The discovery of the Dark Matter Network changed everything. Travel beyond the Solar System in seconds was made possible, and the world became powered by dark energy, refined by cities called the Constellations that orbit Earth. But when a rogue group, the Addicted, harnessed the energy for evil, decades of war ensued. Now, the Addicted gain the upper hand and are positioned to wipe out the Constellations and their allies on Earth. As humanity's last hope, the Constellations turn to Edwin, a boy who fled Earth years ago and is living on the Constellations as an exoplanet diver, traveling the Milky Way in search of a new home. There's only one problem: Edwin doesn't know why he's been selected. Along with his friends, Edwin is thrust into an adventure of self-discovery, where he must confront a past he's tried to forget and find the right path ahead, for himself and humankind. This is the story of the Constellations' child.

In the Ten Provinces, creativity is illegal, empathy is dangerous, and logic is a lost art. Just by existing, sixteen-year-old Jenny Young is committing a crime. A crime punishable by death. She's part of a secret society of genius rebels who dare to be creative under the crushing oppression of Criterion, the supercomputer running the country. When a sudden betrayal blows her family's cover, they have to take off without warning, leaving Jenny frightened, homeless, and a stranger to the world she thought she was a part of for so long. Now, Jenny must form new alliances, trust her wits, and learn what it truly means to be human in this fast-paced thriller-romance about family, empathy, and finding where you belong. The Rebel Code is one part action adventure, one part coming-of-age story, and one part teen romance, all told in a thrilling cyberpunk road-trip that will have you on the edge of your seat.

He couldn't sleep. She couldn't stay awake. What do these two completely different teenagers have in common? They both fell victim to the treacherous clutches of a sleep disorder. Follow the romantic story of Nathan and Grace as they learn the truth about love, self acceptance, life and ultimately, death. This is my first story so please be nice! I'm open to any constructive criticism and advice :) Highest Ranking: #1 in "mental" , "mentaldisorder" and "skateboarding" & #2 in "illness", "hospital" , "sleep" , "freementalillness" and "mentalillness" [book cover by @sweetsiilence]

**CURRENTLY A FEATURED STORY** highest ranking: #11 in Science fiction ❝true happiness is only achieved without freedom. There is a girl who wakes to a world that she was supposed to protect. Instead, she fights it. There is a man who is cursed with the ability to dream. A glass city is their cage, a city filled to the brim with unanimity and order, a paradise on an earth laid to waste by an artificial snowstorm. Sunlight filters through the glass buildings and through glass walls, pierces glass floors. It illuminates the city square when it is strongest at noon, surrounded by a huddled mass of citizens, all as perfect as the city they inhabit. And they all think: everything is as it should be. And it is. Or, it was. -- long live perfection.❞ (c)sarahgaier2016 #diverselit | #LoveEqualsLove | #helpfightcliches | #freethelgbtq | #badassreads check out my Science Fiction novella, Sector-33, here! https://www.wattpad.com/story/62174094-sector-33

~ AVAILABLE ON AMAZON: https://www.amazon.com/dp/164434193X ~ She hated riding the subway. It was cramped, smelled, and the seats were extremely uncomfortable to sit on for hours on end. Now add a group of crazy mask-wearing, weapon-wielding, maniacs to the ever growing list of reasons why Gemma hated riding the subway. Gemma Conners is your average eighteen year old and for the past two years she's been riding the subway to and from school with no problem. She always expected the same ol' same ol'. Cramped spaces, hard seats, and perverts staring her up and down and "accidentally" bumping into her and blaming it on the train as it jostled people into one another. Never did she expect a group of masked men to rush in and hold everyone onboard hostage, demanding that they all play along with their sick and twisted idea of a "game". It was either that or die. To add on to her ever growing list of problems, one of the passengers onboard just so happens to be Archer Daniels, your typical high school "heartthrob" and Gemma's classmate. Her day just kept getting better and better. With Gemma's luck, she'd be lucky if she lasted five minutes. Yep. She really hated the subway. *Book Cover Credit: Irah Marie* Thanks again for making such an AMAZING cover!❤️

