Game On! A GameLit Anthology

Game On! A GameLit Anthology

Author: Anthea Sharp

Publisher: Fiddlehead Press

Published: 2020-05-15

Total Pages: 265

ISBN-13: 1680131400

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What happens when gaming is your life? Explore the fast-paced world of GameLit in these stories by bestselling, award-winning authors. Gain levels! Win fat loot! And hang on as these tales take you from a grim dystopian world to a fantasy landscape where nothing is quite as it seems... True.love - NYT bestselling author Alethea Kontis In this futuristic retelling of Sleeping Beauty, a gamer hacktivist tries to take down the world’s largest matchmaking site…and stumbles on a side quest he never bargained for. Husk - Stephen Landry Adventure, excitement, the never ending thrill of discovering new worlds in an ever expanding sci-fi setting. All fun and games until you find yourself crashing with a bout of amnesia on an unknown alien world with no escape, and mystery down every corridor. Battle Mage - USA Today bestselling author Pauline Creeden Can a clan master control a player both in and out of the game? Jordan Park loves the sub-levels in his favorite game, Battle Mage. But when he sees someone important from his past suddenly show up in the game, he wonders if she is there because of her own choices, or if she’s controlled by someone else. The only way he can discover the truth is by fighting a battle highly stacked against him. The Anchoring - USA Today bestselling author Alexia Purdy In a futuristic America, a sixteen-year-old hacker turned Robin Hood, Tatiana Miramar, has lived her entire life in a wheelchair. She awaits the possibility of winning a lucrative lottery for a functioning body. After meeting a captivating stranger in the addictive, online virtual game called Red Herring, she’s given the chance to change her life for a steep price. Tales of Inadon 1: The Disc - Avril Sabine, Storm Petersen and Rhys Petersen When all actions have repercussions, it isn't really a game… Carissa has felt lost since the death of her mother. Learning about the Guardians Of The Round Table and Inadon has her alternating between hope and disbelief. Dark forces, a role-playing game style world, magic and being able to make a difference. No wonder she can't quite bring herself to believe it's real. What’s in a Username? - Angel Leya When gamer girls Maddy and best friend Amber run into Maddy's crush while playing the hot new MMORPG, Power, Maddy decides hiding behind her guy Avatar is the perfect way to get close to said crush--without all the stupid awkwardness that usually ties her tongue and unties her shoelaces. But when she suspects her best friend has eyes for the same guy, their gaming suffers... and there's more at stake in the MMORPG than anyone realizes. Loxley - Sarra Cannon In a dystopian world where citizens log into The Realm online to escape from their dark reality, one hacker fights to make a difference as she goes in search of a rare artifact. Shade and the Secrets of Summer Camp - USA Today bestseller Marilyn Peake Shade and her best friend Kai attend summer school before starting their freshman year at a college for magically gifted students. Shade is a Ghost Whisperer, with an ability to help ghosts move into the afterlife. When she is contacted by a ghost within a virtual reality game, summer camp stops being fun and games and turns instead into something deadly serious. Real Challenge - USA Today bestselling author Anthea Sharp Sometimes, the true challenge isn’t what you think… Top-rated gamer Spark Jaxley has made it to the World Championships, ready to give the competition her all. The stakes are high, the gaming is fierce, and her entire future is riding on the outcome. In the end, will she make the right choice? KEYWORDS: litRPG, gaming, MMO, World of Warcraft, Trapped in a Game, Ready Player One, Gamelit, Virtual Reality, Shirtaloon, Isekai, portal fantasy, He Who Fights With Monsters


Git Gud - A LitRPG Anthology

Git Gud - A LitRPG Anthology

Author: Ben Ormstad

Publisher: Unum

Published:

Total Pages: 659

ISBN-13: 829372434X

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Crunch, bite, slash, and get your game on. Join us for these short adventures into ever-expanding worlds from some of LitRPG's brightest and most innovative. Let these tales take you from sci-fi worlds full of wonder to fantasy landscapes where nothing is quite as it seems... Ponder what is real and what isn’t. Find yourself out of time and space, and most important - don’t forget to give the dog all the pets, because there’s more at stake than anyone realizes.. Seriously, all the pets. ---- 11 authors came together to create this anthology, filling it with stories set in each of their imaginative worlds in order to illuminate the diversity of the LitRPG genre - fantasy, science fiction, cyberpunk, LitFPS and everything in between! Here you will get: Phoenix Grey - The Realm Reborn - Small Closed Demo - A Realm Between Novella Dimitrios Gkirgkiris - A Corgi's Wholesome Guide to Saving All Stray Dogs With Magic - An Apocosmos Short Story Stephen Landry - Burst and Bloom - A Prequel to Star Divers A. C. Mocikat - The Forbidden Grotto - A Cyber Squad Short Story David J. Bushman - The Man Who Lost His Name - A Darklands Online Side Story Nolan Locke - Codex Recursion Damien Hanson - BuyMort - The Shoppening J.F. Danskin - Meanwhile, the NPCs... - A Shadow Kingdoms Side Story J. Arthur Klein - Teacher's Pet: Cedric's Quest - An Extra Credit Side Quest Ben Ormstad - Impending Doom - An Overtaken Online Companion Novella D. A. Monath - Path to Decay: Initiation


