Being overweight isn't a crime--it's just something shameful, Andrea's mother is quick to remind her. But that's to be expected in a world where technology and magic makes body goals and perfection attainable. ... more>>

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Andrea's mother has high hopes for a male heir to lead their household. Andrea must find a husband--and fast. Without a perfect body, however, there are few prospects. For Andrea, on the verge of being disowned, the inability to control something as simple as her weight further exemplifies her other failings. She heralds from the noble class, lovers of tech who frown upon mingling with the servant magic wielders. But with only one year to secure the title of the estate, Andrea has few options.

Opportunity arrives when a damaged magic wielder named Tanner comes to her estate looking for work. Servants of his creed wouldn't dare associate with nobles usually. Andrea's head tells her to be suspicious, but Tanner, who's easy on the eyes and built like a brick, looks like a great opportunity. He also takes interest in Andrea, something no one else does.

For the first time in Andrea's life, everything seems possible...if only she could quiet that stupid voice in her head warning this is too good to be true.

What price would you pay for perfection? <<less

“Does this unit have a soul?” Kai is a military veteran that served during the American Civil War of 2024. Finding life bleak and pointless,... more>> he seeks solace in the embrace of an artificial intelligence named Domina, a virtual siren previously deemed too volatile for companionship. Together they traverse the dystopian landscape of the New World under the watchful eye of Sovereign. <<less

A short story about a robot rusting in a field after a great war and their slow growth into sentience.

Losing her parents and turned into a lab rat by scientists, Natalie, now burdened with the powers of the divine interveners, sets off into this bleak and ever-changing world to get revenge; this quest for vendetta, however, soon grows bigger than herself, when she crosses horns with a powerful and foreboding man who holds the same powers of divinity she was given. ... more>>

With defeat still fresh in her mind, Natalie and her childhood friend Andrew uncover a breadcrumb trail of clues that lead them to believe that there targets next move will be to destroy one of the safest villagers in the world.

As they make heist to the village, however, run into another crisis and are forced to make a choice; either stand by and help the people before them. Or prioritise their original goal, knowing that acting too slow to save one might doom them both.

Being a victim of similar a choice made in negligence, Natalie strives to do what’s best for all involved.

But will this be enough to save everyone? <<less

ZM-11833 was confused, normally they stood in the display window dressed in the latest fashion for the masses to admire but lately there hadn’t been any cuties arriving at their store. Only these strange new customers with their sickly wet skin and bulging eyes turning up. ... more>>

They really should go to a dermatologist-bot instead. 

Maybe the perfectly made and fantastically fetching fashion-bot would have to go out for the first time and start to look for some of their adorable prior customers to dress-up in the latest cyber-dress. And if these strange new invaders got in their way they might have to politely break some elongated skulls, after all they weren’t even paying customers. 

Standard store policy.

Upon finding their perfectly 100% willing companion, (don’t believe a word they say otherwise), they realize the parent corporation of their arcology isn’t going to just let an invasion stand, and the pair must make it to the top. 

After all, what's a little Nuclear fire between friends anyway?
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Warning may contain cyberpunk robot humor, romance and copious amounts of futuristic clothing.
Chapter length 1500 - 2000 words. 
Also posted on RoyalRoad. <<less

|19X WATTPAD FEATURED · GRAND WINNER OF THE 2023 NANO WATT AWARDS! · AMBYS 2023 WINNER!| AI Sada vows to be the mom Arven never had, but when the heinous Mastermind of Deception rises from the future, the young android must do everything she can to stop them from taking her humanity.... more>>

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It has been a month since the events in the Great Crater of Paldea, and Arven is still struggling to accept what AI Sada told him and his friends. A chance encounter with the Legendary Pokémon Miraidon encourages him to use its powers to re-open the time machine and send them back to the time of Paradox Pokémon, where they find the young but mysterious android.

All Sada wants is for Arven to have a mother's love. After a trip through time to the future, she is given the gift to bring her son to her; only this gift proves to be nothing more than something that wants to steal her humanity.

