STEP UP, STEP UP! COME ONE, COME ALL! HERE’S YOUR CHANCE TO STRIKE IT BIG! ALL YOU HAVE TO DO – IS WIN! – The Game-Master, 32nd Show============================================================================= Arthur Conwell is, for lack of a better word, screwed.He’s unskilled, unemployable and un-rich. (poor)So when he is given a chance to win a truly astounding sum of money, he accepts gratefully – only to realise after the fact that that was in actuality a monumental, colossal mistake.Thrust into a world of madness and whimsy, where the only resource he can rely on is his value as entertainment, he does his best to survive the challenges thrown his way, be it the introduction of Genetically Optimised Big, Lethal, Inconvenient Nasties (G.O.B.L.I.Ns for short) by the cheerful and carefree Game-Master; or even his own fellow contestants.And as Arthur navigates the dangerous, life-threatening landscape of the insane show he has found himself in, he finds himself repeating a simple sentence in his mind, over and over again.He shouldn’t have said yes.=============================================================================Participant in Royal Road Community Magazine: June 2024 Edition.