An always-leveling-up list of the wonderful contributors to Cartridge Lit.
Abrahams, Terrence — “notes on a new life” — October 1, 2018 (The Bug/Feature Temple Issue)
Adams, Ashely — “Quantum Entanglement” — October 1, 2018 (The Bug/Feature Temple Issue)
Amico, Brandon — 2 Poems: “Eve of the Carnival” & “Gunpowder Mask” — August 11, 2014
— Writer/Gamer Q&A: Brandon Amico
Ardis, James — “Patch Notes” — October 1, 2018 (The Bug/Feature Temple Issue)
Arrand, Colette — “Rattata” & “Cubone” — December 1, 2014
— Mad Science, Dying Worlds: A Conversation with Colette Arrand
Baker, Jenni B. — “Five Erasures from ‘Mastering Pac-Man'” — January 27, 2016 (The Inter++sections Temple Issue)
Bell, Matt — “Paper Dolls” (an excerpt from Baldur’s Gate II) — June 22, 2015
Bellas, Georgia — “How Not to Win at Big Buck Hunter” — June 23, 2014
— Best of the Net 2014 Winner
Bender-Murphy, Ryan — “Split-Screen” and other poems — June 3, 2015 (The Razzle Dazzle! Temple Issue)
Best, B.J. — “on ______” — June 25, 2014
— Best of the Net 2014 Nominee
Bingham, Riley — “The Last of Us” — April 27, 2016 (The Solstice Temple Issue)
Blankenbiller, Tabitha — “The Zelda Cut” — January 27, 2016 (The Inter++sections Temple Issue)
Bodnar, Chelsea — Three BioShock Poems — December 17, 2019 (The Skill Tree Temple Issue)
Boucher, Jacqueline — “Mysterion” — February 14, 2018 (The Foul Play Temple Issue)
Bowers, J. — “A Horse Draws Near” — October 10, 2016 (The Unforeseen Consequences Temple Issue)
— Unconditionally on Your Side: A Conversation with J. Bowers
Brandl, Margaret Emma — “Noopy” — October 10, 2016 (The Unforeseen Consequences Temple Issue)
Bratten, April Michelle — Three EverQuest Poems — May 30, 2019 (The Double Click Temple Issue)
Brouckaert, Justin — “When my dad & I played Tecmo Super Bowl” — July 14, 2014
— Writer/Gamer Q&A: Justin Brouckaert
brown, dezireé a. — “cackler bridge.” — July 11, 2017 (The Next Gen Temple Issue)
Brown, Dylan — “Cobra Commander” — July 11, 2017 (The Next Gen Temple Issue)
Bryan, Sammi — “I’m fragile but not that Fragile” — December 17, 2020
Burnside, Matthew — “Twelve Classic Poems Rewritten by Twelve Classic Video Games” — June 18, 2014
— “Everything Not Saved Will Be Lost” — April 27, 2016 (The Solstice Temple Issue)
— “Secondhand Heavens” — December 17, 2019 (The Skill Tree Temple Issue)
Celt, Adrienne — “The Weight” — October 10, 2016 (The Unforeseen Consequences Temple Issue)
— To Defeat the Devil: A Conversation with Adrienne Celt
Chan, Dorothy — “Receipe for My Valentine’s Day Lunch Special” — December 17, 2019 (The Skill Tree Temple Issue)
Chatti, Leila — “…Erm, What Is His Name Again?” — November 3, 2014
— Best of the Net 2015 Nominee
Chazaro, Alan — “Two Poems” — October 1, 2018 (The Bug/Feature Temple Issue)
Childs, K. Jane — “Retreat from Battle Now?” — November 19, 2014
— “Tender Glories” — February 6, 2017 (Our Third Chapbook)
— Seek Tender Glories: A Conversation with K. Jane Childs
Chong, Joyce — “RPG in Six Parts” — December 8, 2014
Ciccarello, Lisa — “Everything Makes a Noise When It Reveals Itself” — May 30, 2017 (Our Fifth Chapbook)
Clarke, Cassandra — “Heavy Rain, Or How I Learned to Play with Life” — January 7, 2015