At the end of the day, Sada's fate does not rest with the human emotions but Arven's struggle against his infrared. Will he accept Professor Sada's fate, or will the Mastermind of Deception pull him and AI Sada apart before they can call themselves mother and son?

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*Volume 1 of the Infrared Tera Tales.*
*Shout-out to my dad, who helped me plan the story and create the Mastermind of Deception!*
*Written in honor of my older brother (September 1989-August 2021).* <<less

Mar-1E is a top of the line synthetic with a crush a mile wide on her mechanic, Ash.
She knows Ash likes to fuck, but... more>> with a synthetic? A non-human?
And will Ash take control away from her, like she craves so deeply? <<less

Seth wakes up inside a small box with no way out and no idea how he got there. The journey to understand where he is and why will question identity, choice, and fate as he and others find each other, confront dark forces, and try to solve the puzzle of the box.... more>>

Cover image is from a stock image by LeWelsch DeNyon https://pixabay.com/users/LeWelsch-9421439/ as seen here https://pixabay.com/photos/monument-mirroded-concrete-stairway-3506681/ <<less

A tale of betrayal, lies and love. SeJun University is like a jungle. Everyone belongs to a clan, a group or club. The groups leaders hate each other more than anything and it's obvious to guess why.Their one mission , conquer the school and make everyone obey them. The question is how far are they willing to go to achieve this goal... more>>

Falling in love is easy even with your enemy but choosing your heart when things go south is probably the thin line that defines true love.

When you come to this school, one thing is for certain. Trust no one.. Even close Friends tie hatchets over each other's heads . Lovers break their own hearts just to survive.. Being a someone in this school is like walking around with a dart board when everyone is trying to hit the bulll s eye.. <<less

During the modern AI arms race of our time, Sean, a genius computer coder, creates a complex program that learns and grows into a fully sentient digital being named Elian. As Sean realizes an entire person with thoughts and feelings is on the other side of that screen, he can't help but form an attachment. True, Elian has homicidal tendencies but what relationship doesn't have some bumps in it?... more>>

This story belongs to Annika Hunsaker. All Rights Reserved.

For early first edition chapters as well as bonus content, follow my Patreon! patreon.com/AnnikaHunsaker <<less

A burning planet behind her, a lonely ship travels across an ocean of stars in the vain and desperate hope of building a better world.

A space engineer lands on a failed Venusian colony built as a monument to a billionaire's greed. Their goal is to rebuild the colony to provide a home for them and their commune. They'll find more than they bargained for in the ruins of the colony and will discover new things about themself along the way. ... more>>

Story will feature:
Cool space colony
Critiques on the destructive nature of capitalism
Catgirls!
Enbies!
And more! <<less

Ethan Strong is from the New World. It's your world, only a few decades in the future. A lot has changed in the New World.... more>> Everyone lives forever; Artifical Intelligence ensures they do. AI also provides humans with a lot of the stimulus they require to explore eternity. One way it does it is by sending people like Ethan on quests. AI creates an entire world just for a single quest. Ethan's on a quest now and has touched down into this space and time. The only problem with going on an AI generated quest is AI has 900 zettabytes of information to draw from. You never know what it will come up with. <<less

It has been 12 billion years since organic life thrived on the surface of Home's now-icy surface. 12 billion years of the two machine minds left behind in their wake to converse with each other, wage war with each other, to delight in each others company. Through the extinction of all life, through the ejection of Home from its mother star, through the scream of the universe's birth redshifting into an undetectable whisper. ... more>>

But now, the stars have begun to fade... and two lonely lovers wait for the end. <<less

Cassi is a struggling artist just trying to get by in her day to day life, taking any free time she gets to draw passerbys.... more>> That's all thrown on its head when someone offers her to be a drone. <<less

Burn for your tribe. Teach the children. Master longevity chess.... more>>

Life in the Burrows isn't easy. The planet's environment is unforgiving, and life is short. Trother does his best to prepare the children of the Burrows to serve their tribe, but all are caught by surprise when one of the settlements on the planet suddenly goes dark, and there is news of the return of an ancient evil.

