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Rise and Rescue
Together we stand stronger.
Join an international group of authors working together to raise awareness and donations for WIRES, an Australian organization dedicated to the rescue and rehabilitation of Australian wildlife. Our effort has led us to create this anthology of short GameLit stories. From LitRPG, Sci-Fi, Fantasy and everything in between we hope the tales we’ve collected will leave you feeling warm and fuzzy, just like the feeling you’ll get from supporting this amazing project. All profits from this anthology will be donated to WIRES.
Join an international group of authors working together to raise awareness and donations for WIRES, an Australian organization dedicated to the rescue and rehabilitation of Australian wildlife. Our effort has led us to create this anthology of short GameLit stories. From LitRPG, Sci-Fi, Fantasy and everything in between we hope the tales we’ve collected will leave you feeling warm and fuzzy, just like the feeling you’ll get from supporting this amazing project. All profits from this anthology will be donated to WIRES.
513 pages, Kindle Edition
First published March 10, 2020
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April 10, 2020
Game Lit is one of those sub genres that has really burst into life in the past few years. The idea is that it is literature that revolves around gaming - computer gaming, roleplaying, that kind of thing. As such, it has its own particular quirks, and some of this anthology is more heavily immersed in those quirks than other stories.
First thing first, though, this anthology is for a good cause - it's helping out in the aftermath of the fires that swept Australia. There are Australians writing here, and other writers from the world around who also wanted to reach out and help.
One of those odd quirks in game lit is sometimes providing statistic updates for characters as you read. It can throw you a little, especially if this is the first time you're encountering the genre, but hey, that's the genre, it is what it is.
For me, the stories I enjoyed more played less on that - I really liked Anthea Sharp's Spark Jaxley story which kicks off the anthology, in which a gamer takes her shot at trying to win a world title and maybe give her family some financial hope in the process. It's quite brilliant.
Then there's Marcus Sloss' fun snippet, Texas Wildlife Volunteers, which looks at the victims of fire themselves and serves as a nice break from the other stories.
KR Dimmick's Hacked tells a story of a group quest on an online roleplaying game where only the players can save the day, while EM Swift-Hook plays gently with the genre by flipping the perspective to an NPC adapting to the new rollout of an update to a game that may have some unusual consequences.
There's scorching fantasy in Jane Jago's Dragon Riders, with a flame of passion too, and wartime action from lawrence Dagstine's The War Module.
Like any anthology, some stories will catch you more than others - but this is a solid bunch of reads with some that really shone to me. And, of course, it helps those who need help.
First thing first, though, this anthology is for a good cause - it's helping out in the aftermath of the fires that swept Australia. There are Australians writing here, and other writers from the world around who also wanted to reach out and help.
One of those odd quirks in game lit is sometimes providing statistic updates for characters as you read. It can throw you a little, especially if this is the first time you're encountering the genre, but hey, that's the genre, it is what it is.
For me, the stories I enjoyed more played less on that - I really liked Anthea Sharp's Spark Jaxley story which kicks off the anthology, in which a gamer takes her shot at trying to win a world title and maybe give her family some financial hope in the process. It's quite brilliant.
Then there's Marcus Sloss' fun snippet, Texas Wildlife Volunteers, which looks at the victims of fire themselves and serves as a nice break from the other stories.
KR Dimmick's Hacked tells a story of a group quest on an online roleplaying game where only the players can save the day, while EM Swift-Hook plays gently with the genre by flipping the perspective to an NPC adapting to the new rollout of an update to a game that may have some unusual consequences.
There's scorching fantasy in Jane Jago's Dragon Riders, with a flame of passion too, and wartime action from lawrence Dagstine's The War Module.
Like any anthology, some stories will catch you more than others - but this is a solid bunch of reads with some that really shone to me. And, of course, it helps those who need help.
March 20, 2021
Remaining quite constant in all publications. I still enjoy this unique story as an escape from reality. I mean that in the double entendre. Triple entendre as I tend to step into the multiplex of other minds. Or is it multi-entendre? Wow I blew my mind.
June 2, 2020
I joined this project for the cause and discovered gamelit in the process. This is a great book with excellent short stories. I was so happy reading it
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