Mar 16
2026
“Spire, Surge, and Sea” is a Finalist for Best Game Writing in the 61st Annual Nebula Awards
Posted by: Mary Duffy | Comments (1)
We are thrilled to announce that Spire, Surge, and Sea, by Stewart C. Baker is a finalist for Best Game Writing in the 61st Annual Nebula Awards and is on sale on all platforms for 30% off until March 22nd!
Spire, Surge, and Sea is a 380,000-word post-apocalyptic science fantasy novel by Stewart C. Baker. Amid the turbulent waves of the Worldsea stands Gigantea, the walled island city. It is the last haven of humanity, and the last remnant of the days before: before the gods grew jealous of humanity’s overreaching; before the king’s ancestors took up their burden of rule; before the gods sent the curse of the Rot to corrupt and destroy all of the rest of civilization. Only the king’s magic can sustain the fortifications that hold back the Rot.
To celebrate, we are also putting every previous Nebula Finalist game on sale:
- The Ghost and the Golem
- Restore, Reflect, Retry
- The Bread Must Rise
- Vampire: The Masquerade—Sins of the Sires
- The Luminous Underground
- The Road to Canterbury
- The Magician’s Workshop
- Rent-A-Vice
- The Martian Job
Check out our Nebula Finalists bundle on Steam for an even bigger discount!
This is the eighth year that there has been a Nebula award for game writing—and the seventh year that Choice of Games authors have been finalists. Past Choice of Games Nebula finalists are: Benjamin Rosenbaum for The Ghost and the Golem, Natalia Theodoridou for Restore, Reflect, Retry, Vampire: The Masquerade—Sins of the Sires and Rent-A-Vice, James Beamon and Stewart C. Baker for The Bread Must Rise, Phoebe Barton for The Luminous Underground, Kate Heartfield for The Road to Canterbury and The Magician’s Workshop, and M. Darusha Wehm for The Martian Job.
Since 1965, the Nebula Awards have been given annually to the best works of science fiction and fantasy published that year, as voted on by the members of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America (SFWA). The 61st Annual Nebula Awards ceremony will be streamed live during the 2026 Nebula Conference, June 3-7, 2026. Stay tuned for more!
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It is such a thrill once again to see a game that has a special place in my heart being recognized by the wider genre literature community. I was privileged to be an alpha reader on Spire, Surge, and Sea, and I got to watch this incredible game grow from its earliest chapters into the strange and wonderful dystopian fantasy we have now.
Whether you’re already a fan of Spire, Surge, and Sea or grabbing it on sale this week, be sure to check out this little companion game Stewart Baker wrote last year in Twine.