The Chill Game Book Bundle

Blurb:

Author and historian David L. Craddock returns with two entries in his GameDev Stories series featuring interviews with developers, designers, and other industry veterans. StoryBundle newcomer Kristopher Landis presents Quest for the Dragon Star, an oral history of the WMAC Masters show featuring Ho Sung Pak—famous for portraying Liu Kang in Mortal Kombat and MKII—among other martial artists.

All that, plus Brian Riggsbee's collection of NES and Famicom maps, a book that examines the real-life influences behind some of the world's most terrifying horror games, two books from the vast library of Hardcore Gaming 101, and more.


$5

Quest for the Dragon Star by Kristopher Landis
Alien Amusements by John Harris
The Guide to Retro Indie Games Vol. 1 by Kurt Kalata

$20

GameDev Stories Collection: Volume 1 by David L. Craddock (StoryBundle Exclusive)
GameDev Stories: Volume 8 by David L. Craddock (StoryBundle Exclusive)
Critical Path by Dan Amrich
The Guide to Retro Indie Games Vol. 2 by Kurt Kalata
Scare Tactics by Nathaniel Hohl
Project Dolphin by Travis Nicholas
Video Game Maps NES and Famicom by Brian Riggsbee

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They've had a few of these but a little too game specific for my tastes, but then they chucked 4 bundles into one at the price of 2 ($30) and I really enjoyed the ones I've read so far. I've been using a pdf viewer to read these a bit at a time without interfering with my fiction in epub form.
Right at the moment I've been reading the ebook versions of The Digital Antiquarian website since I'm terrible at reading long stuff in browser.

The Magic School Bundle

Blurb:
The Magic School bundle contains the first three books of my Hundred Halls Universe which has 28 books and counting to enjoy. Trials of Magic, Web of Lies, and Alchemy of Souls are the books included in this StoryBundle—which follow two sisters, Aurie and Pi, as they try to survive the only magical university in the world called The Hundred Halls.

The bundle also includes from prolific and award winning writers like Kristine Grayson, Tim Susman, Marie Brennan, Katie Cross, Christopher Nuttall, Morgon Newquist, L. Jagi Lamplighter, and Emily Martha Sorensen. Learn more about them and how they came to be in this bundle by reading the notes on each individual book

$5

Down the Dragon Hole by Morgon Newquist (A Tale of The School of Spells & War)
Lies and Prophecy by Marie Brennan
The Unexpected Enlightenment of Rachel Griffin by L. Jagi Lamplighter
Black Magic Academy & White Magic Academy by Emily Martha Sorensen

$20

The Tower and the Fox by Tim Susman
The Hundred Halls - Books 1-3 by Thomas K. Carpenter
Fantastic Schools Volume Six by Christopher G. Nuttall, N. R. Lapoint and more! (short stories)
The Daughters of Zeus Trilogy by Kristine Grayson
Flame - The Dragonmasters Trilogy Book 1 by Katie Cross
Schooled in Magic by Christopher G. Nuttall

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The Fantasy Steampunk Bundle

Blurb:

The best steampunk gives us fantasy with an attitude and weird mechanical somethings or other. When we expect magic, we get machines. When we expect machines, we get magic. Sometimes we get both at the same time. We called this StoryBundle Fantasy Steampunk because most of the stories here are either steampunk, fantasy with steampunk elements, or fantasy that feels like steampunk.

The bundle includes three books exclusive to the bundle, all of them brand-new. The Victorians make a big appearance here, although we also have a story set in the Old West during the Victorian Era. A touch of H.G. Wells (the original steampunk writer) and some Orcs working in the Motor City, which, even though it's set during Prohibition, feels steampunk to me..

