People sticking their heads in freezers (image courtesy of KnowYourMeme.com):
Below is a curated exhibit of the electronic literature works and media that I examine in this chapter. To be clear, not all of them are examples of Twitter fiction. Rather, this page is meant to provide an easy starting point for an exploration of the different works and media that play a role in the chapter's argument.
According to the website, "Marble Springs is a complex study of characters using the odd bit of information picked up here and there." You can access the work here: http://marblesprings.wikidot.com/.
This quirky, tongue-in-cheeck work is an example of a hypertext work produced using the freeware Twine. It is archived in the Electronic Literature Collection, Volume 3, available here. Click "Begin" to play it.
The classic "One does not simply..." meme, this time done by Chaucer Doth Tweet:
— Chaucer Doth Tweet (@LeVostreGC) October 12, 2019
People sticking their heads in freezers (image courtesy of KnowYourMeme.com):
The Twitter account Nanoism, maintained by Ben White, publishes nanofiction, extremely short stories:
Tweets by nanoismWebsite: http://www.springgunpress.com/markmarino/markmarino/seth/
Here's the map Seth creates for his spring break travels:
Website, including archive of tweets: http://laflood.citychaos.com
Map (click on the pins to explore the locations):
The bot is no longer active, but you can browse its witty sonnets on its website, https://pentametron.com/. Below is Bhatnagar's iambic announcement of the bot's retirement:
.@Pentametron's reached seven years today
— Ranjit Bhatnagar (@ranjit) March 5, 2019
With twenty seven thousand couplets done!
Inspired some songs, a book (see bio!), yay!
Thanks all for letting robots have some fun.
Station 51000 is fully archived by the Electronic Liteature collection. You can access that archive here. Below are some example tweets from the philosophical bot:
This is data from a buoy with an AMPS payload, once moored 245 miles northeast of Hawaii. Loomings. But here a gallows!
— Station 51000 (@_LostBuoy_) November 15, 2017
Last known location: 23.538N, 153.808W. Now lost. No town-bred dandy will compare with it. Pull, babes-- pull, my pipe!
— Station 51000 (@_LostBuoy_) November 15, 2017
Aye, any sailor would know the waves are steep this morning, at 10.5 ft. A SPOUTING FISH WITH A HORIZONTAL TAIL. I have it!-- Met!
— Station 51000 (@_LostBuoy_) November 15, 2017
The full story was published by The Guardian: you can read it here. Here is the opening tweet:
We get off the Number 10 bus at a pub called ‘The Fox and Hounds’. ‘If anyone asks,’ Mum tells me, ‘say we came by taxi.’
— David Mitchell (@david_mitchell) July 14, 2014
The full story was published by The New Yorker in its June 4 & 11, 2012 issue: you can read it here. Selected individual tweets are shown below.
People rarely look the way you expect them to, even when you’ve seen pictures.
— New Yorker Fiction (@NYerFiction) May 25, 2012
As you enter the house, her cool scrutiny will ripple through the other beauties and surround you.
— New Yorker Fiction (@NYerFiction) May 29, 2012
As you enter the house, her cool scrutiny will ripple through the other beauties and surround you.
— New Yorker Fiction (@NYerFiction) May 29, 2012
Here is the collection Teju Cole assembled from his "Time of the game" project:
the time of the game - Curated tweets by tejucoleA few selected tweets from Small Fates:
From prison, Ibori, corrupt ex-governor of Delta, wished Alamieyeseigha, corrupt ex-convict ex-governor of Bayelsa, a happy 60th birthday.
— Teju Cole (@tejucole) November 16, 2012
To the people in Kuala Lumpur or Istanbul awaiting delivery, from Abuja, of meth or cocaine, respectively: expect delays.
— Teju Cole (@tejucole) September 23, 2012
To prevent Nigeria from becoming a corrupt and unpleasant society, Chukwuemeka, 28, a gay, was jailed in Abuja.
— Teju Cole (@tejucole) September 18, 2012
In Delta, Prince Monday Whiskey was, on Monday, whisked away by persons unknown.
— Teju Cole (@tejucole) March 20, 2012
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