Online Fiction

Clever or lucky? Does it really matter if you’re still alive? Having survived sure death, Horus and his friends barely have time to breathe before they rush off to face the impossible again. It’s for a good cause. Finding really nice guy’s long-missing son is something you kind of have to do right away. It’s just good manners. There’s less guilt, and your mom won’t nag you as much afterward.

Being murdered. Not so great. Waking up in your least-favorite game afterwards...While trying to figure what the whole “sword” thing is all about and which end of it he’s supposed to point at the cuddly, woodland creatures who keep giving him owies, Lucas stumbles across a player who looks rather familiar. Is he the man who murdered him? If he is, why is he in the game, and how can Lucas make him pay for what he did? Worse yet, Lucas’s pretty sure he left the stove and the air on before the whole getting murdered thing. Worst day ever.

In the game, the people of Tamernil live under the harsh rule of a vile bureaucrat, and Bokta - an outcast blood witch practicing forbidden magic - has a bold plan to save them all. She'll need to summon a powerful demon, one she's been watching through a scrying mirror for years. There's just one hitch: the mighty demon she's been watching isn't real. He's a character in Realm of Crafted War, and the man behind the keyboard is a far cry from a savior.

In the bleak, not-too-distant future, most people who could fled to the virtual reality OVR World Online. Zachary "Zee" Jones will never be able to afford to become a player of the game. After committing a crime in order to save his mother's life, he was arrested and included in the Inmate Player Program. Even without perception filters to limit his pain, it was better than the alternative. He has the opportunity to earn more money in a five-year sentence then he could have in his entire life as a hospital janitor.

Jack was enjoying life as a broke snowboarding instructor in Lake Tahoe until an accident happened. Due to a hospital mix up, his life takes a novel turn, and he ends up inside New Lands Online...as its first ever digital human. He never signed up to be the main character in an ultra-realistic virtual-reality game where bodily functions are as real as can be and he has to learn new skills to survive.

Hall dachte, er wüsste alles über das Spiel, aber er findet jeden Tag heraus, wie anders die Dinge in dieser neuen, kaputten Version von Sky Realms Online sind. Es gibt neue Spielelemente, neue Feinde und sogar neue Orte. Nachdem er seinen ersten Boss-Kampf nur knapp überlebt hat, findet sich Hall an einem dieser neuen Orte wieder. Er ist zum Anführer eines verfallenen und isolierten Dorfes namens Skara Brae, tief inmitten von feindlichem Gebiet, geworden.

Anpu hat unsere unerschrockenen Helden damit beauftragt, den nächsten Teil des Verschlingers aus den Tiefen der Verbotenen Hügelgräber zu bergen, aber der Zugang zum Dungeon unterliegt strengen Regeln. Um überhaupt eine Audienz bei den Elfenpriestern zu bekommen, die ihnen ihre Hilfe versprochen haben, muss ausreichend Ansehen erworben werden. Jedoch hält eine große Spielergilde die meisten der verfügbaren Quests zurück, um Ansehen zu erlangen - das wird also eine verdammt harte Sache.

Alle Jahre wieder... weihnachtet es sehr! Für gelungene Festtage braucht es einen Braten, einen Baum, Geschenke und das eine oder andere Schnäpperken. Doch was, wenn die Frau Tochter auf einer veganen Weihnachtsente besteht, der Baum von Gunter schräg gesägt ist und dann auch noch die Wolle für die obligatorischen Topflappen ausgeht? Renate Bergmanns herrlich komische Weihnachtsgeschichten lassen kein Auge trocken bleiben. Die Online-Omi kocht, backt und wirbelt was das Zeug hält, und sogar ein Krippenspiel ist drin.

Since leaving the orphanage, Esil has spent the past year toiling in the data mines of Pangea while watching the wealthy elite traverse its myriad of game worlds. His luck changes forever when he discovers a legendary Developer's Chest. The Premium Worldpass inside grants him unlimited access to all of Pangea. Now, Esil isn't just stuck watching as others explore Pangea. He can finally level up. With his newfound fortune, he enters a tournament to compete against some of the most skilled adventurers Pangea has to offer.

