The latest effort for CMC literacy from Penguin borrows elements from GoogleEarth, Twitter, maybe the Ultimate Search for Bourne,
“We Tell Stories” proposes 6 classical stories rewritten by well known authors for digital, interactive, social, godknowswhat media.

“The 21 Steps” by Charles Cumming readapts the classical “The 39 Steps” by John Buchan in “GoogleMaps storytelling”; still the geographic distribution of a basically linear story didn’t strike me as overly original, although the quality of the writing can’t be compared to that of many multimedia projects.
“Slice”, by Tobi Litt , is the readaptation of gothic short story The Haunted Doll’s House by M.R.James; you can follow the story on Twitter, from the point of view of the main character, a teenage girl named Lisa (Slice), or you can read her parents’ blog, also on Twitter, haiku-style.

“Fairy Tales” by Kevin Brooks calls for the user’s participation in a mildly interactive narrative : I could customize the names of the characters, choose if the magic help will be delivered by a Dull Caterpillar or by a Lowly Fly;

the magic seem to arise mostly from the technologic interface, although a bit crude, as most interactive storytelling. You can also add your own ending.
“Your Place or Mine” by Nicci French, a blog novel I guess, is inspired by Zola’s novel Therese Raquin - I wonder if the novelty of this one wasn’t rather its performance quality (the author would be blogging “live” for a week).

(to be continued)