My new subscriber serial is the (currently nameless) gamelit novel! I love gamelit and LitRPG novels, but every time I write one it goes sideways.😆 In this case, by becoming about what it means when VR is more interesting and more convincing than reality... and about how gaming can stress relationships, but also bring people closer together. In this case, a teen and his not-a-gamer mom, who zones into the
game as a pony centaur. Because it's one of my novels, it also has an alien (in this case, the game's AI), and food (when did I get so interested in food?), and a sprinkle of humor here and there....
Her next step involved waiting at a polite distance, very quietly… and as she expected, lizardhens were as interested in free food as the birds she liked to feed in her
backyard. Four of them pecked their way into the crate; Amanda jogged to them and applied a hoof to the edge of the crate, tipping it upright. She peeked into the crate, and four irate chickenthings glared back at her. She didn’t think they’d have room to flap their way out, but she draped one of the discarded textiles over them anyway.
Of course, that was when she
discovered she wasn’t brawny enough to lift the crate. Amanda eyed her noodle arms with resignation, then trotted off to find help.
The cook was surprised to see her. “You have lizardhen parts already?”
“More than you asked for, if you’ll pick this
crate up for me? Over there?”
“Hahahaha, you expect me to believe you can’t bring me the parts?”
“The lizardhens are still alive,” Amanda replied politely. “It’ll be better to butcher them as you need them.”
That earned her a suspicious look, but Kavon the Cook strode to the crate, peered inside, and scratched his chin. “Well, I’ll be a pony’s uncle!” He paused, reddened. “Uh… no offense.”
“I hope you’re not a pony’s uncle,” Amanda said, fervent, because the idea
of some pony-sized person being responsible for that behemoth made her feel phantom labor pains. “No offense taken.”
I hope subscribers are enjoying their weekly installment of this story! If you're not a subscriber, the book will be available at retail as a single standalone novel when it's done. But the writing of Nick and Amanda's adventure is definitely made possible by my patreon and locals subscribers, so I'd like to thank them for their support.🧡
