Michael Shumate

Fiction

"Mass"

This is a short story first published in 1991 in The Crescent Review. I've reproduced it online here and also converted a brief section of it into hypertext.

"Holier Than Thou"

This is a hypertext fiction story in progress. It is also part of my master's thesis (see below).

Non-fiction

"As We May Write: Electronic Literature Comes to Duke"

This is a feature article published simultaneously in print and online in June, 1995, in Duke University Libraries.

"Tracing the Growth of a New Literature," CMC Magazine, December, 1996.

This is an article about the development of my Web site for hypertext fiction, Hyperizons, and some of the highlights in hypertext fiction on the Web in 1996.

"Writing Lives: Technology, Creativity, and Hypertext Fiction"

This is my Masters Thesis for Duke's Master of Arts in Liberal Studies program, completed in August, 1996.