ARCA의 몽환적인 근미래 해변
ARCA LINK AVAILABLE 2040

A NOVEL BY JOY ALEXANDER

A TenderError

THE PERFECT DISTANCE

Neural link optional · Feelings may be real

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BLUE SIGNAL2040 · ARCA / ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK

ARCA ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK

BLUE
SIGNAL

A signal that survives the distance.

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THE STORY

2040 · BALI

Love was never
on her schedule.

2040, Bali.

Mia has no time for love.

Then she meets Logan in ARCA, a virtual reality platform.

They meet every day, laugh together, and somehow come to know each other’s lives better than anyone else.

But Mia doesn’t know his address or the life he lives beyond the screen.

The strange part is, Logan still feels closer to her than anyone else.

How much can you trust someone you know almost nothing about in the real world?

A love that began at the perfect distance.

Mia Collins working on her laptop
CONNECTION LOGDAY 001Two strangers meet at the edge of an unfinished sea.
ARCA 해변에 남은 발자국
WIND07.2m/s · west
SENSORY LINK
touch / warmth / tide
MEMORY ACCESSOFF

WELCOME TO ARCA

Closer than
distance allows.

See. Hear. Feel.Share a place, wherever you are.

CHARACTERS

THE PEOPLE BEHIND THE AVATARS

She knows the way he laughs.
Not where he lives.

Mia Collins

Mia
Collins

Mia Collins lives a digital nomad lifestyle in Bali in 2040, enjoying the freedom she has built for herself. She values her work, travel, and time alone, and prefers not to become too tied down to one place—or one person.

Especially when it comes to romance, she has no interest in making things complicated.

Then one day, she meets Logan in the virtual world ARCA, and little by little, her everyday life begins to change.

Logan Park

Logan
Park

Logan Park is quiet and easygoing. He works in automation, building systems that take care of the things people would rather not deal with, and rarely shares much about his life in the real world.

Then one day, he meets Mia in the virtual world ARCA, and little by little, his everyday life begins to change.

ARCA의 나비와 하늘
CONNECTION: STABLE
“If it felt like love,
does it matter if it was real?
”

THE COMPLETE FIRST SEASON

Read the story.
Stay awhile.

All twenty-one chapters of A Tender Error: The Perfect Distance, plus the epilogue, are now available to read here in English.

OPEN THE READING ROOM
01How to Work in Paradise02A Comfortable Distance03Welcome to ARCA04Name Tags05Lunch Tomorrow, Logan06A Cup of Warmth07A Gift Without Borders08The Blue Dress09Can I Get a Little Closer?10Does This Count as Intimacy?11Our First Kiss in ARCA12The Right to Be Jealous13The Most Inefficient Promise14Hey, Sister!15Life Beyond the Login16Reality Is Full of Errors17The Warmth of Family18The Way of Reality19Where the Heart Leads20Where the Heart Leads21A Happy GlitchEPILOGUEBeyond the Door
A TENDER ERROR

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A TENDER ERROR

THE PERFECT DISTANCE

What will love look like in 2040?

Maybe distance won’t matter quite as much.

Maybe two people can meet, laugh, and fall for each other—even from completely different places.

A new kind of love story, set in a future that might be closer than we think.

Curious where it goes? Read now! ♡

Season One · Chapter List
Joy Alexander
ABOUT JOY

AUTHOR · DREAMER · STORYTELLER

Joy
Alexander

Three years ago, I had a dream that felt almost too vivid to forget. I wrote it down, never imagining that one day it would become a novel. And now, that little piece of a dream has become A Tender Error.

Funny how one little dream can turn into a whole story. ♡

@authorjoyalexander