A Different Virus: Heartfire

A Different Virus: Heartfire

10,443,837 515,119 199

In the future, everyone who's bitten by a zombie turns into one... until Diane doesn't. Seven days later, she's facing consequences she never imagined. * * * * * As civilization collapses under a relentless wave of zombies, Diane and her friends take shelter in a military base. However, while she's rescuing another survivor, Diane gets bitten by one of the monsters. She hides it and runs away, knowing she only has days left to live. But she soon discovers she isn't turning into a zombie - she's turning into something else.---------Excerpt:I looked up and stared. My reflection looked back at me in the mirror of the dark room. My eyes were literally glowing, there was no mistaking it. It was not a reflection of light, or any of the other excuses I had used or others had assumed. They were glowing a light sapphire blue color. It was not a bright glow, but it was definitely a glow.Glowing eyes were not normal.Okay, at this point I had to admit it, I was no longer normal.What was I then? For that, I had no answer[[Word count: 495,000]]Copyright August 2016. All Rights Reserved. Readers may not copy, alter, or steal this story. Fanfictions are allowed to use my *world* and *zombie rules* as long as credit is given.Cover was lovingly made by JimenaVivancoo.…

SciFi Short Stories

SciFi Short Stories

1,902 103 7

Stories based on SciFi prompts & challenges (both old and new).…

Quarantine

Quarantine

1,070,980 65,656 69

When a deadly disease ravages the town of Holmsley, Frankie and her friends find themselves trapped inside a military-blockaded quarantine zone. *****A story that was first published in 2014 and feels more relevant than ever.Fifteen-year-old Frankie and her friends must find their way out of quarantine if they want to survive. As the body count rises, Frankie realizes that this is no ordinary quarantine and no one is coming to help. Once infected, the sick become crazed and violent, while fear turns other survivors to savages. And who or what are the mysterious figures Frankie keeps seeing around town? It seems she'll have to unravel the dark truth behind it all if she wants to get out alive...Content and/or trigger warning: This story describes disease outbreaks and contains scenes of violence, which may be triggering for some readers.[[word count: 100,000-150,000 words]]…

How To: Write SciFi

How To: Write SciFi

20,379 1,414 18

Science Fiction is that genre that is full of mystifying, magical, sometimes terrifying stories. It allows you to enter a new world, one which is almost unrecognizable to the one you live in. We all know which books have encaptured our imagination but how can you, as a writer, deliver the same standard of SciFi writing? If you break out in a cold sweat at the very idea of writing SciFi but really want to, I'm the girl for you.Welcome to the weird and wondeful world of SciFi writing?…

Nano Bytes - A Collection of Short SciFi Stories

Nano Bytes - A Collection of Short SciFi Stories

88,807 3,966 102

This is a collection of short stories written by Wattpadders who love their Science Fiction as much as we do. It aims to celebrate the diversity of the genre both in sub-genre, length and style, so whether you like Steampunk or Hard SciFi, Space Opera or Dystopian, fanfiction or a drabble, we know you'll find something in here you like. Explore, read, enjoy.Come one, come all. Welcome to Nano-Bytes!…

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The Boy Who Read Minds ✔️

The Boy Who Read Minds ✔️

4,114,978 164,963 70

Highest rank: #1 in Teen-Fiction and sci-fi romance, #1 mindreader, #2 humorAaron's special power might just be the coolest- or scariest- thing ever! It's always helped with his bad-boy reputation, his rightfully arrogant all-knowing intimidation seemed to go a long way with his love life and somehow also his education.Until he met Violet, one of the smartest girls in school; a girl he's been using for years, zoning in on her mind to ultimately cheat on exams and steal the title of valedictorian. Until one day, Violet failed him. Her mind wandered all over the place- her parent's divorce, her breakup, and he couldn't help but sympathize. But Violet's a smart girl, who knows how long it'll take before she finds out.Aaron depends so much on his mind-reading capabilities that when they suddenly disappear- so does everything he hasn't worked for. His secret was like Samson and his hair, once it's told, the magic's all gone.Word count: [85,000 - 92,000]***Copyright © 2021#1 TEEN FICTION#1 mindreader#1 sci-fi romance#8 romance#2 humor#1 puberty#1 superpowers#1 sweet#35 comedyFor business inquiries, please contact: [email protected] 1 of the Mind Reader Series…

