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

As summer break drew to a close, Jonas grew desperate for something exciting to fill his final days. Soon he would regret those same feelings as he embarked on the most dangerous adventure of his life. Thrust into an unbelievable world of dwarves, goblins and an evil more terrifying than anything he had ever encountered. Jonas would soon find himself yearning for his boring, normal life and struggle to escape Through the Oak Tree Rift.

In the False Lands, it's either git gud or die. Tanisha Richards, known as Koest in dARkness: Online, isn't your typical augmented reality mobile gamer. She's a deer-hunting engineer from Oregon who lives in a self-sustainable house but drives a really inefficient truck. She also happens to be in a wheelchair. When the loot of a lifetime shows up during a potentially bugged event, Tanisha rushes out into the wilderness to capitalize on some intern's mistake. She was expecting some amazing drops. What she got was dropped into the False Lands. Will Tanisha be able to survive in a reality ruled by the systems in dARkness: Online, or is it GG? Darkness Named is the first in a the dARkness: Online Trilogy. It features a diverse cast of characters, LitRPG crafting and building elements, augmented reality gaming, and a ton of references to the games we've enjoyed over the years!

Common Bonds is an anthology of speculative short stories and poetry featuring aromantic characters and centering platonic relationships.

Covering all aspects of the proposal process, from the most basic questions about form and style to the task of seeking funding, 'Proposals That Work' offers clear advice backed up with examples.

There is virtually no way to complete one's education without encountering a research report. The book that has helped demystify qualitative and quantitative research articles for thousands of readers, from the authors of the best-selling Proposals that Work, has been revised. This edition is completely reorganized to separate quantitative and qualitative research with four new distinct sections (research reports, quantitative research, qualitative research, and research reviews. The authors presume no special background in research, and begin by introducing and framing the notion of reading research within a wider social context. Next they offer insight on when to seek out research, locating and selecting the right reports, and how to help evaluate research for trustworthiness.

'"A young girl named Nagi and a giant spider make an unusual pair in this post-apocalyptic story, but living in the mountains is lonely, and they''ve managed to find each other. Join them in their strangely sweet domestic bliss as they spend their days sharing tea and throwing picnics, proving that love (and delicious food) can bring together even the most unlikely of friends. "'

Sentinals Rising is the second book in the saga of Remargaren, a vibrant, ancient world of high fantasy suffused with magic and adventure. Jerrol Haven, having rescued the king from the clutches of the malevolent Ascendants, knows they haven't stopped their scheming. While trying to learn more about the mysterious Sentinals he woke from a three-thousand-year sleep, he has to defend his king and country from further magical attacks.Should he trust the Sentinals in such vital positions? Can he trust them to protect the king and Vespiri? As Jerrol learns more of their capabilities, he realises there are more secrets yet to be revealed. Maybe those questioning their sudden rise in power have a point.Before he can delve further, a call for help comes from the neighbouring country of Terolia. The nomadic Families are disintegrating into chaotic infighting. The king sends Jerrol to investigate, instructing him to do whatever is needed to protect the Families from the Ascendants.

High schoolers Charlie Matthews, Martin Anderson, and Sharon Collins win a contest to play an interactive-interfacing type of medieval game as the avatars of their favorite characters. Their mission: fight monsters, storm the castle, and capture the evil king. Things go terribly wrong, though, when Charlie wakes up as Angella of Avernon, the lead female character in the game. While she happens to be the most powerful avatar around, he also finds out that they’ve been infected with a virus that will kill them outside the game. Trapped and beset on all sides, Charlie has to deal with the sexism of the characters, circa 1430, Martin’s distaste for his female form, and his feelings about becoming a woman. In addition to fighting off the various monsters, Charlie tries to fight off his attraction to Sharon…and then he realizes that Sharon is attracted to him, which makes it even more confusing. And when the deadly opponents in the game get the upper hand, Charlie must summon all of his love and courage to save the day and rescue Sharon. Love is truly where you find it, and the gender of the one you love doesn’t matter at all.

Teenage Breq escapes the grim streets of a resource low, nearfuture world to take a job as a 'corpse diver' in a massive online SciFi game, Bane. Breq finds himself in a dangerous, lifethreatening adventure within the game as he searches for the reason for the death of his best friend. With landscapes and settings that evoke the SciFi classics our hero must level up his character as fast as he can, so as to be able to take on and defeat a sinister, masked figure. Especially as the threat posed by the unknown character is not limited to events within the game.