Into the Green Green Mud
By Ashlyn Cummins
Into the Green Green Mud
The story "Into the Green Green Mud" relates back to the theme of this book which is about relationships: romantic, friends, objects, animals etc. This story "Into the Green Green Mud" by Miriam Suzanne fits into these parameters about relationships because it is about the progression of two peoples coming together and falling apart as a couple. At the beginning of the story it starts out by showing you two peoples separate lives and their relationships with their surroundings both the objects and the people within it. Something that makes this story unique is that it is almost entirely made of the thoughts of the two characters, never real interactions, just the thoughts about the interactions that had previously happened. The main characters in this story are named Johnny-John (goes by JJ) and Susy and this is an unconventionally written love story between the two, but if you read closely you can see the little details of what makes them fall in love.It is a unique piece of electronic literature because of the way the "pages" are formatted. The words are broken up so that they seem like pieces of a poem or an individual poem with unique designed and moving backgrounds that complement the words and help distinguish who is thinking. It also unique that the story is controlled with with the arrows on the keyboard, so it is almost like a cross between a hyperlink narrative and a video game. It is similar to a hyper link narrative in the way that you move "from one section of the text to another noncontiguous section quickly and simply, by the means of a keystroke or two" (Gaggi 102).
About the author: Miriam Suzanne
Miriam Suzanne has a wide array of talents including, but not limited to, web developer, author, musician, designers and a musician. She is the writer or co-author of many online works, some examples are; "Riding Side Saddle", "The Post-Obsolete Book" and "Jump Start Sass". She has also been published under various names such as "Eric A Meyer", but prefers to go by Miriam Suzanne (Miriam Suzanne).