$5

Fiction River Presents: Sorcery & Steam edited by Gwyneth Gibby (short stories)
The Dream Thief by Kari Kilgore
Prohibition Orcs by Michael Warren Lucas
The Perfect Perfume and Other Tales by Anthea Sharp (short stories)

$20

The Reflection on Mount Vitaki by Kristine Kathryn Rusch (novella - Qavnerian Protectorate)
Card Sharp Silver by Dean Wesley Smith (A Cave Creek Novel)
Steampunks and Other Heavy Hitters by Robert Jeschonek (StoryBundle Exclusive) (short stories)
Clockwork Heart by Leslie Claire Walker (StoryBundle Exclusive) (short stories)
War of the Worlds - Global Dispatches edited by Kevin J. Anderson (short stories)
Clockwork Princess by Brigid Collins (StoryBundle Exclusive)
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When I read steampunk I expected a few series books, but almost none. Lots of short stories though.
Been a while since any bundles and they sent a second one before I'd even put up this one.

The Black Fantastic Bundle

Blurb:
Every year, during Black History Month, we commemorate the achievements of Black people worldwide. This celebration encompasses all facets of Black life and culture, including the written word. By curating this bundle on storybundle.com, I hope to expose more readers to some of the best writing in the Black Fantastic tradition, including bestselling authors, award-winners, and rising stars.

This amazing bundle contains a short story collection by a two-time World Fantasy Award-Winning author, two Afrocentric anthologies, and seven fantastic novels and novellas under the umbrella of the Black Fantastic. Prolific, award-winning writers that are foundational reads are included, such as Sheree Renée Thomas, Milton J. Davis, and Nicole Givens Kurtz, as well as established favorites and rising stars such as Eboni J. Dunbar, Bendi Barrett, Cerece Rennie Muphy, Jessica Cage, and Zelda Knight.

$5

No Love for the Wicked by Jessica Cage
Stone and Steel by Eboni Dunbar
Trouble the Waters edited by Sheree Renée Thomas, Pan Morigan and Troy L. Wiggins (short stoiies)
The Wolf Queen Book 1: The Hope of Aferi by Cerece Rennie Murphy

$20

Glitches & Stitches by Nicole Givens Kurtz (Death Violation-1)
Empire of the Feast by Bendi Barrett
Nine Bar Blues by Sheree Renée Thomas (short stoiies)
The Wolf Queen Book 2: The Promise of Aferi by Cerece Rennie Murphy
Rogue Treasure by Zelda Knight (An unconquered Stars Novella)
The Long Walk by Milton J. Davis
Sorghum and Spear: The Way of Silk and Stone edited by Sheree Renée Thomas (short stoiies)

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Second bundle in two days and again mostly standlones and short stories.
The Two Wolf Queen Books seem to be a complete series.

Holy Sneaky forums... it merged my two posts..

The SFWA Space is Big Bundle

Blurb:

The late, great, Douglas Adams wrote: "Space is big. You just won't believe how vastly, hugely, mind-bogglingly big it is. I mean, you may think it's a long way down the road to the chemist's, but that's just peanuts to space." Perhaps the only thing bigger than space itself are the stories that take place within it, and in the latest bundle curated by SFWA, we have 15 great ones for you at one low price. We hope you'll join us for this entertaining ride between the stars.

In Brain For Rent (Hardly Used), a conman wrestles a ship's AI that's taking up space in his skull. In Hometown Space Pirate, an unlikely protagonist fights to save an alien from a race of AI beings. Redshift Rendezvous is a hard science fiction work by John E. Stith, an author praised by Dan Simmons of Hyperion fame. Primary Inversion, by Nebula Award-winning author Catherine Asaro, features a bioengineered fighter pilot. In Skylark in the Fog, a group of space scavengers bite off a bigger adventure than they wanted when encountering a powerful enemy, and have to ally with a monarch who can control AIs. This was a fantastic group of submissions so solid that cutting them down to these fifteen gems was quite a task—but we think the result speaks for itself.