Unbecoming Humans

Unbecoming Humans

625,642 14,830 34

This is the completely rewritten second edition of Unbecoming Humans. It's bigger, it's gayer, it's everything the first edition deserved to be. Please note that this rewrite is currently in progress. The end of the current rewritten chapters will be marked. With civilization on the brink of collapse, Aria's parents built Eden to be the cradle of the next evolution of humanity, but survival at Eden is far from guaranteed. Aria has been little more than a puppet in her parents' games of genetic experimentation and control over the next iteration of humanity for almost as long as she can remember. When Aria meets Nima, the latest in a long line of victims lured to Eden by the promise of safety, a spark rekindles her cold heart. Aria can't sit idly by while Nima becomes her parents' next prey. The two must find a way to survive Eden's deadly experiments, or risk the greatest love they've ever known.…

r e d

r e d

24,506 1,437 52

"Will you stop following me?" She turned to the pretty, odd, boy wearing an innocent smile. "But I'm your guardian angel." He says, though in reality, he was quite the opposite. Some called him a demon. Some called him a freak. But he didn't care what others think. He only cared about her and her only.…

Tobi (Male x Male)

Tobi (Male x Male)

60,538 7,456 36

A post-apocalyptic geneticist searches for a cure for a genetic affliction that's dominating the community he lives in. However, his research leads to more questions than answers ... and an abundance of trouble. *****Matthew Sullivan and his father work at a genetics laboratory, isolating individuals predisposed to violent tendencies at birth using genetic sequencing techniques.On his twenty-first birthday, Matthew's father unwittingly gives him a gift that Matthew believes might be able to help them cure those with the genetic disorder that has plagued his society for several generations.But his subsequent investigations lead to more questions than answers.Highest Rankings:#1 in gaylovestory#1 in gaylovestories#1 in gayscifi#2 in freethelgbt#5 in scifi-romance#13 manxman#14 in queer#15 in boyxboyromance#15 in mxm#14 in gayromance#20 in lgbtfiction#83 in bisexual#94 in boyxboyPlease Note: If you're reading this story on a platform other than Wattpad or Inkitt, then it has been plagiarised. Please support emerging authors by reading this story on the platform it was intended for.…

Starhoppers

Starhoppers

2,112 320 31

How many innocent lives are you willing to sacrifice to save the people you love?Zachary Granger, a 20-year-old nobody from a farming planet somewhere in the Milky Way galaxy, joins a crew of Starhoppers - cartographers in the early days of space travel hired to chart distant worlds for anyone willing to cover the cost. When an ancient evil is uncovered beneath the surface of their latest job site, the Starhoppers must plot an escape before the fate of the galaxy itself falls into their own hands.…

The Descent

The Descent

96,096 6,183 63

After Denton foils a terrorist attack at an Intergalactic sporting event, he finds himself racing to save his homeworld from a plot of betrayal and revenge. ***** When Denton Staxx, a special agent with the Orbital Security Services, discovers the Intergalactic Olympic Games have been targeted by a terrorist attack, he rushes to Earth to try and stop the event before it's too late. But what he discovers on earth is far worse than he imagined, and Denton is quickly pulled into a galaxy-wide conspiracy that takes him from one solar system to another in the search for a mastermind that will stop at nothing to get his revenge on the richest man in the universe -- regardless of the innocent people who die along the way.[[Wattys' Shortlisted]][[1st place, Month Elimination Awards, Sci-Fi Category]][[Best Plot Development, Iced Tea Summer Bash Awards]][[Best Adventure Scifi Story, The Ooorah's SciFi Awards]][[1st place, Rebel Awards, Sci-fi Category]][[word count: 100,000-150,000 words]]…

He Came From The Future

He Came From The Future

6,868 837 13

If her mom had not sent Ayisha up to call the new young student staying in their Paying Guest facility, she would never have found out his secret. Ray came from the year 2049 to fix an event in his parents' life that happened in 2018. Ayisha soon becomes friends with future bot Ray and his cutest AI robot/pet - Troy. Now Ray and Ayisha are a team in trying to fix the parents' - Nathasha and Dhruv's relationship problem. At the same time, they are falling for each other.…