Entriss Online was Ian's life: by day, as one of their lead developers; by night, gaming as the accomplished Mandorf the Wizard. Now, they are shutting down the game, and Ian has no way to stop them. After years of leveling up, both professionally and personally, everything he has worked for is going to end. His goggles-and-gloves virtual reality MMORPG is being replaced with Everyworld Online, a next-gen game that provided full immersion so players can experience a world that looks and feels real.

Cassidy Delgado knows every lurid inch of Interstellar Online. But the brilliant software architect behind it all bristles at an update forcing her to respec as an unfamiliar class. And when a rogue AI bot goes on a rampage, she’d better master her new abilities or die trying.

Sky Realms Online ist das größte und beliebteste Virtual-Reality-MMORPG aller Zeiten. Es spielt auf den mystischen schwebenden Inseln von Hankarth und jede Stunde genießen es Millionen von Spielern. Bis etwas schief geht.

Things in the Vale of Dreams are...complicated. Anpu has tasked our intrepid heroes with recovering the next piece of the Devourer from the depths of the Forbidden Barrows, but entry to the dungeon is heavily regulated.

Madison only joined the Koyesta Online's early access because her brother begged her. Of course, the fact that they're awarding brand-new cryptocurrency to the early players for in-game actions might have something to do with it too. Thrust inside the world's most immersive fantasy VRMMORPG, Madison, her brother, and two cousins find themselves in some backwater little town. Determined to make the most of it, they set out on a series of adventures and stumble upon hidden ruins and a secret quest capable of reshaping the face of the game before it's even been officially released.

Eine geheimnisvolle Einladung. Ein mörderisches Turnier. Das Schicksal der Welt hängt von einem Beschwörer und seinem Elementargeist auf Level 1 ab. Clay hat eine neue Klasse freigeschaltet und wurde ausgewählt, am berüchtigten Beschwörerturnier von Solmini teilzunehmen. Keine große Sache, abgesehen von der Sterblichkeitsrate der Teilnehmer.

Es ist schon Wochen her, dass Hall und seine neu gegründete Gilde, die Breakridge Freischärler, nach Skara Brae zurückgekehrt sind. Das Dorf wächst weiter, steht aber jeden Tag vor neuen Herausforderungen. Mit dem Erreichen eines neuen Levels erhält Hall neue Quests und führt die Breakridge Freischärler auf ihre erste Dungeon-Reise in einem aktualisierten Sky Realms Online.

Das ZERO-Virus breitet sich weiter über den Erdball aus. Für Clay Hopewell und seine Freunde bedeutet das eine noch größere Gefahr als je zuvor.

Cassidy Delgado's anger burns with the fire of a thousand virtual suns. Forced out of her dream job, the architect of Interstellar Online resorts to sneaking into her own gaming software to find her old crewmates. But when a crucial millionaire investor at her new gig goes missing in-game, she launches after him to save her own future. Using each spare minute to hunt through the digital world, the hair on the back of her neck raises when AIs begin contacting her IRL.

Endlich steht der Advent an, und die Online-Omi freut sich auf eine gemütliche Zeit mit Gänsebraten, "Sissi" und allem, was dazugehört. Aber wie immer kommt es anders. Kaum brennt die erste Kerze auf dem Kranz, geht alles drunter und drüber. Stromausfall, kein fließendes Wasser – und dann versucht Tochter Kirsten auch noch, mit der Deutschen Bahn anzureisen! Nie hätte Renate gedacht, dass am Ende die ganze Hausgemeinschaft in ihrer Wohnstube sitzen und zusammen Weihnachten feiern würde. Es wird ein ganz besonderes Fest, das kann man wohl sagen. Aber das alles erzählt Ihnen Renate am besten selbst!

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.