A Midsummer Night's Choice

A Midsummer Night's Choice is a 190,000-word interactive fantasy novel set in a Shakespearean comedy. When your father, the Duke, tries to force you to marry, you flee civilization in disguise and cross-dressed, entering an enchanted forest where mistaken identities, inexplicable bears and fearsome fairies await. The story is entirely text-based, with no graphics or sound effects; your choices shape what happens.

Love and pursuit

You may fall into the Faerie Queene's clutches, find true love yourself or through your identical doppelganger, or be caught by your father's spies. The fairy outlaws wear walnut-shell helmets and ride armored baby bunnies into battle.

Shape your story

You can play as male or female, and as gay, straight or bi. Your choices can make you a force for noble deeds or steer the story toward comedy. You can star in a play within the game, or become a jester, diplomat, knight, poet or shepherd, or leave the world behind to join the fairy court.