Grayhold: Sky Realms Online Book One

Grayhold: Sky Realms Online Book One

Author: Troy Osgood

Publisher: Sky Realms Online

Published: 2019-07-30

Total Pages: 444

ISBN-13: 9781949890402

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Trapped in the game. Forced back to level 1. What's next, permadeath? Sky Realms Online is the largest and most popular Virtual Reality MMORPG ever made. Set amongst the mystical, floating islands of Hankarth, it's played and enjoyed by millions every hour. Until something goes wrong. Unable to log out, players find themselves reduced to level one, and in the starting zones. They receive a cryptic message from the developers stating that for unknown reasons, they are trapped in the game and may have to live out their lives within the virtual world. Hall is one of the those trapped in the game. He's been playing Sky Realms Online as a spear-wielding Skirmisher ever since the beta. And instead of panicking as many do, he decides to make the most of it; to play the game and live his new life, all while quietly hoping the developers will find a fix. It doesn't take Hall long to find out that, while some aspects of the game are the same, the difficulty level is beyond anything he's ever experienced. Together, with a new party of trapped players and NPCs with canned answers, Hall will find out just how different Sky Realms Online has become, and how playing a game is different from living the game... Experience the start of this unforgettable Fantasy LitRPG Adventure today! It's perfect for fans of J.A. Hunter, Dakota Krout and Edward Brody.


Accursed Archangels Series Omnibus Books 1-3

Accursed Archangels Series Omnibus Books 1-3

Author: Alexia Purdy

Publisher: Lyrical Lit. Publishing

Published: 2019-07-31

Total Pages: 657

ISBN-13:

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The Accursed Archangels series is a breakneck urban fantasy adventure which will appeal to readers of angels, demons, paranormal thrillers, reverse harems, and supernatural lore. Banished from paradise, she'll risk it all for one last chance to return. Thalia Brennan must find a way back through the gates of Purgatory to be with her family. Tasked with killing souls so vile while on Earth, this solitary huntress collects their darkness as currency back into Heaven. Unfortunately, there are some who will stop at nothing to stop her. Luckily, there's some handsome allies who are just as determined to assist her with whatever means possible. Books in this omnibus: The Unbreakable Curse The Cursed Labyrinth The Irredeemable Soul


Level Up

Level Up

Author: Micah Joel

Publisher:

Published: 2018-04-04

Total Pages: 323

ISBN-13: 9781980709114

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Ready Player One meets Mr Robot.In the future, all computers simultaneously brick--except, as it turns out, those from the 80s. Society retools around retro tech. Max Root, a refugee in a tent camp, starts seeing 8-bit visions, ultimately leading up to playable game levels. What's at the end of the level, though, is of intense interest to the greedy CEO of the LevelUP corporation, and the fate of the all technology hangs in the balance.Have you ever had your heart race as you typed 'take sword'?Have you ever lined up quarters on an arcade machine?Have you ever been disappointed that your princess was in another castle?Have you ever joyfully exclaimed 'unexplored territory!' as you uncovered a hidden passageway?Have you ever spotted sly Star Wars references in a novel you were reading? Have you ever been eaten by a grue?Then this is the book for you! Something delightful on every page. Escape to a simpler time inside the pages of LevelUP. Interview with the Author Q - Where did the idea for this book come from? A - I grew up in the 80s. I spent weeks freezing my butt off on a paper route, just to afford the latest Atari 2600 cartridge. (But never Adventure--my mom wouldn't allow that one). I set out to write a book that would be "cyberpunk lite" and appeal to a particular set of readers. Around the same time GameLit or if you prefer, LitRPG started taking off. Q - Tell us about the cover and the inspiration for it. A - I worked with a number of designers on various concepts. Some of them were 80s nostalgia to points approaching self-parody. There were a lot of video game references, but I ended up with something more iconic. I wanted a "LevelUP" logo that would look good on a shirt. And those sweet, sweet NES fonts. Mmmmm, memories. Q - Who is your inspiration for Max, the adventure's protagonist? A - I had sketched out a character named Max Root before I even started work on the novel. I've got a thing for characters whose name describe the plot of their story. (Ender's Game, anyone?) And yeah, that's an explicit reference to Max Headroom. From there, his backstory blossomed out. All it was waiting for was the right premise to build a story around. Q - OKQ - So you are working on more books in the series? A - There's a lot of hints here about the wider world the story takes place in. There's an obvious direction for a sequel (sorry, no spoilers here!) but lots of alternate ways things could go too. And astute readers have already keyed in on the possibility of crossover between this and Broken Tablet, my time-travel novel... Q - Why should readers give this series a try? A - Like most everything I put out, it's written for geeks, by a geek. It has a sympathetic main character, and an non-neurotypical secondary character. It certainly echoes certain themes of that blockbuster movie everyone's talking about, but this story takes great pains to go its own way. This book is the antidote, at least temporarily, for all the anxiety and stress going on in the world.Thanks for reading!


