Life Is Like A Simulation

By Tami Veldura

Heidi is in a simulation. She and thousands of hopefuls went to sleep on a ship destined for the stars, but something catastrophic has happened. The ship's AI, Oscar, has downloaded her into a computer, but none of her superiors survived the transition. It's up to Heidi to rescue the ship and its crew from inside the system.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Tami Veldura
• Release date: May 5, 2020
• ISBN: 9781941319260

Tami Veldura

Tami Veldura is an enby/aro/ace author of queer fiction. They have published short stories in anthologies Fresh Starts, Hauntings, Love Among The Thorns, Love Is Like A Box Of Chocolates, the magazine Galaxy’s Edge, and they are a contributing member of the scifi magazine Boundary Shock Quarterly. They publish new work every month, crossing every genre, but always featuring queer characters and found families.As S.T. Lynn, they write uplifting, sweet, and tropey fantasy fiction, featuring women front and center. Including fairy tales, elves, magic, and happy endings for young adults and young-at-heart.

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Simulation

By Tami Veldura

You are in a simulation.

The voice jolted Heidi out of sleep and she stumbled awkwardly, vertigo slamming into her head with the force of an elephant. Everything was the same glowing shade of white, which didn't help her sense of attitude, and she thought she might vomit. Except she didn't seem to have a stomach to hold… or hands to hold it with… or a mouth for that matter?

You are in a simulation. The voice repeated, distinctly male and unsympathetic. It was the AI voice of… of... She couldn't remember what it belonged to.

Please remain calm, while I establish an environment.

Heidi abruptly had a body. Hands, feet, a torso. Grass sprouted out of the white nothing and stretched for miles in every direction. A set of mountains appeared in the distance like a child adding stickers to an empty book: trees here, rocks there, flowers.

Heidi fell onto her ass--the grass