
by A. R. Witham
Don’t Die Dave A death game where the reward isn’t power or money... it’s health insurance. To erase his crippling medical debt, terminal Dave signs a contract that uploads his mind into RiftBorn™ — a brutal pay-to-win death game watched by millions. Broke, bald, and armed with nothing but discarded loot, blistering sarcasm, and an 8-bit penguin named Pepper, Dave is trapped in a world where every quest is sponsored, every death is monetized, and every mistake goes viral. To survive, he’ll have to outthink influencers, sabotage engagement metrics, and resist a healthcare system that profits if he dies. Play or die. Those are the rules. And for a social hermit like Dave, death isn’t the worst fate...it’s trending.
| # | Title | Words |
|---|---|---|
| 0 | Out of Network, Out of Luck | 0 |
| 1 | Isla Soledad | 0 |
| 2 | Taking Inventory | 0 |
| 3 | Long Division | 0 |
| 4 | Claw & Order | 0 |
| 5 | Welcome to RiftBorn™! |
| 0 |
| 6 | Don’t Die Dave | 0 |
| 7 | Africa | 0 |
| 8 | Lunch Break on the Food Chain | 0 |
| 9 | You Mad, Bro? | 0 |
| 10 | Here Kitty Kitty | 0 |
| 11 | Gold Digger | 0 |
| 12 | Trash Tactics | 0 |
| 13 | All Greek to Me | 0 |
| 14 | Blap Blap | 0 |
| 15 | Respawn Rangers | 0 |
| 16 | Regeneration Gap | 0 |
| 17 | Kill Count Clout | 0 |
| 18 | Pirate Rebooty | 0 |
| 19 | Fine Tooth Comb | 0 |
| 20 | Cannonball Diplomacy | 0 |
| 21 | Thar She Blows | 0 |
| 22 | Never Gonna Give You Up | 0 |
| 23 | Moonshot Mutiny | 0 |
| 24 | Save Our Ship | 0 |
| 25 | Space Gophers | 0 |
| 26 | Six Million Dollar Man | 0 |
| 27 | Howlin’ Mad | 0 |
| 28 | Get Off My Lawn | 0 |
| 29 | Doomfang | 0 |
| 30 | Darkforge Hex | 0 |
| 31 | Games Within Games | 0 |
| 32 | Party Crashers | 0 |
| 33 | Waritorium | 0 |
| 34 | Mt. Murderhorn | 0 |
| 35 | Giraffepipe | 0 |
| 36 | Murder Hobo | 0 |
| 37 | Womb Tomb | 0 |
| 38 | Snow Day | 0 |
| 39 | Preexisting Condition | 0 |
| 40 | Before the Bell | 0 |
| 41 | Digital Natives | 0 |
| 42 | Bowl Game | 0 |
| 43 | Oh Poo | 0 |
| 44 | Die Hard | 0 |