Games Creatures Play

Games Creatures Play

Author: Charlaine Harris

Publisher: Penguin

Published: 2014-04-01

Total Pages: 362

ISBN-13: 1101638877

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Welcome to the wide world of paranormal pastimes, where striking out might strike you dead. Editors Charlaine Harris and Toni L. P. Kelner are your announcers for this collection of the most peculiar plays ever made—including a story featuring Sookie Stackhouse and Manfred Bernardo… Sports fans live and die by their teams’ successes and failures—though not literally. But these fifteen authors have written spirited—in more ways than one—tales of killer competitions that would make even the most die-hard players ask to be benched. This anthology includes tales of unusual athletics by: JAN BURKE • DANA CAMERON • ADAM-TROY CASTRO • BRENDAN DuBOIS • CHARLAINE HARRIS • TONI L. P. KELNER • CAITLIN KITTREDGE • WILLIAM KENT KRUEGER • ELLEN KUSHNER • MERCEDES LACKEY • JOE R. LANSDALE • LAURA LIPPMAN • SEANAN McGUIRE • BRANDON SANDERSON • SCOTT SIGLER


Dungeon Crawler Carl

Dungeon Crawler Carl

Author: Matt Dinniman

Publisher: Penguin Group

Published: 2024-08-27

Total Pages: 465

ISBN-13: 059382024X

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The apocalypse will be televised! Welcome to the first book in the wildly popular and addictive Dungeon Crawler Carl series by Matt Dinniman—now with bonus material exclusive to this print edition. You know what’s worse than breaking up with your girlfriend? Being stuck with her prize-winning show cat. And you know what’s worse than that? An alien invasion, the destruction of all man-made structures on Earth, and the systematic exploitation of all the survivors for a sadistic intergalactic game show. That’s what. Join Coast Guard vet Carl and his ex-girlfriend’s cat, Princess Donut, as they try to survive the end of the world—or just get to the next level—in a video game–like, trap-filled fantasy dungeon. A dungeon that’s actually the set of a reality television show with countless viewers across the galaxy. Exploding goblins. Magical potions. Deadly, drug-dealing llamas. This ain’t your ordinary game show. Welcome, Crawler. Welcome to the Dungeon. Survival is optional. Keeping the viewers entertained is not. Includes part one of the exclusive bonus story “Backstage at the Pineapple Cabaret.”


Dukes and Ladders

Dukes and Ladders

Author: Eric Ugland

Publisher:

Published: 2020-11-23

Total Pages: 344

ISBN-13: 9781945346125

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When Montana first started playing in iNcarn8, his new game life, he just wanted to be one of the good guys for a change. But despite his impressive stats and incredible heroics, even his closest followers are just plain scared of him. Trouble keeps pouring down Montana, even in the remote, supposedly safe holding he's building into his dukedom. All that will have to change if Coggeshall is going to survive. Walls go up and homes get built, but Montana can't shake the feeling that none of it will be enough to keep out the problems of the Empire. Or the world of Vuldranni. Dukes and Ladders is the fifth book in The Good Guys LitRPG series. It's half town-building grinding, half action-adventure epic, and all thoroughly good fun. Pick up this page-turner today!


The Most Dangerous Game

The Most Dangerous Game

Author: Richard Connell

Publisher: Lindhardt og Ringhof

Published: 2023-02-23

Total Pages: 28

ISBN-13: 8728187490

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Sanger Rainsford is a big-game hunter, who finds himself washed up on an island owned by the eccentric General Zaroff. Zaroff, a big-game hunter himself, has heard of Rainsford’s abilities with a gun and organises a hunt. However, they’re not after animals – they’re after people. When he protests, Rainsford the hunter becomes Rainsford the hunted. Sharing similarities with "The Hunger Games", starring Jennifer Lawrence, this is the story that created the template for pitting man against man. Born in New York, Richard Connell (1893 – 1949) went on to become an acclaimed author, screenwriter, and journalist. He is best remembered for the gripping novel "The Most Dangerous Game" and for receiving an Oscar nomination for the screenplay "Meet John Doe".


Netherspace

Netherspace

Author: Andrew Lane

Publisher: Titan Books (US, CA)

Published: 2017-05-23

Total Pages: 325

ISBN-13: 1785651854

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Fans of Elizabeth Moon and Anne Leckie will love this first thrilling adventure in an epic space opera trilogy—set in a future where alien technology comes at a steep price: human life. Aliens came to Earth 40 years ago. Their anatomy proved unfathomable and all attempts at communication failed. But through trade, humanity gained technology that allowed them to colonize the stars. The price: live humans for every alien faster-than-light drive. Kara’s sister was one of hundreds exchanged for this technology, and Kara has little love for aliens. So when she is drafted by GalDiv—the organization that oversees alien trades—it is under duress. A group of colonists have been kidnapped by aliens and taken to an uncharted planet, and an unusual team is to be sent to negotiate. As an ex-army sniper, Kara’s role is clear. But artist Marc has no combat experience, although the team’s pre-cog Tse is adamant that he has a part to play. All three know that success is unlikely. For how will they negotiate with aliens when communication between the species is impossible?