Coons, Mary — “A Farmer’s Book of Omens” — February 14, 2018 (The Foul Play Temple Issue)
Coryell, Tasha — “This Isn’t Really About Fishing” — May 21, 2014
— Best of the Net 2014 Nominee
— Writer/Gamer Q&A: Tasha Coryell
Cox, Reilly — “Poem with Kennings and Nuka Cola” — December 17, 2019 (The Skill Tree Temple Issue)
Crabtree, Jamison — “Downpour” — November 10, 2014
— Best of the Net 2015 Nominee
— “we replaced the universe with many tiny things” and other poems — June 3, 2015 (The Razzle Dazzle! Temple Issue)
— Best of the Net 2015 Nominee
— “please please get over here please” — April 13, 2017 (Our Fourth Chapbook)
Crenshaw, Paul — “Zork: a Treatise on Story” — April 27, 2016 (The Solstice Temple Issue)
Culpepper, Jackson — “Epistemology.java” — December 15, 2014
— “‘Bozart’ Cohn’s Age of Tribes” — October 10, 2016 (The Unforeseen Consequences Temple Issue)
— “‘Bozart’ Cohn’s Don Quixote” — July 11, 2017 (The Next Gen Temple Issue)
— This Atmospheric Weight: A Conversation with Jackson Culpepper
Cunningham, P. Scott — “There Is a Forward Motion in Old Video Games” — April 27, 2016 (The Solstice Temple Issue)
Dante, Joseph — “The Dark Hour” — July 2, 2014
— Writer/Gamer Q&A: Joseph Dante
Davis, James — “Mega Man” — December 17, 2019 (The Skill Tree Temple Issue)
— “High Scores” — Airship Column
Day, Dalton — “After Playing Fez For Three Hours, I Listen to My Grandmother Cough Into the Telephone” — January 12, 2015
DePass, Trace — “ode to pokemon trainer Red” — May 30, 2019 (The Double Click Temple Issue)
Diehl, Dana — “Forever Baby” — May 30, 2019 (The Double Click Temple Issue)
Donaldson, Emrys — “The Bone Desert” — May 30, 2019 (The Double Click Temple Issue)
Donovan, Andrew — “Holy Shit (Applied Reverb)” — June 2, 2014
— Writer/Gamer Q&A: Andrew Donovan
Dorneman, Stephen — “The Mouth” — January 14, 2015
Drobnik, Łukasz — “montezuma’s revenge” — February 14, 2018 (The Foul Play Temple Issue)
Dunbar, Rachel Springer — “Patch Notes” — July 30, 2014
— Best of the Net 2015 Nominee
Duncan, Orlantae — “Mother (Earthbound)” — December 17, 2019 (The Skill Tree Temple Issue)
Dutschmann, Jess — “Four Poems” — January 27, 2016 (The Inter++sections Temple Issue)
Eden, Meg — “Shigeru Miyamoto Goes Spelunking” — April 27, 2016 (The Solstice Temple Issue)
— “Pacman’s Ghosts” — May 30, 2019 (The Double Click Temple Issue)
Ellingsen, Berit — “Every Thought, Every Motion” — July 16, 2014
— Writer/Gamer Q&A: Berit Ellingsen
— “The Memory of Place” — October 10, 2016 (The Unforeseen Consequences Temple Issue)
Euteneuer, Jacob — “The Immersive Experience” — November 12, 2014
Fissenden, Emma — “Vindicare” & “Tempestas” & “Inquisitio” — October 10, 2016 (The Unforeseen Consequences Temple Issue)
Franklin, Jordan — “Vergil, Alone” — November 30, 2020
Friedland, Elana Lev — “The Only Female Bird in the Game (or, Azami Koshiba Speaks)” — February 14, 2018 (The Foul Play Temple Issue)
Gershwin, Jay — “Japanese Atari Boy” — December 17, 2019 (The Skill Tree Temple Issue)
Giebel, Peter — “The Angel of Myself Is Not Forgiveness” — December 17, 2019 (The Skill Tree Temple Issue)
Glady, Sarah — “Look to the Angry Birds of the Air” — August 13, 2014
