God to a wager: At stake is whether Good or Evil will prevail in the world. Both antagonists will choose someone on earth to compete in a winner-take-all athletic competition. If God’s choice wins, Good will prevail forever. If Satan’s choice wins…. They select tennis as the ideal crucible in which to have this ultimate mano-a-mano sporting test of physical skills and inner strength.

Sex, guns, and a whole lot of chaotic fun fill the pages of this, the complete Echo Online trilogy, as we follow Buck go from the unassuming life of a single slightly nerdy chef to the polygamous hero of the virtual world Echo Online.

Kevin Matthews, a ten-year air force vet and PVP VR player, is dead. Whether it was murder or by accident, it no longer matters to him. You deal with what’s in front of you. He has now been reborn as an Orc in the VRMMO Avarice Online. Here, he must prove himself among the ranks of Ulgo Clan of orcs. Lead his lost clan-mates through the deep dark of the Undercaverns back home. Then claim a class of his own.

Virtual Dive technology is coming out of the workplace and into homes. Nigmus Online is the first MMO to use this new device. The only caveat to the game: There is no manual. The only instruction the player gets is how to interact with the user interface. That's it. Nobody is going to hold their hand or give out rare items. Players begin life as a level-zero commoner. It's entirely up to them what class they become.

Can Dahlia, Madi, and Alysand recruit an army powerful enough to stop the plans of a malicious deity? Having saved Quinn and the town of Taelman's Pond, Dahlia finds herself whisked away into another battle in this endless war. She discover more about her in-game lineage as a half blood. She must win over the wood elves and help them fight off the Karinoth, the dark elves who call to her blood. Madi makes her own plans, teaming up with Shin as they discover secrets long forgotten. It will be up to her, and her big bear, to win over Marianor's biggest allies.

A hundred million on-line players with thousands of choices, but everyone knows there's only one game: Infinite Reality. When a judge declares it a monopoly, the co-creators become competitors and then very quickly become murder victims with one thing in common: they were all online when they died. Everything points to the sole-surviving creator, Atticus Arching. When the FBI can't find Arching in the real world, they send Agent Daniel Roan and his team to the other side to track him down, only to find out that the game is more than just a game and Arching is more than just a computer programmer. He's the most dangerous person in two worlds and can kill in both.