a kiss by Dan Waber is a piece of hypertext created using Twine, and this piece hones in on a thematic element of romance. Dan Waber created this piece for a person named Jennifer. a kiss has both nonfiction and fiction elements. Throughout this piece you are exploring certain situations that occurred all from a single kiss. For example, you may explore what happened before the kiss, or after the kiss. However, you can also examine what was happening around the kiss, and you can zoom in and out from the kiss. As this is a hypertext piece there are many pieces of text you can explore, but after examining some of these texts you will be sent back to the moment the kiss happened, and then you can explore another route that the kiss will lead you to. Being a type of hypertext, this piece is not very complicated or detailed in the way that there are no pictures or anything besides links in the text to send you to another aspect of the piece, and there is also a restart button to bring you back to the beginning if needed. a kiss seems to be a mix between poems and stories as sometimes a link will lead you to a story and sometimes a link will lead you to a poem. As stated before, this piece has a thematic element of romance as this text is centered all around one kiss, and where that kiss will lead you–into Dan and Jennifer's life. One may wonder if this piece has a deeper meaning surrounding the aspect of romance, and how it is ever revolving, as you always come back to the kiss after exploring different parts of the piece. Even if a part of the piece seems to end in a bad manner you always come back to the kiss to start over. Throughout this hypertext there are also instances of humor, which may play into the idea of an idealistic romance. a kiss by Dan Waber is a detailed hypertext piece that is easily accessible, usable and creates a story for all to read.

Kira Littlefield wrote this entry for ENGL 693: Digital Literature, Professor Melinda White, University of New Hampshire, Spring term 2025.