— Writer/Gamer Q&A: Sarah Glady
Gonsalez, Marcos — “Quest Items” — Airship Column
Goodrich, Melissa — “Stardew” — July 11, 2017 (The Next Gen Temple Issue)
— Poems Need Weeding: A Conversation with Melissa Goodrich
Gordon, Philip — “democratic domes and anarchical gyres” — July 28, 2014
Grieg, Aiko — “Gotz” & “Gamification” — January 27, 2016 (The Inter++sections Temple Issue)
Griep, Camille — “The Perils of Rosella” — May 14, 2014
— Best of the Net 2014 Nominee
— Writer/Game Q&A: Camille Griep
Guzmán, Roy G. — “The Fighter of Nortune” & “Jungian” — May 26, 2014
— Best of the Net 2014 Nominee
— Writer/Gamer Q&A: Roy Guzmán
Hahn, Kelsie — “Donkey Kong Country D’eux” — June 4, 2014
— Writer/Gamer Q&A: Kelsie Hahn
Hall, Hilary — “Greenland” — February 14, 2018 (The Foul Play Temple Issue)
Handy, Jeff — “Trail” & “Jockey Box Talks” — January 21, 2015
Harris, Ashley — “If the hero was black” and Other Poems — July 11, 2017 (The Next Gen Temple Issue)
— Still My Ancestors: A Conversation with Ashley Harris
Hazelton, Rebecca — “In the Castle of No Satisfaction” — July 7, 2014
— Writer/Gamer Q&A: Rebecca Hazelton
Hensley, Geramee — “Main Character Disease” and other poems — June 3, 2015 (The Razzle Dazzle! Temple Issue)
Hillard-Hale, Donora — “Erasure” — January 27, 2016 (The Inter++sections Temple Issue)
Hirsch, Aubrey — “Odyssey²” — January 27, 2016 (The Inter++sections Temple Issue)
Hoffacker, William — “Braid in Three Persons” — June 3, 2015 (The Razzle Dazzle! Temple Issue)
— Book Review: Alexa Ray Corriea’s Kingdom Hears II
Hovda, Sara — “Kaizo Block” — December 17, 2019 (The Skill Tree Temple Issue)
Huey, Amorak — “Boomshakalaka” — December 10, 2014
Jancewicz, Anna Lea — “Play Again” — January 27, 2016 (The Inter++sections Temple Issue)
Jenkins, Jessica — “Prepare to Die” — September 16, 2014 (Our First Chapbook)
Jenkins, Marlin M. — “Letter to Crash Bandicoot” — April 27, 2016 (The Solstice Temple Issue)
Jill, Anastasia — “On: Asking a Gamer’s iPhone about the Meaning of Life” — February 14, 2018 (The Foul Play Temple Issue)
Johns, Oli — “Mega Man 2” — August 27, 2014
Kaneko, W. Todd — “Self Portrait as Flash Gordon” — July 23, 2014
Kelly, Tom — “Congratulations, Computer!” — October 10, 2016 (The Unforeseen Consequences Temple Issue)
— “The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time simulation of an after-school play date in a lawless backwoods commune” — October 1, 2018 (The Bug/Feature Temple Issue)
Kinney, Benjamin — “Words Fail Him” — July 11, 2017 (The Next Gen Temple Issue)
— A Classic Quest: A Conversation with Benjamin Kinney
Kyle, Catherine — “Becoming Summoners” — April 27, 2016 (The Solstice Temple Issue)
— “Save Point” — Monthly Airship Column
Landrigan, Marissa — “Mara” — January 27, 2016 (The Inter++sections Temple Issue)
Light, Wheeler — “Three Poems” — October 1, 2018 (The Bug/Feature Temple Issue)
Lin, Stephen — “Two Skyrim Poems” — October 13, 2020
Longmire, Warren C. — “Clump Soul. Katamari in 4 Parts.” — May 30, 2019 (The Double Click Temple Issue)
Luman, Douglas — “Four Dungeon Songs” — June 3, 2015 (The Razzle Dazzle! Temple Issue)
Madden, Caolan — “from VAST NECROHOL” — April 27, 2016 (The Solstice Temple Issue)
