A writer, mom, and performance artist starts posting a “database narrative” to early online message board The WELL, not sure, at first, if anyone would read it.
I am the weird person who got into interactive fiction because of Judy Malloy! Somehow, I have no memory of how, I came across "The Wedding Ceremony of Gunther and Gwen" and "the roar of destiny emanated from the refrigerator" when I was about 16 (2009) and was absolutely fascinated by them. They were being billed as "hyperfiction" at the time and I have dim memories of trying to write my own imitator project on something like MS One Note, which I quickly abandoned. I even found a way to reference Malloy's work in an undergrad English essay. Thank you for including her work in this collection!
This just blew my mind. To learn about her creations was incredible. Thank you.
I am the weird person who got into interactive fiction because of Judy Malloy! Somehow, I have no memory of how, I came across "The Wedding Ceremony of Gunther and Gwen" and "the roar of destiny emanated from the refrigerator" when I was about 16 (2009) and was absolutely fascinated by them. They were being billed as "hyperfiction" at the time and I have dim memories of trying to write my own imitator project on something like MS One Note, which I quickly abandoned. I even found a way to reference Malloy's work in an undergrad English essay. Thank you for including her work in this collection!
I tried playing the web link. Sorry, even for 1986, this is total drivel.