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Free to Play: A Video Games Anthology
| Expected release date is Oct 6th 2026 |
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Product Details
Overview
Literature as a game. Gaming as literature. How are writers and artists interacting with video games, gaming, and notions of play?
Spanning fiction, creative non-fiction, poetry, comics, and multimedia works from an international array of emerging and established voices, Free to Play: A Video Games Anthology is both a love letter to, and a bold exploration of what video games and gaming culture are and can be.
Guest contributors:
- Erica Eng (Eisner and Ringo award-winning creator of Fried Rice)
- Wen-yi Lim (Speculative fiction writer and author of When They Burned the Butterfly and The Dark We Know)
- Ken Liu (Nebula and Hugo award-winning author of The Dandelion Dynasty and The Paper Menagerie)
- Alvin Pang (Award-winning poet, 2022 Dublin Literary Award judge, and author of All That Is Left Of The Sea)
Other notable contributors:
- Meihan Boey (Dublin Literary Award Longlist, Winner of Singapore Book Awards 2022)
- Gabriela Lee (World Fantasy Award 2025 Winner)
- Myle Yan Tay (Winner of Singapore Book Awards 2024)
Games mentioned in the anthology include:
- Animal Crossing
- Fortnite
- God of War
- Pokémon
- Skyrim
- Super Mario Bros
- Venba
- World of Warcraft









