Save Me Plz

"Save Me Plz"
Author	David Barr Kirtley
Country	United States
Language	English
Genre(s)	Fantasy
Published in	Realms of Fantasy
Publication type	magazine
Publication date	October 2007

Save Me Plz is a fantasy short story by David Barr Kirtley. The story originally appeared in the October 2007 issue of Realms of Fantasy magazine, and was selected for the anthology Fantasy: The Best of the Year, 2008 Edition. It subsequently appeared in the 2015 anthology of gaming-themed fiction PRESS START TO PLAY.

Months after Meg breaks up with Devon due to his video game addiction, she learns that he has vanished without a trace. She sets out to find him, travelling through a world full of fantasy elements such as magic swords and giant spiders, which she seems to regard as normal.

Locus placed "Save Me Plz" on their recommended reading list for 2007. The New York Journal of Books called it "one of the best tales in [PRESS START TO PLAY]]."

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