The eight writers, in the order they first appear in the work. Judy Malloy comes first because the work is hers—she originated and orchestrated it; the other seven are her contributors, credited here in full and in order. Under each name are the lexias whose posting header carries that name; where a writer is named inside another writer’s lexia, that is noted too. Nothing here goes beyond what the work itself records. Each lexia page carries its own reading, in the voice cast for its writer.

1. Judy Malloy

lexia 1 (no posting header), lexia 2 (August 17, 1994), lexia 3 (August 17, 1994), lexia 4 (August 17, 1994), lexia 7 (August 19, 1994), lexia 8 (August 19, 1994), lexia 9 (August 21, 1994), lexia 10 (August 21, 1994), lexia 13 (August 23, 1994), lexia 15 (August 26, 1994), lexia 17 (August 28, 1994), lexia 18 (August 28, 1994), lexia 21 (August 30, 1994), lexia 22 (August 30, 1994), lexia 26 (September 3, 1994), lexia 29 (September 6, 1994), lexia 30 (September 6, 1994), lexia 33 (September 10, 1994), lexia 35 (September 17, 1994), lexia 38 (October 2, 1994), lexia 42 (October 6, 1994), lexia 43 (October 6, 1994), lexia 46 (October 9, 1994), lexia 47 (October 9, 1994), lexia 50 (October 22, 1994), lexia 51 (October 22, 1994), lexia 52 (October 28, 1994), lexia 58 (November 11, 1994), lexia 61 (November 19, 1994), lexia 66 (November 25, 1994), lexia 67 (undated in its header)

The main artist. She originated this work, set it in motion from her sickbed in Tempe, and orchestrated the collaboration that gathered around her—Scibe is her narrator and her voice, and the lexias that carry no other writer’s header—the first, the last, and the strand that runs between them—are hers. The seven writers below are contributors to her work.

2. Tom Igoe

lexia 5 (August 18, 1994), lexia 20 (August 30, 1994)

Also named in: lexia 7.

3. Chris Abraham

lexia 6 (August 18, 1994), lexia 12 (August 22, 1994), lexia 14 (August 24, 1994), lexia 19 (August 29, 1994), lexia 23 (August 30, 1994), lexia 25 (September 1, 1994), lexia 28 (September 5, 1994), lexia 31 (September 7, 1994), lexia 34 (September 12, 1994), lexia 36 (September 19, 1994), lexia 40 (October 4, 1994), lexia 44 (October 6, 1994), lexia 49 (October 20, 1994), lexia 54 (November 2, 1994), lexia 57 (November 3, 1994)

Also named in: lexia 7, lexia 24.

4. Tim Collins

lexia 11 (August 22, 1994), lexia 27 (September 4, 1994), lexia 48 (October 18, 1994)

Also named in: lexia 13.

Reiko Goto walks beside him in lexia 11 and is named in lexia 13; a 2024 Electronic Literature Conference paper credits that strand to “Tim Collins (with Reiko Goto)”. She is not one of the eight bylined writers.

5. Anna Couey

lexia 16 (August 27, 1994)

Also named in: lexia 18.

6. Valerie Gardiner

lexia 24 (August 31, 1994), lexia 32 (September 10, 1994), lexia 37 (September 30, 1994), lexia 39 (October 2, 1994), lexia 53 (October 31, 1994), lexia 55 (November 2, 1994), lexia 56 (November 2, 1994), lexia 60 (November 12, 1994), lexia 64 (November 20, 1994)

Also named in: lexia 26.

7. Joseph Wilson

lexia 41 (October 4, 1994), lexia 45 (October 6, 1994), lexia 59 (November 11, 1994), lexia 62 (November 19, 1994), lexia 65 (November 23, 1994)

Also named in: lexia 43.

8. Douglas Cohen

lexia 63 (November 20, 1994)

Also named in: lexia 20, lexia 67.

His byline on the title page reads “Douglas Cohen” and the 1994 copyright line reads “Doug Cohen”; his single posting header signs simply “douglas — sternklang dogs”. Both forms stand as the record gives them.