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. Contents No Man is an Island – Ellie Black The Short, Sweet Life of Commander Brian – Gabriela Lee Side-Scroller – Ken Liu The Last Bonfire – Myle Yan Tay & Natalie M. E. Tan All The Times I Was Dragonborn – Nuraliah Norasid Less Than Three Stars – Jack Xi All the Skin(s) You Left Behind – Sarah Mak & Nic Chan Press “Y” to Reboot – Noor Tannir He Is You, She’s For You – Hana Luisa Binte Yaacob Dawn of Clarendera – Meihan Boey memory leak – Zhen A Seat at Venba’s Table – Varsha Sivaram God of War – Maya Escobar Boys and Girls Across Dead Worlds – Alex K. Masse Don’t Start Without Me – Kenneth Lam The Writer as Gamer – Alvin Pang It’s Dangerous to Go Alone – Anthony Falleroni snake on a train – judith huang Your Inventory is Filling Up Again – Wen-yi Lee Shadow Stone – Erica Eng Fast Travel – Adriana X. Jacobs