Short Story

Disillusionist, The LitRPG Misadventures: Fetch Quests and Bog Gods

What's the smart move when playing a support class mage with no offensive magic to speak of? Undertake a solo adventure in a monster infested bog of course! Who needs a well-rounded party when you have second-hand daggers, illusions, and flexible morals?

Dean, probably, but he's not about to admit that.

The last adventurer sent to the Pitmerdan bog for some routine fantasy-world community service failed to complete their quest, so now Dean's goddess has made it his problem. Spending days in a backwater bog town isn't Dean's idea of fun in the first place, with its stinking cold waters and lack of creature comforts. Even the quest-giver seems to think this is some sort of hazing from Dean's faction.

What started out as an unpleasant fetch quest becomes a nearly impossible struggle for control when Dean finds himself at odds with everyone who was supposed to support him and the forces of a lesser deity. He'll surely be able to thwart their plans with his ability to produce convincing illusions that cause absolutely no damage. Taking into account his allies, the alcoholic alchemist and a tavern maid, he's got this in the bag.

True John Crusade: A Dark Fantasy GameLit (The New World Adventures of Dan Book 2)

One Man, One Bat, One Apocalypse

When the end of the world arrives, people know they can always count on a hero.

A John, and there is always a John.

Be it a Sheppard, Sheridan, Lee, Constantine, or Spartan.

One True John to save the world, but until they can find him, they'll have to make do with Dan.

As undead pour into the suburbs and more monsters flood the cities, will Dan and the crusaders be able to stem the tide?

The Winds of Cooper (Caverns and Creatures)

With Cooper facing a public execution, his friends pull a Hail Mary stunt to rescue him. When they inevitably bungle that, their chances for survival don't amount to a fart in the wind.

But the wind has never met a fart like this before.

Join Cooper, Tim, Julian, Dave, and Ravenus on another crazy Caverns & Creatures adventure!

The Skeletal Champion: A Dark Dungeon Realm LitRPG (Pandemonium)

Enticed by promises of renewed power, a skeleton fights with but one task, to gain strength, in preparation for a battle beyond his wildest imaginings.

In life, Xanthus was a powerful necromancer with undead servants to obey his every whim. In death, the tables have turned. His soul plucked from the Well of Souls by Zekant, a Lord of Pandemonium. He has been changed, deposited in the Spectral Arena as a monster gladiator.

He is reborn as a skeleton and given a new name, Tetraites.

Fortune Favors the Kobold

Tim and the C&C gang get more than they bargained for when they follow a lead given to them by a friendly kobold.

Will they find the hidden treasure? Will Tim find his pants? Will any horses survive?

Find out in this exciting addition to the Caverns & Creatures collection!

Pizza Mage: Chapter One of a LitRpg Saga

Join Dave as he lands a new job at Fantanic, the worlds leading gaming company testing state of the art and fully immersive gaming hardware as an in-game goblin and the 8th newest player to the realm of Spectacle Online.

Hung Ogre (Caverns and Creatures)

Once again our heroes awaken to find themselves drunkenly unaware of the previous night's events and how they came to get into their current predicament.

But no amount of Diplomacy is going to save them against the appetite of the hung and hungry ogre who has captured them.

With nothing but their wits to aid them, will the C&C gang be able to escape being boiled alive?

Valentines in an Apocalypse

What happens when the apocalypse is over; to love, strained and torn?

How do you pick up the pieces, when life stabilises?

It's a question our heroes must ask themselves, when they're no longer fighting off swarms of monsters, no longer struggling for Credits and Levels.

Valentine's in the Apocalypse is set four years after the System Apocalypse has arrived, between books 5 and 6 of the System Apocalypse and features new characters. The story is set in Vancouver, BC.

This Poo Shall Pass (Caverns and Creatures)

Having a Charisma score of 4 seems pretty bad when you're constantly shitting yourself because of it. But things get even worse for Cooper when he can't squeeze out so much as a shart.

The pressure builds as he and his friends seek answers to help this volcano erupt. Can they discover the mysterious cause of Cooper's constipation in time to save him?

Find out in this exciting new Caverns & Creatures adventure!

A New Script: A System Apocalypse short story (The System Apocalypse Short Stories Book 2)

A New Script is set in Vancouver, BC and showcases an unusual adventuring party and the day-to-day struggle of individuals who aren't necessarily suited to the apocalypse.

