*behind blown eyes>> further blurring of the boundaries between real, unreal and surreal: online roleplaying games a column by john shirley

"You've had a hard day lying and distorting for your clients. You're one tired lawyer. You don't want to think about briefs and torts and irritable judges and missed filing deadlines."

   *text v. hypertext>> deconstructing melville by kevin giovanetto

   *web v. the way >> a door, a mirror, a light, a way: the world wide web by richard ames hart

*e-piracy >> how to get sued by motion picture corporations and win
by gabe weinberg

"Here is a surefire method to use your PC to get motion picture corporations to sue you:"

   *drugs >> on easter and altered consciousness by marina streznewski

   *education >> the ideological biases surrounding the education issue and an alternative by frank s. palmisano iii

   *space >> don't stand so close to me by sam north

*codeity >> codeity
by chris jenkins

"the quiet insistent beeping of his watch alarm broke his concentration and brought him back to reality. "

*electronic trance >> bodily interface with artificial environments by sherry mayo

*history >> vietnam: did the wrong guys win?
by g.j. lau

"My first epiphany on what was really happening in Vietnam came to me while riding along Highway 1 in a deuce and a half going from here to there or back again."

*visual art>> the invisible interior of artistic humanity
by max podstolski

"It was a glorious morning as I strolled with my family down the steep rural road toward the shimmering bay. "

*comics >> history of frustration by austin english

*publishing >> too many books by m.j. rose

"the clash of ideas brings forth the spark of truth"