Richard Holeton

voidspace _ • 15th October 2023

"The Winograd Matrix"

"The Winograd Matrix" is a Twine fiction in the form of a choice-based game about a couple confined together in a dystopian world of plagues and roving gangs. It appeared originally in KAIROS, republished here in the interactive journal Voidspace 8.

Cult. Magazine No. 2 • Summer 2023 • 15th July 2023

"Henry Revisited"

Featured in CULT #2, now available at Cult.Mag > Store. "Baba's threatening to maim herself with the IED she made with her Replicator," says Junior. "And you know she can do it! Even if she's faking a schizoid episode. The QuickResponders are surrounding her condo."

Neon Garden • Mannequin Haus • 3rd February 2023

"Ham Again and Again"

With apologies to Samuel Beckett, Dr. Seuss, and Monty Python's Flying Circus. A short one-act play composed by erasure/redaction of Beckett's "Endgame."

Electronic Literature Lab, WSU-Vancouver • 30th October 2022

"Figurski" for the eyes and ears!

The new cover page for my hypertext novel "Figurski at Findhorn on Acid" features a direct link to John Barber's radio adaptation of the novel from Re-Imagined Radio ("LISTEN NOW"), now fully integrated into the site, all courtesy of the Electronic Literature Lab.

ETC Press • Carnegie Mellon University • 10th October 2022

"Putting the Pig Back Together Again: Dis(re)connection in 'Figurski at Findhorn on Acid'"

"The pigs become a metaphor for the novel—like the hypertext, they both have exactly 147 parts, parts which the characters disassemble and then must try to reassemble in the end when they finally come together 'all on the same page.' Likewise, the experience of reading the novel involves a constant (re)assembling of its disparate elements into scenes, as the reader traverses hypertext links and chooses navigational paths. . . "

Gargoyle Magazine • 12th September 2022

"Counting"

The Goreman Gelders had been undeterred by the groans that followed every BEEP!, or the shivering of grak-enhanced suppressed laughter, or the tear-streaked cheeks of their audience. They resolutely completed the 33-slide filmstrip and opened the floor for questions, but hearing none, they quietly packed up their projector and screen, smoothed down their skinny ties and rebuttoned their nondescript suit jackets. “Nice tapestries,” said the younger Gelder, somewhat longingly . . .

Litro Magazine USA • 3rd July 2022

"Tunneling"

Weasel is following me, panting, on hands and knees, through a passage we call Route 66, even though it’s only a hundred feet long, the diameter of a barrel hoop, and made of clay. “Do you think I want to die in here?” I say. #experimental fiction #futurism #survival #dystopian

Darkroom Art • 1st June 1981

"Marine Corps Air Station"

Collaboration with photographer Bill Collins—multiple-image photo with poem. The iconic hangars in Tustin, CA, which originally housed blimps during WWII, were two of the largest wooden structures ever built, until destroyed by fire on November 7, 2023. Click to see larger image.