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What would it be like to share dreams with friends? How useful would it be to get work done while dreaming? In Somnus, a virtual reality universe generated from users' dreams, all of that is possible. 

 But Esme Trahan has discovered a way to exploit this fantasy paradise for personal and financial gain: from within Somnus, she has the ability to break into people's minds and absorb their memories. Thus far, she has managed to keep her unethical, voyeuristic, tendencies a secret. But when an individual known only as the Knightmare begins using those same abilities to torture and destroy his victims' minds, including that of her own brother, her desire for vengeance threatens to expose her to the world. 

Investigating the Knightmare's true identity, Esme is forced to confront his cult of rabid  followers, a tenuous political system controlled by social media influencers, and the secret behind her unique abilities.All Rights Reserved

completed dreamworld femaleprotagonist futuristic mystery near-future novel post-apocalyptic psychic-abilities science sciencefiction scifi serialkiller telepathy thriller virtualreality wattys2020 youngadult

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A Portrait Dream | ✔ by HafsaNaseem

ONC longlister! Yay Featured on @YA @newlywrittenbooks @Storiesundiscovered (December) @Teenfiction (wicked little creatures) @Ambassadors (Speculative fiction) When a drastic soul-wrenching incident takes place in Aini's life, she decides to take a leap into her life and move on. All goes well until one night, she dreams of a horrifying dream within a dream. ____________________ You can see the future of someone through their eyes. However, if you tell them about it, it won't come to fruition. One day, you lock eyes with yourself in the mirror. "Everything you see or seem is a dream within a dream" Edgar Allan Poe **************** DISCLAIMERS I'm rating this story mature due to self-harm, death, pain, suicide and other violence. This story doesn't portray any kind of sexual content. Unedited first drafts

4 Sisters of the Apocalypse by DLSheron

10 years into the future four sisters discover they have unusual super powers. While reading the journals of their recently deceased mother she supernaturally speaks to them from the past. (Mary died suddenly due to a newly released hyper-virus by The Powers That Be.) The young women discover not only had their mother been quenching their powers since they were babies but through her journals is now urging them to to do the exact opposite. "Rise up! *You were born for such a time as this." However the recent abandonment by their mother in death and their father in grief has left them struggling as they've been thrust into adulthood overnight. The world desperately needs them. Will they stop bickering and worrying about boys, fashion and proms long enough to save the day? *Esther 4:4 Gifts: Baby in the corner Beth (19) has the ability to draw her heart's desires. She thinks it's only while using her big box of 64 crayons. She doesn't realize the power is in her mind's eye and not her writing implements. Jo (20) can teleport. Of course she doesn't always stick her landings. At first her landings are as messy as is her life. She's lost her mother, her family home, her faith and now thinks she may be losing her mind. Supercilious self-absorbed Amy (17) has the uncanny ability to get others to do what she wants. She says, ever so sweetly, "I'd prefer..." Dad always called it "wrapping others around her little finger syndrome." If she wanted she could ask a perfect stranger to hand over his car keys and he'd have to oblige. The oldest sister Meg (21) has dreams and visions about the world's near future. She's also very intuitive. Perhaps if she were better at seeing her own future maybe her personal life wouldn't be in shambles?

The Royal Demon & The Lonely Girl by Willowing_Whisp

Esme "Ever since birth I've been looked at with eyes of hatred, despair, fear, as well as pity... no one has ever looked at me with love, care or desire... I want someone to see me as not a lonely orphan, but a girl that needs love." Dazod "Everything always has and always will be set in stone for me. No matter what happens, I am going to rule this dimension. As given the title 'Demon Lord', and it is a huge honor... however there is a part of me that doesn't know if this is the path I truly want..." ~ Esme is a human girl, lonely since the day of her birth. She's come to learn that the only way to survive is to not trust anyone and have an indifferent personality. However... one day a man with horns appears in the dumpster outside her apartment complex, she thought he may have been a regular cosplayer just trying to get by... until she noticed his wounds and how fatal they were, he was undoubtedly swaying between life and death. Something within her had pushed aside her usual uncaring self and made her decide to help the man. Yet, she was too naive to realize how bad her situation became... Dazod is the Demon Prince (some already given the title "demon lord") has learned to not trust humans, but to kill them with no mercy, and not just humans, any species as well. However, when he travels to the human world one night he is chased and ends up wavering between life and death! Yet, he somehow survives with the help of a young human girl with golden eyes. Rules are stated that if a human finds out about you, you must kill that human. Somehow he couldn't do it, though this girl is rude to him, she doesn't believe him, so there would be no point. The day after an ordeal happens which causes Dazod to have to stay in the human dimension and having to protect Esme... even if he didn't want to at first. However, after spending time with this human he starts to think... maybe she isn't all that bad... and maybe they're similar in a way. Cover by WickedKittyGal

Dream Walker by katl649

When an evil force from a parallel dimension threatens her world, a college student with supernatural abilities realizes that insomnia is the least of her problems. **** A rift has been torn in the veil that separates the human world from those that lie beyond, worlds that humans can only visit in their sleep. Supernatural creatures are escaping into the human world and bringing people's worst nightmares to life. Only one person can stop this terrifying onslaught-unfortunately, she doesn't know how. Callie O'Neill is a college student running from the demons of her past. What she can't escape are the vivid dreams that plague her sleep and keep her awake at night. As the reports of violent attacks by an unknown creature begin to pile up, Callie must confront the supernatural forces she has met before to prevent more deaths. The mystery of Callie's connection to these phenomena may not be a mystery to everyone. Alex Zidane, a recent acquaintance of Callie, seems unsurprised by the mayhem occurring around them. When Callie attends a Halloween festival and is plunged into a maze that resembles the one she traverses in her dreams, Alex must help her survive the chaos emerging from another world. Along with trying the save the world, Callie must decide whether to trust Alex or the mysterious group that sent him to protect her. If they manage to live through the dangers ahead, they must face the secrets they both keep and the attraction they both fight.

