Author: Leslie Hood

Epitaph is an interactive fiction piece in which users explore their own thoughts and feelings regarding mortality in relation to human-computer interaction and attempts to find emerging cultural norms. It’s based on emerging research in a new field called “thanatosensitivity.” Users explore the story, scattered and fragmented across the internet, of two sisters who are separated by decades, by technology, and by death. Depending on how the users explore, they can learn more about the fate of the sisters and the future of someone close to them. The story is written in such a way to encourage users to think about the role technology plays in their lives – and their deaths.

Public deployment – writer’s workshops virtually and in real life on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays