Press Start to Play: Stories [Paperback]

IT’S DANGEROUS TO GO ALONE! TAKE THIS.
 
You are standing in a room filled with books, faced with a difficult decision. Suddenly, one with a distinctive cover catches your eye. It is a groundbreaking anthology of short stories from award-winning writers and game-industry titans who have embarked on a quest to explore what happens when video games and science fiction collide.

From text-based adventures to first-person shooters, dungeon crawlers to horror games, these twenty-six stories play with our notion of what video games can be—and what they can become—in smart and singular ways. With a foreword from Ernest Cline, bestselling author ofReady Player One,Press Start to Playincludes work from: Daniel H. Wilson, Charles Yu, Hiroshi Sakurazaka, S.R. Mastrantone, Charlie Jane Anders, Holly Black, Seanan McGuire, Django Wexler, Nicole Feldringer, Chris Avellone, David Barr Kirtley,T.C. Boyle, Marc Laidlaw, Robin Wasserman, Micky Neilson, Cory Doctorow, Jessica Barber, Chris Kluwe, Marguerite K. Bennett, Rhianna Pratchett, Austin Grossman,  Yoon Ha Lee, Ken Liu, Catherynne M. Valente, Andy Weir, and Hugh Howey.

Your inventory includes keys, a cell phone, and a wallet. What would you like to do?God Mode
Daniel H. Wilson
 
NPC
Charles Yu
 
Respawn
Hiroshi Sakurazaka 
 
Desert Walk
S.R. Mastrantone
 
Rat Catcher’s Yellows
Charlie Jane Anders
 
1UP
Holly Black
 
Survival Horror
Seanan McGuire
 
Real
Django Wexler
 
Outliers
Nicole Feldringer
 
< end game >
Chris Avellone
 
Save Me Plz
David Barr Kirtley
 
The Relive Box
T.C. Boyle
 
Roguelike
Marc Laidlaw
 
All of the People in Your Party Have Died