Harper was making an ambitiously expansive game, a new type of game with more options than the basic hack-and-slash, where exploration and cleverness were a legitimate course of action, not an extra-hard mode. But he died before he could complete his project. Only to be reborn in that world, as a normal person. Now he is in the world that he created and realizes that he knows things no one else knows, secrets only he knows. Harper sets off to find some of these secrets, wanting to make sure that he has the power to ensure that his world remains pure, that no one will have the power to ruin it like other games. And if the only way to do that is for him to get himself enough magic and mystical artifacts that he can determine the future of the world, then so be it. It wouldn’t be conquest if it was for a good cause. Right?
A World of My Own Making is created by Joe Weinberg, an eGlobal Creative Publishing signed author.

A World of My Own Making

Petra and I walk over to a table in the corner and have a seat. Drinks arrive soon after. Room and board is covered for tonight, I tell her. As Im saying it, someone puts a bowl of stew in front of each of us, complete with a large piece of bread for dipping. It smells delicious. Plus I got some money. Maybe enough for a map. Definitely enough to get me some armor.


She gestures over my shoulder with her chin. And you made a friend, she says.


I look where shes pointing and see the elf I had identified walk up to us. I scoot over a bit, and he pulls a chair over. I notice that Petra puts her hand beneath the table, probably on her curved knife, and that she shifts so she can stand easily without getting tangled up in the chair.


Chapter 14: A Chat with a New Friend