A gateway to a long-awaited, always-online virtual island (an 'Autonomous World' or 'Permaworld') has opened for those who've found a key. This includes Dan Harvester, a guy who lives in a run-down apartment with his cat and runs a gaming channel. He's almost done playing and testing VR games, but this one could be his final chance to - truly - level up. What can it promise to him, and all its very first 'pioneers'? 'Fountellion'...is said to be 'natural' game-world, a N.E.P. world (Naturally-Evolving PermaWorld) full of artificial life that mimics the laws of our own natural world, with its shaping force of evolution. The game promises to be more than an open-world survival experience, for there are seven 'Insights' scattered and every player can find their own path to them. How much will Dan be changed, by his own search? A game-within-a-game or a simulated homage to the natural world? A complete vision of a 'metaverse' design which overgrows or salvages addicted players? There is only one way to find out: Tune in and experience Dan's 'avalogs'. For only by completing them and the fragments from the development, may you too discover the vision and legacy of 'Fountellion'... Notes: Please be aware this is speculative sci-fi, and includes outlines for an actual game-world within the story. The project is also decentralised and open source. Website is: https://ade-m-campbell.gitbook.io/fountellion-in-the-spiral-origin-nfts/ Interested in nature games and dev? Please get involved, on Twitter etc... Read also the prequel: 'In THE SPIRAL: Connected Stories & Fragments from a Virtual Future.' And in 2023: 'Through Fountellion: A Personal Story of an 'Ultimate' Game'.... Talk to Greenwise CHATBOT.... the AI / NPC himself via 'Character . AI' and POE.....

---HIGHEST RANKING #17 IN FANTASY--- At the official release of the first-ever fully immersive Virtual Reality, an unnamed cyber-terrorist has hacked into the main software of the game. Players are not able to log out and return to reality, and are stuck within the fantasy fighting game. With no way to warn the outside world and no way to escape, 100 thousand players are to meet the cyber-terrorist's quota by beating the entire game. Not only must they kill millions of monsters and thousands of bosses, but they must slay all of the 30 demigods and the 12 literal god-like raid bosses. Upon that, there is no respawning. Death crosses both realms of the game and reality. Follow the journey of Ben Even, his friends, and thousands of other players as they form and strengthen friendships, display the full extent of the human spirit, and realize the importance of hope while Even battles his demons from the past, guilt of the present, and anxiety for the future. RATED TEEN Content is generally suitable for ages 13 and up. May contain violence, suggestive themes, crude humor, minimal blood, simulated gambling and/or infrequent use of strong language. All images not belonging to me or not edited by me are protected by the Fair Use Act

Mason Marks is a screw up. Every day is a struggle to cough up enough money for rent, to ignore the reek of despair flooding the streets, to stop himself from slipping further into the shadows and slums of Downtown L.A. And he is sick of it. When he's kidnapped by a creature seemingly taken straight out of folklore, his world is flipped upside down--quite literally. There, he is rescued by two strangers who are part of an organization tasked with keeping the peace between the two words: Earth and the land of folklore, Somnium. Though Mason stumbles to find his footing in a world where fantasy and reality walk side by side, he is nothing but determined. Mason has no choice but to fight for both worlds. To fight against the oppressors, those who claim to be on his side, his doubts, and his own inner darkness. *** from readers: "With it's wonderfully diverse and interesting cast of characters, The Los Angeles Lighthouse will take you on a little adventure into a world of pure fantasy and some emotional rollercoasters. Easily my favorite book on Wattpad. And don't forget to keep your eyes peeled for stray spears!" -@honey-tea-rosemary * * * FEATURED on @Wattpad 's 'Fresh Reads' Reading List @Fantasy 's 'Featured Fantasy Stories' Reading List 'Magical Realism' Reading List 'Celebrating Black History' Reading List & @WattpadMulticultural 's 'Celebrating Black History' Reading List ranks: | ranked #1 | #LGTB #Lighthosue| |completed| 07.23.2019| awards: | long list | Authentic Skull Awards 2019| [Completed ✔ Currently Editing]

Brian Walker, the IT guy at a small government contractor, has two problems. First, he hasn't had his morning coffee, and second, a strange voice in his head claims an alien invasion is underway. Solving the least pressing of the two should be pretty simple, but that leaves the coffee issue to deal with! Still, what if that voice is telling the truth? Brian's lunch buddy, Dale, thinks so-but then, he also thinks the government has been putting mind control drugs in the water supply. After deciding to trust the voice in his head, all he needs is a first-rate team to face off against the aliens. He ends up with a Princess Bride fanatic (with eyes for him), a conspiracy theorist, and a cosplayer. Follow Brian and his ill-equipped band of office workers, as they try to save the world from well-meaning aliens that have finally lost patience waiting for the human race to kill itself off.

When he dies in his bed due to his advanced age, he still remembers an NPC from an MMORPG that he played in his youth, without understanding why he has never forgotten her. When he opens his eyes again, he finds the ruins of what was the beginning of that game. Has he returned to a place that never truly existed? Will he be able to survive? Will he find her? Also available on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0BSDQLBZM

Edward died after trying to act cool and is then transported to a world where he kept his name but everything else changed. Fortunately (or unfortunately) he got a system of his own ... a fantasy system. this novel is not mine i took it from https://www.readlightnovel.org/fantasy-system there is part 2

Shin Izayoi,on outside being seen as an ordinary high school student.But inside,he actually a genius who likes made tools that surpass world technologies in secret,because of his imagination.From railgun,nanomachines,laser sword,flamethrower and laser cannon. On one fateful day,when he was experimenting his new creation,some malfunction happened as he sucked into a strange wormhole and arrived at a strange world where sword and magic exists! Cover is not mine. Cover sauce:mechanical arms

Ai, a young man known as the sole survivor of the Black Petal Clan, is seeking revenge for the death of his family and the fall of his clan. Unfortunately, now he lives in the same roof as the ones who slaughtered his clan and he's also the weakest in his class. But with the help of a young girl who shares the same goal as him, will he be able to reach his dream of vengeance? Schedule of update: One chapter a day except Fridays

~ #13 in Adventure November 2016! ~ Eternal Grand Quest, a well received MMO that is being played the world over. A virtual reality game, where after putting on a helmet you become the hero and are allowed to explored Fantasia. The game is well known for it's engaging battles and realism. You can get hurt, tired and even ill. Pretty soon you may even begin to question...what's Fiction or reality?. Just as one player is doing right now. Arion, known as Tema in the game, dreams of finishing the game for its grand prize. After the simple gesture of escorting an in-game character called Alise... things start to get strange. Alise shows strong signs of being human, bosses and other character acts of their own accord...and Arion even begins to feel the effects of the game...carry over to real life. Is Arion simply imagining things? You'll have to see. A Sword-Art-Online inspired story that blurs the line between reality and fiction. This is a new Story so tell me what you think. Cover is done by JosephGross Copyright © 2013 | All Rights Reserved | T.Mullaney Theodore 21

Noct is a Reaper, a member of an elite group of vigilante Player Killer-Killers who hunt murderers for a living in "Tales of Aincrad Online", a virtual reality game that thousands of players have become trapped inside. When a contract takes a wrong turn, he is framed for crimes he didn't commit and his life goes to hell. With justice guilds, bounty hunters, and PKKs all out to get him, Noct must clear his name, and to do so he'll have to fight his way through to the truth, and he'll cut down both monsters and Red players in his way if necessary. Inspired by Sword Art Online, set in a game similar to SAO. Strong language. [This is a first draft story.]