Free to Play: a Video Games Anthology

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