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An e-mail romance. Description on Steadman's website in 2001 read as follows: "Two Solitudes is a short work of fiction delivered through e-mail. Upon subscription to the service, readers receive, over the course of several weeks, carbon copies of messages exchanged between two persons familiar with each other, as they send them. Mentioned in many magazines and newspapers, on several radio shows, and on a European television program. Subscription requests should be addressed to ; place the word "subscribe" in the Subject line or anywhere in the body of the message. 23 September 1994." ELMCIP's editors have not verified whether or not the email server is still active, but the full text is still available at Intertext Magazine.

Ruben And Lullaby is an interactive iPhone app/game that engages the user in a relationship between two lovers. Loyer labels this and similar projects as 'opertoons', stories that you can play. Ruben And Lullaby allows the user to shift focus between people, changing a characters mood by shaking or stroking. While the work is presented in black and white, the screen changes color based on the mood of the characters while also playing a responsive jazz soundtrack in the background. Annotated by Mike Scoggins.

(Source: Description from the Electronic Literature Exhibition catalogue)