Welcome to Raph Koster's personal website: MMOs, gaming, writing, art, music, books.
Welcome to Raph Koster's personal website: MMOs, gaming, writing, art, music, books.

Fiction
Realistic fiction and a dollop of magical realism.

Genre
Science fiction and fantasy.

Live
Improvised stories told live around a virtual Halloween campfire.

Poetry
Just a few samples, from formal and free verse to limericks.

Lit crit
Essays on various literary topics.

Poetry

My Master of Fine Arts degree is actually in writing poetry. In other words, I actually have a piece of paper that certifies I am a poet. Have you ever heard of anything more ridiculous in your life?

I have reams and reams of the stuff. But for now, here's just a tiny sampling. You probably won't like it, and that's OK, because this little bit isn't very representative either. I just happened to have it handy!

* Poems. These are the real thing, actual serious poems.
* Limericks. Warning, these are dirty.
* Roleplaying verses. Most of these were written on commission, in the persona of the bardic character I like to play on muds. So they're supposed to be archaic.

Child's Play


A Theory of Fun
for Game Design

Cover of A Theory of Fun

Press

Excerpts

Buy from Amazon


After the Flood

Cover for After the Flood CD

Available on CD
$14.99


More stuff to buy

Gratuitous Penguin 2006 Wall Calendar

Gratuitous Penguin 2006 Wall Calendar
$18.99


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