Luminescence

Luminescence

129,299 5,326 48

A dystopian romance in which two superhumans from light and dark fall in love.__[BOOK IS COMPLETE BUT CURRENTLY BEING EDITED]On August 21st, 2164, Mara Winters will discover she is not a normal human being. She will learn that she belongs to an elite race of humans called 'mutants'. Which so happens to be the type of human that her government has killed off almost completely.After a factory incident at her workplace, Mara will soon realize she isn't the only mutant remaining on Earth. She soon finds herself in a Rebel group training for one sole purpose; to take down their evil leaders.But one night, Mara discovers that she has a mental bond between an oh-so-sexy mutant commander from their government. It allows them to telecommunicate, or even appear in each other's heads late at night. The two find themselves slowly warming up to each other, despite the fact that the commander was an evil mutant-a sworn enemy against Mara's kind.But as secrets of their past begin to unfold, they realize they had more in common than they could've ever known. They find it harder to trust those they once considered close.Little did they know, a war was coming. And not just a physical war. A war of love.-----#1 in #Dystopian Oct. 27th!…

Puron Psych

Puron Psych

11,532 948 47

A scientist by the name of Harper Stulks goes about another day doing her job as the primary caretaker and analyst for a young boy, Yanpu who was born with an unusual capability that has the potential to restore their country. Unfortunately, her work is drastically interrupted when she wakes up to see her entire workplace stained in the blood of her coworkers.Fearing that something may have happened to Yanpu, she encounters an ex-serviceman, who disappeared a decade before after going insane. She'll have to face several challenges to protect the child she loves as her own and face the devilish man who seeks to ruin everything she's worked for.…

My Crazy Hot Interstellar Affair

My Crazy Hot Interstellar Affair

606,904 25,616 53

[This story is now FREE!] When Andie Bank agreed to take a job to help save her friend's reputation, it wasn't supposed to end up in a romance-fueled galactic rescue mission with her irresistibly hot boss. *****With a merciless tabloid set on destroying the Hollywood career and reputation of Andie's best friend, Andie accepts a job offer with the same company on the condition that they leave her friend alone. She knew about her smoking hot boss when she accepted the accounting position, but the tabloid failed to mention small details like celebrity kidnappings, alien imposters, camera-shaped ray guns, and their absolutely abysmal knowledge of the American tax system.Unable to deny their atomic attraction, Andie and her boss's kisses quickly evolve into a forbidden affair that must remain secret at all costs. When a certain vengeful ex-fiancé discovers their secret, the laser guns come out and Andie is forced to flee for her life. As time runs out, Andie must choose between love or committing a crime that goes against everything she stands for.Plus hot alien sex! ...[[word count: 100,000-150,000 words]]Cover designed by Eva (Fathima) Ismail…

The Intellect

The Intellect

221,727 8,295 53

Centuries after the Nuclear War, a rebellion is rising and Renna finds herself at the heart of a Civilization hiding many evils. *****Centuries after the Nuclear War, the Earth is an uninhabitable tundra, leaving the Civilization as the lone island on which there is a chance for survival. Renna, once a top Intellect, has grown disillusioned after seeing the Civilization's oppressive regime. Forced to confront her loyalties and reshape her identity, Renna must pave a new path for herself. When an Outsider appears, providing evidence that there is life outside of the Civilization, Renna takes a chance and forms an alliance with the Outsider, defying the Civilization and daring to stand against it...and may find love along the way. [[The Most Original Award, Eclipse Awards]] [[1st Place, the Rarity Awards]][[word count: 100,000-150,000 words]]…

