Projection Bias

A young man of manifest destiny wrangles with the world in pursuit of a vision of love.

Asks the Dream (Science Fiction - Novel Excerpt)

1984. New Amsterdam, a city on Variant 23, also known as Earth. Cara and Charity are an adolescent yin and yang in every way, from the color of their hair, to their taste in fashion. But they do have one thing in common, one thing that sets them apart from all others in a world ruled by an intergalactic corporation op...

The Penteract Factor (Science Fiction - Short Story)

Max Allan’s déjà-vu leads to a comprehensive reality re-write. "The Penteract Factor" appears in the short story collection Night Alleys, recently published by Paranoia Press. "The Penteract Factor" © James C. Stewart 2014

The Wasonica Correction (Science Fiction - Short Story)

After experimenting with altered states of consciousness, a botanist finds himself in contact with a university student 41 years in the future. "The Wasonica Correction" first appeared in The Fifth Science Fiction Megapack (Wildside Press 2012). It can also be found in the short story collection Night Alleys, recently...

Tomoko's Case

Tomoko in her early twenties is always trying to find a different ways to lose weight. One night, she happens to watch an informercial about a particular kind of implant put in dogs which can suppress their desire to chew things. A light bulb goes off in Tomoko's head and she embarks on most daring procedure of her...

Plato's Bastards (Science Fiction - Short Story)

Reality bleeds have unpredictable side effects at a local department store. "Plato's Bastards" first appeared in The Fourth Science Fiction Megapack (Wildside Press 2012). It can also be found in the short story collection Shivering on Acid, recently published by Paranoia Press. "Plato's Bastards" © James C. Stewart 2...

8•15

Sometimes, a certain combination of numbers you encounter in everyday life intrigue you, because they seem too much of a coincidence. In this case the numbers are 8.15. What's 8.15 got to do with anything? 8:15, August 15th, Are these numbers cursed or blessed? It all starts with a long distance call to a public phone...

Algorithm - Book 1 - The Medallion

A young boy, Adam, discovers a gold medallion in a lump of coal. He keeps it as a curious good luck piece for the next twenty years, until as a scientist, he discovers it contains a message and is clearly alien. Join Adam and his colleague, Linda, as they embark upon an adventure of revelation, ultimately giving up al...

Victor Hart: Volume 1 (winner of 1st prize Litarium Steampunk Competition)

In a Futurist-Victorian London, Ex-Carnie Victor Hart makes his living as a dinner party entertainer and mountebank, using the skills taught to him by his Romani mother – the Patterns. When tragedy strikes a wealthy friend, Victor Hart puts his skills to use in an alternative manner. This Steampunk London has its fair...

The MaddAddam Trilogy: The Story So Far

Bringing together "Oryx and Crake" and "The Year of the Flood," this thrilling conclusion to Margaret Atwood's speculative fiction trilogy points toward the ultimate endurance of community, and love. Months after the Waterless Flood pandemic has wiped out most of humanity, Toby and Ren have rescued their friend Amanda...

Year of the Flood (MaddAddam Trilogy, #2)

The long-awaited new novel from Margaret Atwood. The Year of the Flood is a dystopic masterpiece and a testament to her visionary power. The times and species have been changing at a rapid rate, and the social compact is wearing as thin as environmental stability. Adam One, the kindly leader of the God's Gardeners—a r...

Oryx and Crake (MaddAddam Trilogy, #1)

This is Margaret Atwood at the absolute peak of her powers. For readers of "Oryx and Crake," nothing will ever look the same again. The narrator of Atwood's riveting novel calls himself Snowman. When the story opens, he is sleeping in a tree, wearing an old bedsheet, mourning the loss of his beloved Oryx and his best...

Irkadura

"My mama became a catfish when I was two, on the day I stopped talking." Neglected since birth by her mother, Irina Myshko hasn't spoken a word for most of her short Soviet life. Outcast as a mute idiot and abused by her mother's boyfriends, she escapes into an alternate reality where true natures show and people are...

Intro to Cell Phone Novel Network

Your one stop location on Wattpad for everything about our Cell Phone Novel Network account, our programming, and cell phone novels 「ケータイ小説」 from Japan: what they are, where they come from, how to write one in English, who else is writing one, samples and excerpts and more!

STAR WARS: HERALD OF FURY

Anakin and Owen are the proud heirs of Skywalker Enterprises, the leading corporation on planet Rodia. When traitors attack their family's corporation, the Skywalkers find themselves in a desperate fight for survival. Their only hope lies with a Jedi Knight, Ben Kenobi, and his hastily assembled force of Republic cra...

The Sorcery Code by Dima Zales and Anna Zaires

From the internationally bestselling authors who brought you the Krinar Chronicles comes a captivating tale of intrigue, love, and danger in a world where sorcery is entwined with science . . . Once a respected member of the Sorcerer Council and now an outcast, Blaise has spent the last year of his life working on a s...

Rimwick

"The night is totally black, now, except for the guardian light of the street lamps. No one is out besides me. I fold my arms, missing my army jacket's warmth, and head home quickly. It's dangerous to be out at night. But I don't run. If you run in Rimwick, something chases you." There are two rules in the small town...

Espresso Love (A Dystopian Japan Novel) #Wattys2014

In Tokyo, where the System siphons thought, emotions & memories, a literature student meets a strange psychic girl and they embark on an escape from mindless agents, dream worlds and reality itself, in a soul-searching journey for love, for identity and what it means to be human. But all that remains is a peculiar cof...

Broken Elements (Elements #1)

"It's happening again, Aidan. We didn't stop it, after all." As an elemental, Aidan Brook holds the power of water at her fingertips. A descendant of the earth's oldest magic, she can cause tides to ebb and flow, put out house fires without calling 911, and give anyone who's annoying her an impromptu shower...

Insight

Cursed with the chains of an empath insight and vivid dreams, Willow Haywood has learned to live her life on the defense. Her world shatters when an ominous figure in her dreams leaves behind an omen that follows her into her waking hours. As Willow learns the beautifully dark secrets of her life she has no choice bu...

The Dragon Oracles. Part One: The Call of the Crown. (Sample)

The Dragon Oracles THE NEW EPIC FANTASY SAGA A continent on the brink of war. A journey to save a kingdom. Forced onto a path he does not wish to follow, a young man finds himself the focus of ancient powers. When Gialyn accompanies his father on a dangerous trek across their homeland, he attracts the gaze of an ancie...

Rosehead

Misunderstood and overmedicated, twelve-year-old Lilith Bloom finds the prospect of a grand family reunion decidedly dull... That is, until she discovers that the rose garden surrounding her grandfather's Berlin mansion is, well, completely and utterly carnivorous. Armed with Panther, her talking pet whippet, and the...

Cold Fire [SAMPLE]

[NOW PUBLISHED ON AMAZON! You can buy it here: http://bit.ly/ColdFireBUY] [*SAMPLE ONLY* LAST 10 CHAPTERS REMOVED] [A Wattpad featured novel] Melissa has a rare, undiagnosed disease, or so say the doctors that did tests on her for half of her life. She doesn't need a medical certificate to tell her that she's differen...