$5

The Empyrean by Katherine Franklin (Galaxy of Exiles-1)
Shadows of Mars by I.O. Adler (Broken Stars-1)
Hometown Space Pirate by C.G. Harris (Viraquin Voyage-1)
Hammer and Crucible by Cameron Cooper (Imperial Hammer-1)

$20

The Venus Cycle Omnibus by Ryan T. McFadden (books 1 & 2)
The Signal Out of Space by Mike Jack Stoumbos (This Fine Crew-1)
Goodbye to the Sun by Jonathan Nevair (Wind Tide-1)
Redshift Rendezvous by John E. Stith
Sounding Dark by Jo Graham (The Calpurnian Wars-1)
Skylark in the Fog by Helyna L. Clove
Redspace Rising by Brian Trent
Rattle Man by E.H. Gaskins (The Thiran Chronicles-1)
Brain For Rent (Hardly Used) by D.M. Pruden (The Galactic Misadventures of Ignatz Bauer -1)
Primary Inversion by Catherine Asaro (Skolian Empire-1)
Memory and Metaphor by Andrea Monticue

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I was going to make a sarcastic comment about space and fantasy being the same with all the series books, but the higher tier levelled that up a bit. I wouldn't have minded a couple of short stories collection in place of some book 1s but just going through this quickly make it look interesting and I'll be having a deeper look at reviews.

Looks like "Story Bundle" is now also offering comics: https://storybundle.com/comics

The Underground Comic Bundle - curated by Joseph R. Lallo:

01) Gastrophobia 1 - The 12 Labours of Gastrophobia by Daisy Finch McGuire
02) Vattu: the Name & the Mark by Evan Dahm
03) Weird Nothing by Joseph R. Lallo

Boni:

04) Gastrophobia 2 - Amazon Attacked by Daisy Finch McGuire
05) Gastrophobia 3 - Best at Winning Worst at Love by Daisy Finch McGuire
06) Vattu: the Sword & the Sacrament by Evan Dahm
07) Weird Nothing - A Novella by Joseph R. Lallo
08) Umbagog by Fable Siegel
09) Wanderlust by Jay Miller and Peri Pendrake
10) The God Machine - Volume 1 by Chandra Free
11) Supercell - Book 1 by BMBrice

As usual, you have to pay at least $20,- to unlock all 11 books

Anyone know if a military scifi one (similar one they had about 12months ago) will be an option at some point?

The 2023 World SF Bundle

Blurb:

It's been my great privilege over the past [mumble mumble] years to edit several anthologies devoted to international speculative fiction in all its forms, beginning with the first volume of The Apex Book of World SF back in 2009, done on a budget of chewing gum-and-string, and culminating this year with The Best of World SF: Volume 3 from Head of Zeus, the third in a series of huge, handsome hardcover volumes. Along the way I got to publish the World SF Blog for four years, and write about many international titles in a regular column for the Washington Post. But perhaps the most fun of these has been putting together these annual bundles for StoryBundle – a direct opportunity to offer readers a selection of wonderful books from around the world, at one low price, while directly benefiting the authors and their publishers. It is a reality of today's publishing environment that the most exciting titles usually come from smaller presses, that in a crowded field it is hard to stand up, and that even a small bundle like this can often make a real difference to a book and its author.

$5

Unto the Godless What Little Remains by Mário Coelho
Signal to Noise by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
Ion Curtain by Anya Ow
Hadithi & the State of Black Speculative Fiction by Eugen Bacon and Milton Davis (short stories + essay)

$20

Nova Hellas: Stories from Future Greece edited by Francesca T Barbini and Francesco Verso (short stories)
The Love Machine & Other Contraptions by Nir Yaniv (short stories)
& This is How to Stay Alive by Shingai Njeri Kagunda (novella)
And What Can We Offer You Tonight by Premee Mohamed (novella)
Of Dragons, Feasts and Murders by Aliette de Bodard (A Dragon and Blades Story)
HebrewPunk by Lavie Tidhar (StoryBundle Exclusive) (short stories)

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Hmm even split between between short stories and novels plus a couple of novellas. I wonder what a book of short stories in Greece is like.

The Weird West Bundle

Blurb:

Okay, you may be saying, but what do you mean by Weird West? Oh boy, here's where things get REALLY good. Weird West is a subgenre of speculative fiction that combines bits of traditional Western stories with supernatural, science fiction, steampunk, or even horror elements. In other words, it turns the good ole standby of cowboys and Indians firmly on its head, and throws in a dash of shamans and sorcerers, a spritz of steampower and magic (and sometimes steampowered magic!), or a sprinkle of zombies and Fae, and nearly every goldurn one of 'em is a gunslinger!

