Updated Recommendations Lists
Now with dedicated list just for the bizarre and eery world of weird IFs 
I think IF writers who think up new concepts that compete with Hideo Kojima’s Death Stranding in strangeness deserve recognition. Stuff that makes you blink and go “What the hell did I just read?!”…in the very best of ways.
So here is a full list of wonderfully strange tales -
Published-
- The Last Dream by Gilbert Gallo - available for free to read, be v. grateful.
- Chronicon Apocalyptica by Robert Davis
- Ironheart
- Aelsa Trevelyan’s Fernweh Saga - the baby deer sci fi alien plant seed thing…it haunts my nightmares…
- Saturnine (Submitted) by [Jon Matthieu] Romance a robot spider thing!
- The Passenger
- Restore, Reflect, Retry
- A Death in Hyperspace
- The Bread Must Rise
- Professor of Magical Studies Romance an extra-dimensional being who lives in your head!
WIPs-
- One Knight Stand
- Choose Your Own Devoured by Clowns Adventure (No demo available anymore sadly)
- Parasitical
- Wonderland Noir
Updated Watch Lists
Other great CS games on my personal “to watch” list-
- Season of Shadows by Kirsten
- Weeping Gods by J Collins
- Mind Blind (Close to submission) by Jo O’Connor
- Quiver by Sam Kabell
- Shattered Eagle by Azan
- Sherlock Holmes: Affairs of the Heart by Doriana Gray
- Crime Families of Aplista - in house CoG WIP by Jonco
- Diaspora (Close to submission) by @AugustArria + JJ Laurier
- Judgement of Tarkar by Laura
- Merry Crisis by Monsoon Games
- The Bureau by Morbeth Games
- Defiled Hearts: The Barbarian by Haley Mattos
- Lidia Molina Whyte’s Orphic Love - Heart’s Choice WIP
- Stuart Martin’s To Reign In Hell - in-house CoG WIP
- Laderyuss 's Autumn Winds - a regency romance P&P adaptation where you play a male MC who can romance the female characters from the book.
- Amy’s Infamous WIP - Be the lead singer in a band competing in a reality tv show.
- Miranda Eastwood 's House of the Golden Mask - in-house CoG game - used to be called House of Prestidigitation, currently it’s at BETA testing stage.
Published-
Anything by these authors…
- Malin Rydén > currently 2 books published in the Fallen Hero series, I rec. start with book 1 Rebirth / Currently working on the third book in the series Fallen Hero: Revelations
- Jax Ivy e.g. Leas: City of the Sun
- Julia Owl e.g. Scales of Justice Book 1
- John Louis e.g. Whisky-Four / I, the Forgotten One
- Michael Maxwell e.g. Breach: The Archangel Job written w/ Ben Luigi / Currently working on the sequel > Breach: Chicago War Zone (WIP)
- Adam Rifky e.g. A Mage Reborn / Currently working on Book 2 (WIP)
- JJ Laurier, e.g. Fields of Asphodel / Currently working on the Sequel (WIP)
- C.C. Hill : e.g. When Life Gives You Lemons / Currently working on > Spices of the Heart (WIP)
- Peter Parrish e.g. Mask of the Plague Doctor / Currently working on > Hexfinder (WIP)
- Leia Talon e.g. Ink and Intrigue / Currently working on> The Eternal Library (WIP) - a romantasy Cinderella retelling
- Kreg Segall - e.g. A Midsummer Night’s Choice / Tally Ho / Jolly Good: Cakes and Ale / Currently working on the Jolly Good sequel - Tea and Scones (In-House CoG WIP)
- Paul Wang > currently there are 3 books published in their Infinite Sea series, I rec. start w/ book 1 - Sabres of Infinity / Newly announced - two “Hunter: the Reckoning” games soon to be published!
- Harris Powell Smith > Currently 4 books published in their school-based romance series, I rec. starting w/ book 1 - Creme de la Creme / Currently working on The Earth Has Teeth (WIP)
- Thom Bayley > currently got 3 books published in their Evertree saga, I rec. start with book 1 Evertree series / currently working on Book 4
- Mishka Jenkins > rec. start with book 1 of Wayhaven Chronicles series , there are currently 3 games published in the series / Currently working on Book 4 (WIP)
- Mike Walter e.g. Life of a Mobster
- Barbara Truelove e.g. Blood moon / Currently working on Sequel with vampires in it > Thicker Than (WIP) (Plus non-interactive fiction- Of Monsters and Mainframes)
- Allen Gies e.g. Tin Star
- Jim Dattilo: e.g. Zombie Exodus / Currently working on Deadbury Academy w/ @Lys , as well as Gothic Horror/Urban Fantasy WIP > Neither Heaven nor Hell - no DEMO yet
- Lynnea Glasser e.g. Creatures Such As We / The Sea Eternal
- Ruth Vincent e.g. Changeling Charade (Plus non-interactive fiction w/ her Changeling P.I. novels)
- Lauren O’Donoghue e.g. Love Undying: Kiss Before Dawn - Heart’s Choice game > gender + sexuality choices for MC in a romantic Victorian Vampiric tale.
- Fay Ikin e.g. Asteroid Run / Heart of Battle - Heart’s Choice game / currently working on Heart of the Mountain (Heart’s Choice WIP)
- Erin Rowlands e.g. Spellbound: Malachite Coven - Heart’s Choice game
- Cay Macres > Witch’s Brew: Love and Lattes - Heart’s Choice, soon to be published
Other published games I love-
- Tale of Two Cranes by Michelle Balaban and Stephanie Balaban
- Highlands, Deep Waters by Fernando B Neves and Lucas Zaper
- Lords of Aswick by Teo Kuusela
- Choice of the Deathless by Max Gladstone
- Guenevere by Jean Townsend - it’s free to play, be v. grateful.
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