Showing stories with the tag: Alternate Universe
Worm
by Wildbow
An introverted teenage girl with an unconventional superpower, Taylor goes out in costume to find escape from a deeply unhappy and frustrated civilian life. Her first attempt at taking down a supervillain sees her mistaken for one, thrusting her into the midst of the local ‘cape’ scene’s politics, unwritten rules, and ambiguous morals. As she risks life and limb, Taylor faces the dilemma of...
Tags: Action, Alternate Universe, Anti-hero, Female Lead
Average Rating: 5.0 (1 review)
Metaworld Chronicles
by Wutosama
Gwen Song awoke in a world that was not her own, in which everything she was familiar with had been replaced. Instead of airplanes and electricity, this 21st-century Earth is ruled by magic and dragons; humanity survives in a land of magical beasts and otherworldly beings, protected by shielded enclaves and magical constructs. Follow Gwen across the world as she struggles to rebuild her life...
Tags: Adventure, Alternate Universe, Contemporary, Reincarnation
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Paladin
by Komikhan
When the first derelict alien spacecraft fell to Earth, humanity took what was found in it and propelled themselves to new heights. In their new Golden Age, humanity developed technology that they had only dreamed about. The following years saw hundreds more ships crash into the planet, spurring even greater technological leaps. An unassuming spacecraft, one of the dozens that fell yearly,...
Tags: Action, Alternate Universe, Science Fiction, Strategy
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The Legion of Nothing
by Jim Zoetewey
“You may kill somebody today. We won’t think anything less of you for it.” Nick Klein’s grandfather was the Rocket. For three decades, the Rocket and his team were the Heroes League–a team of superheroes who fought criminals in the years after World War II. But Nick and his friends have inherited more than their grandparents’ costumes and underground headquarters… they’ve inherited the...
Tags: Action, Adventure, Alternate Universe
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The Perfect Run
by Maxime J. Durand (Void Herald)
Ryan "Quicksave" Romano is an eccentric adventurer with a strange power: he can create a save-point in time and redo his life whenever he dies. Arriving in New Rome, the glitzy capital of sin of a rebuilding Europe, he finds the city torn between mega-corporations, sponsored heroes, superpowered criminals, and true monsters. It's a time of chaos, where potions can grant the power to rule the...
Tags: Action, Adventure, Alternate Universe, Time Travel
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Unsong
by Scott Alexander
Aaron Smith-Teller works in a kabbalistic sweatshop in Silicon Valley, where he and hundreds of other minimum-wage workers try to brute-force the Holy Names of God. All around him, vast forces have been moving their pieces into place for the final confrontation. An overworked archangel tries to debug the laws of physics. Henry Kissinger transforms the ancient conflict...
Tags: Alternate Universe, Comedy, Fantasy
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