3-Adica
Novella 19,991 words Recommended by 4 award/anthology sources
Sentient characters in a massive online multiplayer game exploit a flaw in the operating system to escape to a safe place that’s only rumored to exist.
Content warnings 2
death-of-a-loved-oneviolence
Quasar links out; the story lives on Asimov's, where the author gets the click.