Fight For Me [ OffGun ] ✔ by princessmaru6

Gun grew up with Off but the young man has a strange personality and he is sick, Gun can do everything for Off, he is ready to enter the world where Off's missing soul is trapped. Off already has everything, wealth, loving family, friends and boyfriend, but it seems like something is missing in him that he doesn't know what it is. He is sick and often dreams of strange things. One night, he and Gun dare to enter the world that full of lies. What they did was very dangerous because they could be imprisoned there and never return to the real world. Gun discovers a lot about himself and Off finds out what he is missing. What will be their fate? Will they succeed in what they do or not? What is the reason why there are two different worlds?

Dreamwalkers: The Awakening by corinne_d

Being able to create alternate universes in your sleep might seem like the ultimate super power, but when a malevolent force from the dream realm tracks you down in real life, how do you escape it? Seventeen-year-old dreamwalkers and life-long best friends Emma and Zoe must journey deep into the perilous, unpredictable dream realm, risking their lives while evading constant danger, in order to seek out and destroy the evil that threatens to capture their souls for eternity--even if it means they'll have to give up their super power and obliterate the dream realm forever. To be successful, they must first immerse themselves in the rich history of dreamwalking. But this knowledge will do more than teach them how to defeat the evil lurking around every corner. It will reveal dark family secrets, shattering their realities.

The Prophecy by lspearson

Ariella's biggest desire in life has always been such a simple one. She wants to be 'normal.' Unfortunately, that one simple wish has never been within her grasp. Coming from a long line of witches is bad enough, but she's even more different than the rest of her family. The fact that no one will give her any answers to why she's so different doesn't help matters. Her entire existence is shrouded in secrets that everyone around her refuses to reveal. After a family tragedy, she moves to a new town, and she gets her first chance to at least pretend to be 'normal.' For the first time, she's allowed to leave the house and go to an actual school. She makes friends, and she develops her first crush, that's quickly followed by her second. She's finally living the normal teenage life she'd dreamed of, but it doesn't last. Everything she believed about herself and the world around her is changed in an instant. Family secrets come to light one after another, turning her entire world upside down in the process. She quickly realizes that sometimes ignorance really is bliss, and maybe she didn't really want to know the answers to the questions she'd always asked, especially when one of these truths causes people close to her to turn their backs on her without hesitation. Before she can even recover from the shock, she's thrust into a war that she hadn't even known existed. Loyalties will be tested. She'll have to choose sides between all of the people she's come to care about. Will she stand with her family, her new friends, or the two boys who both hold a piece of her heart? One thing is for sure. She'll have to let go of her dream of 'normal.'

My Monster Dream by Author_J_

Throughout the book, the main character tries to discover what it means to be alive as a 'lower being' in a new world. Originally, she believes herself to be human until an accident occurs, and she finds herself to be woken up in the middle of what she thought to be some sort of cosplay festival. Oddly enough, these strange creatures weren't human, which she quickly realized after being attacked and nearly killed. Now she's got to learn how to survive in this new, scary environment where everyone's out for her demise. I've learned a lot of the parts in this book relate to real-life events, places in the present, and the past. You'll see a lot of connections between actual human historical events and the goings on in this book. The main character is, above all, head strong and bold. She's unafraid of the social normal and any punishments that come when defying them. ----- My original caption for the story: I had a dream, and it was kinda awesome and slightly romantic. I'll try my best to write down what I remember.

The 10th Circle - Abyss [Complete] by taivaan_sininen

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Floor 31 by pha0023

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A Portrait Dream | ✔ cover

4 Sisters of the Apocalypse cover

The Royal Demon & The Lonely Girl cover

Dream Walker cover

Fight For Me [ OffGun ] ✔ cover

Dreamwalkers: The Awakening cover

The Prophecy cover

My Monster Dream cover

The 10th Circle - Abyss [Complete] cover

A Portrait Dream | ✔

ONC longlister! Yay Featured on @YA @newlywrittenbooks @Storiesundiscovered (December) @Teenfiction (wicked little creatures) @Ambassadors (Speculative fiction) When a drastic soul-wrenching incident takes place in Aini's life, she decides to take a leap into her life and move on. All goes well until one night, she dreams of a horrifying dream within a dream. ____________________ You can see the future of someone through their eyes. However, if you tell them about it, it won't come to fruition. One day, you lock eyes with yourself in the mirror. "Everything you see or seem is a dream within a dream" Edgar Allan Poe **************** DISCLAIMERS I'm rating this story mature due to self-harm, death, pain, suicide and other violence. This story doesn't portray any kind of sexual content. Unedited first drafts