$5

The Devil's Revolver by V.S. McGrath (book-1)
Gnome on the Range by Tammy Salyer (Otherworld Outlaws-1)
Melinda West: Monster Gunslinger by KC Grifant
Bodacious Creed by Jonathan Fesmire

$20

On Stolen Land by Stephanie Rabig
The Last Stand of Mary Good Crow by Rachel Aaron
Unicorn Western - The Complete Series (Books 1-9) by Platt and Truant
Not Enough Midnights by Michael Merriam
The Flash Gold Chronicles: Vol. I-III by Lindsay Buroker
Midnight Agency - Season One: The Obsidian Gate by Ken Hoover
Curse of the Ancients by Chuck Buda (Son of Earp-1)

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I feel like Westerns are something I need in small doses, so this one is not for me

The Sci-Fi Exploration Bundle

Blurb:
[i]
As far back into history you want to go, there have always been people who want to push the boundaries of what we know. Whether that was looking to the stars and wondering where those twinkling lights came from, or what was across that intimidating-looking ocean, or what the purpose of all that red stuff inside the human body, the questions never seemed to end.[/i]

That spirit of exploration has never stopped. It's alive today, as we push boundaries in space, on the planet, and into the dreams of cyberspace.

We've gathered ten notable authors to give you their takes on where humanity's endless curiosity might take us.


$5

Over the Moon by S.E. Anderson
Intrepid Legacy - The Extended Trilogy by M. D. Cooper
The Apprentice Storyteller by Astrid V.J. (Wishmaster-1)
Alpha Centauri: Vol. 1 - First Landing by Alastair Mayer

$20

Firebrandt's Legacy by David Lee Summers (Space Pirates-1)
The Meaning Wars by Michelle Patricia Browne (5 Short Novels)
Alternitech by Kevin J. Anderson
The Oberon Cycle - Complete Box Set by J. Scott Coatsworth (Books 1-3)
Mindstorm by Becca Lee Gardner (Storm Chronicles-1)
The Ghosts of Tantor by Adam Gaffen (Cassidyvese Novel)

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For a minute there I thought it was The Ghosts of Trantor and someone was writing new Foundation stuff.

The 2023 Cattitude Bundle

Blurb:

Cozy mysteries, serious witches, not-so-serious witches, musicians, dead musicians, pirates, pirates in space, space opera, fantasy, and romance. What do these things have in common? Cats, of course. Delightful cats. Dozens of cats. More cats than most clowders usually have.

This Storybundle has all of these cats and these stories, plus maybe a dozen more. From short stories to novels, novellas to anthologies, you'll find it all in this bundle, so long as the fiction contains a cat. For $20, you'll get all the books, including three exclusive to this bundle, and a chance to donate to an important charity. So click here before the bundle disappears…forever.


$5

Too Big to Miss by Sue Ann Jaffarian (Odelia Grey Mysteries)
Familiarity - A Winston & Ruby Collection by Kristine Kathryn Rusch (short stories)
A Cat of a Different Color by Kristine Kathryn Rusch and Dean Wesley Smith (short stories)
October Snow by Bonnie Elizabeth (Frost Witch Saga-1)

$20

The Captain's Cat by Stefon Mears (StoryBundle Exclusive) (novella)
Haunted Witch by T. Thorn Coyle (A Seashell Cover Paranormal Mystery)
The Intergalactic Veterinarian of the Year! by Ron Collins & Jeff Collins (StoryBundle Exclusive) (Cruise Brothers Novel)
Death by Polka by Robert Jeschonek
Single Witch's Survival Guide by Mindy Klasky (Jane Madison Academy)
Road of No Return by Annie Reed (StoryBundle Exclusive)

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Meow.

The Superhero Spectacular Bundle

Blurb:

You'd look good with a cape on, you know that? We all would. Our lives are superhero stories, after all, and we are the main characters.

