Marley Quinn

Do you remember those Choose your Own Adventure books from the 1980s and 1990s? I sure do.

A couple of months ago, I started wondering whether it would be fun to write an NSFW story in that format. That way, instead of the story just unfolding in linear fashion, the reader could have a say in the plot.

Well, I ended up writing that story (link below), and it's called "Fire at the Gym." It's about a young man who isn't succeeding very well at life. He's a janitor at the college where he earlier dropped out. But when a fire breaks out at the gym where he works, he's got a chance to save a lovely lady (or two), but only if he makes the right choices!

Initially, my plan was to make the story in eBook format because you can embed hyperlinks. And I did end up creating that book, which took way too much time, but it ended up being quite messy when using an eReader.

I initially wrote the book in an interactive-friendly scripting language, and it turned out that that "playing" the story that way ended up being much more fun.

Normally, the app lets you do all kinds of cool stuff like keep track of objects the reader has acquired, etc., but I decided to forego all that in lieu of keeping it faithful to the original CYOA format, where the only variables were the choices made by the reader.

If those kinds of books were your thing, or if you enjoy interactive fiction, then please enjoy my story "Fire at the Gym."

PS - There's nothing to download, and the game/story is free to play.

--Marley