Madsen, Julia — “Doll in Solitude” — April 27, 2016 (The Solstice Temple Issue)
Marchant, Sarah — Two Poems: “The Masterpiece” & “The Stars” — April 27, 2016 (The Solstice Temple Issue)
Martone, Sam — “An Object You Cannot Lose” — January 26, 2015 (Our Second Chapbook)
— “Gameplaylist: An Object You Cannot Lose”
— “One Player’s Guide: A Conversation with Sam Martone”
— “One Player’s Guide, Act II: A Conversation with Sam Martone”
— “Ten Years a Statue” — October 1, 2018 (The Bug/Feature Temple Issue)
McCall, Jason — “When Your Madden Running Back Retires” and other poems — June 9, 2014
— Best of the Net 2014 Nominee
McCarthy, John — “Mr. Grey Plays The Sims…” & “Fox McCloud Loses…” — May 28, 2014
— Writer/Gamer Q&A: John McCarthy
Miska, Amanda — “FA6-DBB-4C1” — May 12, 2014
— Best of the Net 2014 Nominee
Moll, Anthony — “You Cannot Save Here” — December 17, 2019 (The Skill Tree Temple Issue)
Morena, Anthony Michael — “Janopolis” — October 1, 2018 (The Bug/Feature Temple Issue)
Morris Lakes, Elizabeth Deanna — “Green Gamer” — July 11, 2017 (The Next Gen Temple Issue)
— All Deviations and Explorations: A Conversation with Elizabeth Deanna Morris Lakes
Neely-Cohen, Maxwell — “Some Cities I Remember Building” — October 10, 2016 (The Unforeseen Consequences Temple Issue)
Nowak, Thomas — “Flashcards” — May 19, 2014
— Best of the Net 2014 Nominee
— Writer/Gamer Q&A: Thomas Nowak
Ojeda-Sague, Gabriel — “Dream #6: Isaac” — April 27, 2016 (The Solstice Temple Issue)
— Instructions of the Impossible: A Conversation with Gabriel Ojeda-Sague
Oliu, Brian — “Goonies II” — May 5, 2014
— Best of the Net 2014 Nominee
— Writer/Gamer Q&A: Brian Oliu
— “San Antonio Spurs and the Beyond Yet Under Our Control” — June 3, 2015 (The Razzle Dazzle! Temple Issue)
— “John Cena Is the Only Thing That Is Left Here” — October 10, 2016 (The Unforeseen Consequences Temple Issue)
O’Neill, Emily — “Sowing Season is Non-Competitive” — December 3, 2014
— Best of the Net 2015 Nominee
Pailthorpe, Jordan — “>GET LAMP” and other poems — July 9, 2014
— Best of the Net 2015 Nominee
Pane, Salvatore — “Stellaris: The Final Frontier of Late Capitalism” — October 24, 2017
Pearson, Jeff — “Self-Portrait as Faris, ‘Bare'” — February 14, 2018 (The Foul Play Temple Issue)
Peck, Geoff — “Timothy McVeigh Snared by Kobe’s Musecage” — February 14, 2018 (The Foul Play Temple Issue)
Rathke, Edward — “The Song of the Black Mages” — May 7, 2014
— “My Night with the Last of the Black Mages” — August 4, 2014
Reid, Bryan — “doomyard” — January 5, 2015
Rhodes, Wesley Adam — “Flying to the Moon” — July 11, 2017 (The Next Gen Temple Issue)
Rich, Bobby — “Play Manual for GlueMan” — February 14, 2018 (The Foul Play Temple Issue)
Riekki, Rob — “NV, 1979” — January 27, 2016 (The Inter++sections Temple Issue)
Romo, Daniel — “Plants vs Zombies: Garden Warfare” — June 3, 2015 (The Razzle Dazzle! Temple Issue)
Russell, Jayme — “Mountain Simulator” — June 3, 2015 (The Razzle Dazzle! Temple Issue)
— Best of the Net 2015 Nominee
— Building a New Text: A Conversation with Jayme Russell
Russell, Robert James — “Get Over Here” — June 11, 2014
— Writer/Gamer Q&A: Robert James Russell
