Hyperfiction... (on this particular text)

Instructions:

The following is a series of fragments in poetic prose inspired by fairy tale characters, such as the princess, the prince and the witch. They were originally written in a linear format and later reconnected in a non-linear way, making it possible to choose the moment in which you want the story to begin. 

You can pick whatever numbered fragment you like to start reading and from there jump from one to another following the hyperlinked sentences or words. The connections between the text’s fragments are placed according to abstract notions or lines of tought, meaning that if you click on, say, “no more silky gowns”, then you will be taken to a fragment in which the concept of "silky gown" is present as well. You will finish reading a particular version of the story the moment you reach the fragment in which you started out. 

Click on the arrow at the side of the month (left hand, "April"), and the list of fragments will be shown.

Or you can start from wherever you want:

1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9  10  11  12  1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9  10  11  12  13

Now go on, and have fun. 

About the authors (Tristán by Ethneliane)

No prince in shining armor, but rather, the sage of the kingdom, Tristán has witnessed the moons of old pass humanity by. Born with a narcissistic, evil twin brother, the man this side of the mirror is the owner of a kind and energetic soul. Tristán is a journalist in the making, but he is also a magician of words, a weaver of fables, and an advisor for princes who know not of the ways of the world. A precious friend for those who dare dwelve into the mysteries of his mind, this man may become for many a pearly gate into a vast, new universe.

About the authors (Ethneliane by Tristán)

An old soul, Ethneliane’s passion for life is an inspiration for her peers. She is kind and fair, yet thou shall not wake her wrath if thou knows what is good for thou’s ass. Her love of music is only outmatched by her obssesion with Kurt Cobain. She is sharp and bright and always in search of truth. A good friend with which to expend the witchy hours, she studies journalism in Mexico and pays her bills as a princeses’s shrink in the Not so Far Away Madhater’s Rehab Center for Fables in Need. Colleagues argue that most of her clients tend to become the witch, no complaints from the prince, though.