For the first time, I have a gamebook actually for sale. I’m giddy with the thrill of it - and even more so since Emily Short described it as my best game yet.
It’s steampunk fantasy set in Australia (although it starts in London - my way of inviting fans of alternate Victorian history into this version of 1850s Australia).
One of the features is that you can choose (and possibly overcome) a fatal flaw, which was inspired by my novel-writing background.
And you can get yourself mauled by the local wildlife (who have been experimented on by a mad scientist, naturally) because Australia.