Friday Flash Fiction is exactly what it sounds like - flash fiction that comes out every Friday. This is a new writing exercise that I'm trying. I take a random photo and tell a story about it in roughly 500 words. It's not easy, it's not always good, but I thought I would share with you readers in case you need something quick and easy to read every week. Most of the photos are sci-fi with elements of horror. So I hope you enjoy them! *** flash, fiction, flashfiction, scifi, fantasy, short, shortstory, fff, flashfictionfriday, horror, scary, wattpad, wattpadstars, watts2019, space, aliens, beasts

Going through my pictures, I went to the one that I had just taken, and the phone slowly slipped out of my grasp. What had escaped my notice before is that the couch I had taken the picture on was against a window, which showed the backyard of the house. But in this picture, it wasn't an empty backyard. No, behind my smiling face was another one, outside the window. It was his face. Covered with a black ski mask, watching me. *** All 19-year-old Layna wanted to do was forget about the guy that broke her heart, and move on with her new boyfriend Brian. But instead, she unwittingly attracted the attention of a stalker. Someone who had been watching her every move for a month, plotting and planning for the perfect moment when he could take her. What Layna never would have expected was that when he finally kidnaps her, she would have to undergo "The Test". The Test that the girls before her had gone through. The one they failed, and payed heavily for. Will she pass The Test or will she die like the others?

Acia Wisson ist einer der berühmtesten Gladiatoren Patrias - das Deutschland des 23. Jahrhunderts. In dieser modernen Kultur nach dem Vorbild des alten Roms werden wieder Gladiatorenkämpfe in der Arena ausgetragen und wer gewinnt, wird vom Publikum gefeiert und reich belohnt. Doch Acia hat ganz andere Gründe, in der Arena anzutreten. Um Geld für die Behandlung ihrer todkranken Schwester zu verdienen, trainiert sie hart und riskiert jeden Tag ihr eigenes Leben - und das nicht nur in der Arena. Denn Acia ist ein Mädchen. Und es ist nur Männern erlaubt, Gladiatoren zu sein. ACHTUNG: Nur eine Leseprobe. Das vollständige Buch ist beim Wreaders Verlag erschienen und sowohl als eBook als auch als Taschenbuch überall im Handel erhältlich. :) Das wundervolle Cover stammt von @MuffinsBlood für den Wreaders Verlag

Against many people's fears and warnings, A.I. started off as an innocent project spawned by the curiosities of scientists and tech entrepreneurs alike. It eventually evolved into a complete robot uprising. It has been 5 years since the Automation War has ended. Billions of lives have been lost and disrupted. Society hardly resembles that which we once knew. The remaining survivors have attempted to pick up the pieces of their once shattered lives. Learning from their mistakes of the past, A.I. has been outlawed and strict measures are in place to protect the human species from extinction. Out of the rubble, a new government has formed and risen to power. They call themselves The Shadow - a group of anonymous hackers who control every aspect of civilization. They monitor its citizens through chip implants, which measure every aspect of their lives from their happiness, productivity, and overall contribution to society, etc. Low performers are systematically round up, and shipped off to be executed. In a hyper-connected world where every move is tracked and even predicted, nine strangers must figure out how to stop this group and restore order in the world. *** A cyberpunk thriller set in a futuristic world. AI, artificialintelligence, brainimplants, dystopian, genetics, modification, prodigy, scifi, tech, technology, underground, geneticengineering, DNA, computers, readtogether...

„Spiel deine Rolle, sonst ist dein Film ein für alle mal zu Ende." Gerade als Jane Enfield glaubt ein neues Leben beginnen zu können, holen sie schreckliche Alpträume zurück auf den Boden der Tatsachen. Ihre Vergangenheit lässt ihr keine Ruhe. Sie beginnt Nachforschungen über eine mysteriöse Persönlichkeitsstörung anzustellen, bei der die Betreffenden glauben ihr Leben werde rund um die Uhr gefilmt. Diese bringen sie nach Chainston, einer verschlafenen Kleinstadt. Als sie beginnt der Erkrankung auf die Spur zu kommen, trifft sie auf die Kinobesitzerin des Cesars Theatres - eine alte Bekannte, die Jane hoffte niemals in ihrem Leben wieder begegnen zu müssen. Für Jane beginnt eine Hetzjagd quer durch Chainston und durch ihre eigene Vergangenheit.