The desire to imagine and express is a basic and ancient human urge, one that allows us to communicate on a level beyond the immediacy of “me” and “you” and enables us to reach “that”—something that may not necessarily exist in our daily lives.

Hypertext fiction and poetry, on and off the Web Kinetic poetry presented in Flash and using other platforms Computer art installations which ask viewers to read them or otherwise have literary aspects Conversational characters, also known as chatterbots Interactive fiction Novels that take the form of emails, SMS messages, or blogs Poems and stories that are generated by computers, either interactively or based on parameters given at the beginning Collaborative writing projects that allow readers to contribute to the text of a work Literary performances online that develop new ways of writing