Pause and Effect
St Elmo Explores
In Pause and Effect: The Art of Interactive Narrative
author Mark Stephen Meadows and artist mpMann tell the story of St. Elmo, a djinn living
in a virtual city of his own creation. This story is featured as a silent comic strip running
across the bottom of the book, connected to two flipbook animations at the top.

The result is a circular story with alternate routes and multiple perspectives on the
same events which parallel and illustrate many of the book's themes.
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