The Intergalactic Quest

The Intergalactic Quest

5,052 478 13

အာကာသအေးဂျင့်တွေဖြစ်တဲ့ ယူဂျင်းဟာ့စလေနဲ့ လျှမ်းစစ်မှူးဟာ အဖွဲ့အစည်းရဲ့ အမိန့်အရ အာကာသမစ်ရှင်တွေ တစ်ခုပြီးတစ်ခုကို အတူတကွဆောင်ရွက်ဖို့ ဖြစ်လာပါတယ်။ သူတို့ရဲ့မစ်ရှင်တွေက ဘာတွေလဲ၊ ဘယ်လိုလျှို့ဝှက်ချက်တွေကို သူတို့ဖော်ထုတ်ရမှာလဲ။ ဘယ်လိုမျိုး ရှုပ်ထွေးပွေလီတဲ့လှည့်ကွက်တွေဖြစ်လာမလဲ။ ဒါ့အပြင် ပြိုင်ဘက်တွေဖြစ်တဲ့ နှစ်ယောက်သားဟာ တစ်ဖွဲ့တည်းဆောင်ရွက်ရတဲ့အခါ ဘယ်လိုမျိူး အခြေအနေတွေပြောင်းလဲလာမလဲ....စတာတွေကို ဖတ်ရှုရမှာဖြစ်ပါတယ်။ ***********…

Chromium

Chromium

145,717 16,420 80

Corporal Dia Zephyr assumed it was just another drill, no more than a Navy tradition, a rite of passage for the recruits. She expected a spacewalk, maybe a shooting game inside an asteroid field, skimming along the Collective's border before turning back to the Empire's space.After all, this was what they knew, what everyone expected.But that's not what happened.Highest ranks:[27 in #Science Fiction - 25 in #Horror 10-01-2018]…

Codename Alpha

Codename Alpha

17,027 694 27

A disaster aboard the starship Valiant leaves the crew stranded in orbit of an alien planet's moon, and an expedition to the planet takes a turn for the worst when they find the planet is inhabited by aliens that don't take kindly to their arrival.…

Mechanical Gods (lgbtq+)

Mechanical Gods (lgbtq+)

585,221 39,970 47

THE YEAR IS 2050. Human-like androids have become integrated into society and every household, becoming part of our daily lives. They look exactly like us from the pigment of their artificial skin to every follicle of their hair. They protect. They serve. They obey. They learn.Tyler North is a struggling young photographer in New York. When he wins a voucher for a personalized android, Tyler reluctantly purchases one and names it Aiden. Instead of a dull subservient Android, he was blown away by Aiden's adaptiveness, and is not like the regular androids Tyler had met before. However, Tyler can't hide Aiden's free-willed gift against the corporation that built him who planned to use Aiden for a more sinister purpose.Whoever controls Aiden can change Earth for the better...or worse.Mechanical Gods is a near-future Science Fiction Epic by D. Alec Lyle, infused with stylized heart-pounding action, sleek thriller, and provocative intrigue.Picked as part of Wattpad's Up and Coming List (2018), and Editor's Choice List (2020).STATS: 132,385 words [ 511 pages in a paperback ][Highest -- #1 in Science Fiction][ #1 in Philosophical ][ #1 in Android ][ #1 in LGBT ][ #1 in artificialintelligence]…

Parallel (A Virtual Gamer's Story) [Vol.1 - Vol.4 Complete]

Parallel (A Virtual Gamer's Story) [Vol.1 - Vol.4 Complete]

1,505,080 77,580 247

After being kidnapped and thrown into a VRMMORPG, 17-year-old Suzuki Mato must find the line between his real and in-game personalities before it kills him. *****Following the death of his popular online persona, seventeen-year-old Suzuki Mato decides it's time to retire from professional VR gaming. However, his plans are abruptly cut short when he's kidnapped from his high school and forced to be a guinea pig for Genaco Gaming, the world's largest esports and entertainment company. Armed with nothing but his wit and a new online persona, he's thrown headfirst into the virtual reality of "Live No Evil," a VRMMORPG littered with overpowered bosses, secretive NPCs, and backstabbing gods. His mission? Find a way to conquer this new world and get back at the company that took over his life, all while avoiding 'Parallel' -- a condition that would make it impossible to separate his real and virtual personalities. Because in a world obsessed with VR gaming, Parallel means death, and Suzuki just doesn't have time for that...[Parallel Vol. 1 & Vol. 2 out now, Vol. 3 coming soon]Content/Trigger Warning: some transphobic language…