A New Script is set in the second year of the apocalypse (between books 4 and 5) and features new characters.

Gate Wars: Sprint: A LitRPG Novella

The Ulterians, alien overlords, have conquered Earth and created the Gates for races to do battle in a battle royale across the galaxy. Will and Rachel have battled across their once prosperous city of Denver only to find an unforgiving new world. They entered the Gates and they were victorious, but at a price. Not ready to pay that price, Will and Rachel must put their lives on the line again and again to earn enough currency to buy their way out of their problem. The only complication is that they have a time limit. They have sixty-eight hours to earn their reward or the chance could be gone forever. Can Rachel and Will sprint to the finish and earn their reprieve, or will their break-neck pace cause them to get careless and lose out on the prize?

Legendary Dungeon Seed (Book 1): A Dungeon Core Monster Girl Fantasy

Craft Dungeons ...

Cultivate Monster Girls ...

... Become A King?

Osman Spar just made a very dangerous bargain ...

To try and cheat death, he agrees to play a new VR-based fantasy roleplaying game. However, Osman won't be playing as a warrior or a wizard, but as a dungeon core.

Now he must build an underground labyrinth of tunnels and chambers formidable enough to withstand any and all attacks.

But, in order to do that, Osman needs to learn dark magic, summon powerful minions, and cultivate gorgeous monster girls to be his loyal level bosses.

WARNING: This story contains dungeon building, harem building, lewd content, foul language, and explicit scenes ... plus: epic brawls, video game violence, mana cultivation, LitRPG stats and level progression, and a little corgi dog who thinks that he is a dragon!

Rise of the UnTed

Rise of the UnTed follows the unfortunate adventure of Ted as he starts his new life as an unholy abomination. Only time will tell if he will be another mindless minion or become something else. But first, Ted has to kill his killers. What doesn’t kill you may make you stronger, but sometimes what does kill you just makes you angry.

WARNING: Rise of the UnTed is an undead and necromancer themed GameLit/litRPG. Content includes dead people, dead animals, evil named shovels, necromancers, ancient entities both chaotic and dark, and lots of death.

Gate Wars: Upheaval: A LitRPG Novella

The world will change in the next six hours. Governments will fall, people will die, and the natural laws will shatter. A small group of people will gain extraordinary abilities and compete against the alien races of the universe in a life or death competition called the Gate Wars. Will and Rachel will be two of the people to gain reality bending abilities. They will battle their way across their once peaceful city in search of these Gates. They will risk their lives and learn to use their abilities to do something they never thought they would have to do, kill. Will they have what it takes to succeed against the alien races of the universe, or will they succumb to the pain of losing everything? The next six hours will change more than just the world.

This story contains leveling, abilities and some adult language.

War Chief: A Tusk and Blade Story

Duty.
Honor.
Power.
The orc city of Rockfang has been home to legendary War Chiefs for centuries. As next in line to the Bone Throne, Durzum intends to continue that tradition. However, his rise to power is not without its challenges inside and outside the city. Perhaps his most dangerous foes are the mysterious travelers, called Star Children. They spawn outside of Rockfang periodically, and while some have good intentions, there are those who seek a path of evil. Durzum is joined by his young daughter, Thiasha, who wants nothing more than to make her father proud and ensure his success as War Chief.

Will Durzum navigate the challenges in his path while protecting his beloved daughter?

Is he ready to become the War Chief that the orcs of Rockfang need?

Orcs are not known to shy away from battle. Durzum is not about to start now.

This gamelit novella can be read as a stand-alone work. However, you will get more out of it if you have read Tusk and Blade Book One.

The Quell: Destiny Rising - A LitRPG Series (Prequel)

A LitRPG that destroys the boundaries of the known world.

Do you like to be whisked away into a new world of LitRPG wildness? Then read on...

Enter The Quell:

When the Reckoning came, the world was plunged into the fantasy realm of the Quell. Those who remember the old world would say that it’s like those old video games they use to play only with the threat of death. Those in the Quell would say it has given them a life of freedom, while it has robbed some of everything they have.

In the Quell, it’s fight or die and Adrianna Swann aimed to live. Ever since her uncle got kidnapped by cultists, she has set off on her own quest of freedom and answers. The Quell is vast and full of horrors, pushing one's mind to the brink of insanity. Adrianna has never been too worried, though. Her uncle taught her everything she knew, and nothing was going to get between her and finding answers...