We all have origin stories in which we gain power and come into our own. We face struggles and have adventures, learning and growing stronger from our setbacks. We battle villains, whether they are flesh-and-blood external bad guys or internal enemies, and they nearly vanquish us in high-stakes strife…only to fall when we tap our deepest reserves of power and ingenuity. We are the heroes of our own stories, embarking on epic journeys to fulfill our destinies and perhaps make the world a better place along the way.

$5

Six Superhero Stories by Robert Jeschonek (short stories)
The Hero Beat by Nick Svolos
Knightwatch by Mark Ellis
The Sixth Men by Jeff Deischer

$20

Track of the Trinoculus by Will Murray
A Superhero's Duty by Patricia Gilliam
Wearing the Cape - Special Edition by Marion G. Harmon
The Superhero's Son - Books 1-3 by Lucas Flint
Secret Identities by Keith R.A. DeCandido (StoryBundle Exclusive) (short stories)
Hungry Gods by J. D. Brink

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Not Comics or Graphic Novels, so I wonder if these super heroes are less annoying.

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The 2023 Dark Fantasy Bundle

Blurb:

Things go bump in the night all year round, and this StoryBundle—curated by New York Times bestselling author Kevin J. Anderson—contains 16 books that will keep you on the edge of your seat. We've selected a range of ghost stories, monsters, Lovecraftian horror, epic fantasy with a dark twist, and even snarky black humor.

$5

Quincy Harker: Year One by John G. Hartness
Eden's Eyes by Sean Costello
Passing Through Veils by John Harrison
Weird Tales: Best of the Early Years 1923-1925 edited by Jonathan Maberry and Justin Criado (short stories)

$20

In the Quake Zone by David Gerrold
The Riven Trilogy by A.R. Knight (3 books)
Fright Nights Big City by Mark Leslie (A Canadian Werewolf novel)
Nightingale by Melissa Mickelsen (Nightingale Song-1)
Cobweb Bride by Vera Nazarian (Cobweb Bride 1 of 3)
Artie's Bark by Jason Savio
Book of Death and Madness by John Haas (Book of Ancients-2)
Deprivers by Steven-Elliot Altman
Services Rendered by Kevin J. Anderson (short stories)
The Ghost Book edited by Lady Cynthia Asquith (short stories)

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Dunno why but Dark Fantasy never really works for me. Surprising few series books and a couple of short story collection, this bundle has a nice balance.

I'm exited to join all this book!

The 2023 Pride Bundle

Blurb:

Because this is for Pride, we looked for books that depicted queerness in all its aspects. You'll find profoundly hopeful work as well as darker themes, but what you won't find is stories in which being queer means you're evil, nor any in which it's a purely doomed and tragic fate. Instead, these are stories that showcase the myriad ways that queerness manifests — the many ways that we have chosen to be.

We don't — can't — claim that this is anything like a definitive LGBTQIA+ collection. There's too much wonderful queer writing out there for anyone to be able to claim that. We're offering a mix of novels, novellas, and short story collections; we have science fiction, space opera, fantasy, dark fantasy, historical fantasy, and more. We've included newer writers and new work, and reintroduced some older stories you may have missed the first time around. In short, we have a bundle that celebrates our many identities and shows off the work of some of the best writers working today.

$5

The Unbalancing by R. B. Lemberg (A Birdverse Novel)
Martha Moody by Susan Stinson
Uncommon Charm by Kat Weaver and Emily Bergslien
The Silences of Ararat by L. Timmel Duchamp
Queer Weird West Tales edited by Julie Bozza (short stories)

$20

The Bruising of Qilwa by Naseem Jamnia
Boys, Beasts & Men by Sam J. Miller (short stories)
Fire Logic by Laurie J. Marks
Our Fruiting Bodies by Nisi Shawl (short stories)
We're Here - The Best Queer Speculative Fiction 2021 edited by L.D. Lewis and series editor Charles Payseur (short stories)
Night Sky Mine by Melissa Scott
The Feast of Panthers by Sean Eads
The Gusty Deep by Lee Morgan
The Dragon Eater by J. Scott Coatsworth (Tharassas Cycle-1)
Perishables by Michael G. Williams
Unfinished Business by Catherine Lundoff (short stories)
In the Deep by Kelly Jennings

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Nice mix of Novels and short stories.