Rydin, Brent — “Moonkin” — July 21, 2014
— Writer/Gamer Q&A: Brent Rydin
Sailor, Matt — “New Game Plus” — January 19, 2015
— Best of the Net 2015 Nominee
Salisbury, Mike — “Blood Meridian for the NES” — April 27, 2016 (The Solstice Temple Issue)
Sanders, Justin — “Retrogamer: On the Streets … of Rage” — December 13, 2016
Scott, JD — “The Eternal Sadness of Murin and Reynard” — October 10, 2016 (The Unforeseen Consequences Temple Issue)
Shaw, M. — “Pokémon Red Is a Kafkaesque Nightmare” — February 14, 2018 (The Foul Play Temple Issue)
— “Cookie Cutter Money Prison Online” — May 30, 2019 (The Double Click Temple Issue)
Shonkwiler, Eric — “Vignettes from Final Fantasy VI” — October 10, 2016 (The Unforeseen Consequences Temple Issue)
Siebel, Pat — “You Will Write Yourself All Over Again: A Los Santos Memoir” — June 3, 2015 (The Razzle Dazzle! Temple Issue)
Smith, August — “Night of Bush Capturing” — July 11, 2017 (The Next Gen Temple Issue)
Spece, Joseph — Three Poems: “Albert Wesker” & “Experimental Facility” & “To Piers” — November 17, 2014
— “My Samus” — June 3, 2015/The Razzle Dazzle! Temple Issue
Spotswood, Phillip — “harvest moon: summer solstice” — January 27, 2016 (The Inter++sections Temple Issue)
Stabley-Conde, Devin — “It’s Dangerous to Go Alone” — June 3, 2015 (The Razzle Dazzle! Temple Issue)
— Best of the Net 2015 Nominee
Stebner, Kevin — “PLAYTEST” — October 1, 2018 (The Bug/Feature Temple Issue)
Stephenson, Hannah — “Whale World” — October 10, 2016 (The Unforeseen Consequences Temple Issue)
Stoll, Kim — “Dead or Alive” — October 1, 2018 (The Bug/Feature Temple Issue)
Stone, Jon — Two Poems: “Melting” & “Robot” — August 25, 2014
Strosnider, Ashley — “Our Hero, or Faith and Desire: A Voiceover” — June 30, 2014
Sullivan, Maggie — “Ode to Oot” — August 18, 2014
—Writer/Gamer Q&A: Maggie Sullivan
Sun, Gordon — “Albatross” — May 30, 2019 (The Double Click Temple Issue)
Swanson, Liam — “Skull Kid’s Lament for the Dead” and other poems — April 27, 2016 (The Solstice Temple Issue)
Swearingen-Steadwell, Laura — “Outer Space Love Letter” and other poems — June 3, 2015 (The Razzle Dazzle! Temple Issue)
Tager, Michael B. — “Retrogamer” — Monthly Airship Column
Teal, Jason — “Capable Monsters: An Interview with Marlin M. Jenkins” — March 10, 2020
Tedesco, Adam — “Is a King of the Blues?” — August 20, 2014
— Writer/Gamer Q&A: Adam Tedesco
Terhaar, Tim — “Mad, as if in Prayer” — February 14, 2018 (The Foul Play Temple Issue)
Timson, Rhys — “Lights Out with a Click” — July 11, 2017 (The Next Gen Temple Issue)
Villacres, Wyl — “Rainbow Road” — December 17, 2014
Vince, Owen — Two Poems: “DRØNE” & “GLITCH” — November 5, 2014
Vollmer, Matthew — “Outlaw” — May 30, 2019 (The Double Click Temple Issue)
White, Mia — “Retrogamer: Lesbian Everything” — June 28, 2016
Winter, Andy — Three Pokémon Poems — May 30, 2019 (The Double Click Temple Issue)
Worthen, Joe — “Cold Planet” — June 16, 2014
Yaeger, B.R. — “The Unauthorized Guide to Circles Drain” — June 3, 2015 (The Razzle Dazzle! Temple Issue)
— Best of the Net 2015 Nominee
Yam, Jerrold — Two Poems: “Pallet Town” & “Manual for Starter Pokemon” — January 27, 2016 (The Inter++sections Temple Issue)