Git Gud - A LitRPG Anthology


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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




Through the Oak Tree Rift


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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.




Common Bonds: A Speculative Aromantic Anthology


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




Proposals That Work


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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.




Darkness Named


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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!




Reading and Understanding Research


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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.




The Reinvented Heart


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What happens when emotions like love and friendship span vast distances -- in space, in time, and in the heart? Science fiction often focuses on future technology and science without considering the ways social structures will change as tech changes -- or not. What will relationships look like in a complicated future of clones, uploaded intelligences, artificial brains, or body augmentation? What stories emerge when we acknowledge possibilities of new genders and ways of thinking about them? The Reinvented Heart presents stories that complicate sex and gender by showing how shifting technology may affect social attitudes and practices, stories that include relationships with communities and social groups, stories that reinvent traditional romance tropes and recast them for the 21st century, and above all, stories that experiment, astonish, and entertain.




Giant Spider & Me: A Post-Apocalyptic Tale Vol. 1


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'"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. "'




Star Divers


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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.




Sentinals Rising


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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.