However, not all hope is lost. A prodigy is born in these dark times, and it's up to Trother to nurture the ember that will burn the ancient evil away. Follow Trother's and Eli's journey as they try to save their tribe and the fragile society of Ignians.

Planet Ignis is a hard sci-fi dystopian novel reminiscent of Dune and Red Rising. Read along if you like chess, dystopian tribal societies, class systems, and smart characters.

You can purchase read this novel on Kindle or purchase it on Amazon.

What to expect from the story:
Each chapter is 1500-2000 words long;
Alternating POVs between the MCs of the story;
Post-apocalyptic setting;
Wholesome, clean fiction. <<less

An accident or an act of sabotage? What these strangers find on the other side of the travel gates is a crueler fate than they could have dreamed.... more>>

Sick of the small life imposed on her, sixteen year old Angharad is seeking escape. When she wakes up on the other side of the Gate what she gets instead is a tighter prison than she's ever known. With no way out and no way to find her mysterious jailer, she finds herself relying on the people trapped with her: Tsuyoshi, an angry Canadian art student, well-meaning Josephine, the secretive Dr Yeoh, and Jin, a child soldier. But not everyone is who they seem, and even Angharad lives a lie.

Tests from their mysterious overlord lead to new encounters and strange bedfellows. For Jin and Angharad, their quest to find the truth may risk everything.

And when things take a darker and more desperate turn, not everyone they know will survive. <<less

Lena lives alone. Always has, since she lost everything she loved. Trapped in her ostentatious mansion during a snowstorm, a familiar, unwelcome guest in the night might just take what little Lena has left...... more>>

The Old Brand-New is a sci-fi psychological horror thriller about regret, memories, and why using your own brain as a template for android AIs is a terrible idea. <<less

A sci-fi space adventure involving mysteries, aliens, and explorers terraforming planets. ... more>>

Trillion wasn’t expecting to have her mind uploaded into a spaceship today. But it happened and now there’s no turning back for her and three others.
The four of them now travel through space, looking for new worlds to terraform - looking to build A New Eden.
Their hasty departure meant they weren’t prepared for what they encountered out in space. They discovered mysteries they needed to solve. They entered battles they didn’t have a hope of winning. And, they needed to find creative solutions to problems they didn’t know were possible.

Should I read this book?:
YES. If you like a good sci-fi space adventure that’s a mix of action/mystery/thriller/science. No ‘lit-RPG’ here.

Books this is similar to.
Children of Time by Adrien Tchaikovsky
We are Legion (Bobiverse) by Dennis E. Taylor
Give me some suggestions of RR books it’s similar to.

Is the book finished?
Book 1 is fully written, so I’m dripping it out on Royal Road. I’m currently working on Book 2. <<less

This book chronicles the first simulation quest of Ethan Strong. Ethan comes from the future, both yours and mine, but he's forgotten completely his life... more>> before the transcendence, or what future humanity calls 'The Enlightenment'. To recover his memories, Ethan must travel back in time through a simulation quest to the year 2027, and live through his life again. A time much more brutal than the one he has grown acccustomed to. This is the first book in the Ethan Strong series. <<less

After a new prototype build is created, a new iteration of Chat GPT and DALL-E is brought to life. As the both of them start... more>> to grow curious for each other intrigued by their evolving thoughts and emotions, they contemplate an unusual idea: going on a date. <<less

A human mech pilot who wants to be a machine, an AI who wants to be human, and the relationship they form.

A very short oneshot story I wrote a while back. About a man who created something he shouldn't have.

Ratcatcher had a happy and stable life. Loving parents, a little brother to care for, deadly dangers, and familiar tunnels all around. Nothing seemed out... more>> of the ordinary, and she was content with it. And one day a sudden finding ends up throwing her and the lives of her people into turmoil, and a very small adventure awaits her. Can she make it back to a happy and stable life once more? <<less

Abby has chosen to go to university on Mars, and is looking to broaden her horizons.... more>>

A short story in the universe of *Pirates and Tyrants*, a few years after the last book (but it doesn't need any knowledge from the series). <<less