But how far is one girl willing to go to unlock the secrets of this world that everyone has known for so long?

What sacrifices have to be made to get what she wants and is she willing to make them?

This book is just the Prequel, a taste of what The Quell might bring. I have much more for you where this comes from!

GAME WORLD: LitRPG GameLit Adventure

This is the most interesting LitRPG / GameLit story you will ever read.

Blood. Betrayal. Players. Levels. Artificial Intelligence. Death. Psychology.

Detective Malone enters Game World because his friend Diageo has been murdered. Now it’s humans against machines against artificial life. And now you’ve been given access. Can any player win? Can you win?

NOTE: This story contains LitRPG / GameLit elements such as statistics, leveling and some crafting. Furthermore, this story isn’t “light” or “simple” like some milquetoast romance. You must play to win.

CONTENT WARNING: This book contains references to human sacrifice, loss of humanity, machine supremacy, mental breakdown, artificial intelligence trauma, alcohol, Nordic music, mathematics, syringes, dental implants, megalomania, financial inequality, backdoor code hacking, sexualization of death, Canada and God Mode. You’ve been provided with fair warning.

READ AT YOUR OWN RISK: This book isn’t for children or even young adults. It includes adult language (strong profanity) and will likely offend those who are kind-hearted and gentle-of-spirit. Mature readers only.

My Opinion: 46 pages, $0.99, Available On Kindle Unlimited

This is a mess. There’s no real story as much as blocks of text that look like code notes, or a chat room transcription. There are some thrown in stat and skill increases in there, but they don’t have a reference and much like the rest of the super short text, just kinda exist. I regretted picking this up even as a KU read. 

Score: 4 out of 10

GAME WORLD: LitRPG GameLit Adventure

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The System Apocalypse Short Story Anthology Volume 1: A LitRPG post-apocalyptic fantasy and science fiction anthology

A bounty hunting survivor. A Galactic dark elf. A woman who has given up her humanity to become something more.

These stories and more are available in the first short story anthology for the System Apocalypse, covering year one on Earth. When the world ends, humanity steps up, finding new ways to survive in a world with Classes, magic and monsters. The anthology features exciting, new stories by five new writers and a new, never publicly released short story by Tao Wong.

The System Apocalypse world was first introduced in 'Life in the North' and is a LitRPG science fiction and fantasy post-apocalyptic work that features monsters, science fiction technology, character sheets, supernatural races and ancient myths in one heady, LitRPG brew.

Stories and writers featured in this anthology include:

Craig Hamilton - "Hunting Monsters" has our protagonist doing what he does best. Finding those who would exploit the System and the people within. Except this time, there are even more complications than normal.

Alexis Keane - "Tooth and Claw" is a heart-warming tale of friendship that knows no bounds of race or distance.

Ix Phoen - "Rebel Within" tells a tale of hardship in South America, where the monsters are not always the ones outside the walls.

Tao Wong – “Debts & Dances” covers the arrival of the System from the perspective of our favorite Truinnar Lord.

R.K. Billiau – “Phoenix Rising” covers an unconventional hero, one whose mind is slipping from him before the apocalypse. Will the apocalypse be his salvation? Or doom?

L.A. Batt - “Overture to Obliteration” brings us to far-off New Zealand to glimpse the wreckage the System has wrought.

This Broken Sword: TOL Online Episode 1: A Lit RPG Saga

My name is Dahlia Otou, and I’m 16 years old. I left everything behind to join Tol Online, the world’s most popular VRMMORPG.

My parents are dead, and I only have one option left: join Tol’s most dangerous realm and fight for survival. But my plan goes haywire when my greatest asset is nerfed by the game’s AI.

Now, I have to recover the pieces of a powerful family heirloom, cleave through bloodthirsty baddies, and trade every scrap of loot I can find before I am arrested and forced to pay off my father’s debt.

Easy, right?

Perfect for fans of Ready Player One by Ernest Cline and Ascend Online by Luke Chmilenko!

THIS BROKEN SWORD is Episode 1 of the SERIALIZED YA GAMELIT LIT RPG saga, TOL Online. Each episode is between 20K and 35K words.

Styxian Stoners May Break My Boners (Caverns and Creatures)

Julian and the C&C gang make a deal with the devils. Can Tim's tiny member save him and his friends from certain death?

Lo, it is written in the Book of Deuteronomy. "One cannot hope to escape the Devil's hole without first putting one's dick in it."