Bella D. Final post :(

 For this week, and my final blog post I decided to investigate the horror genre of electronic literature. I love horror movies, stories, and podcasts, so I thought it would be interesting to see if there are any examples out there. I struggled to find examples that weren’t games or VR programs, instead I realized there is a great need for this intersection, a seemingly unexplored territory. I see endless possibilities to combine the two, whether VR or text based. What I did find was not quite horror, and I couldn’t access the actual source page, but I was able to read several descriptions from various sources. What I found was American Ghosts by Jay R. Nicols, published in 2006. The ELO entry regarding this work describes it as a digital story that utilizes modern day people with the same names as historical figures. While not horror, the combination of assumed historical figures and modern-day ideals, issues, and political topics is very intriguing. It would be cool to see more modern works of electronic literature adapt similar purposes, which we have definitely seen previously, but not exactly like this. 

This is a very underground, and honestly dated reference, so probably not the greatest, but I thought it was interesting. It is also interesting to see how elit has developed over time, and how intricate and nuanced these works have become. A seemingly simple approach, what readers believe are going to be the words of prominent historical figures, flip-flopped in a very e-lit sort of fashion. I like the quirkiness behind it, and appreciate its individuality as electronic literature was just blossoming into the world.