Project title:  tropewww.trope.net.auSecond Life URL: http://slurl.com/secondlife/conVerge/102/135/29trope Team:Sarah Waterson is a new media artist and senior lecturer in interactive media (UWS). Sarah developed the  SL concept, and has produced the conceptual approach, design and implementation for trope.sj.waterson@uws.edu.auCristyn Davies is a writer and editor working in research at the University of Western Sydney. Cristyn is the curator and editor of the trope texts, and has contributed to the conceptual design.c.m.davies@uws.edu.auElena Knox makes work across text, video, sound, installation andperformance. Elena has contributed to the text curation, conceptual design andsonic topography of trope.elle@lull.net.auWriters with work selected for this edition: Kevin Gillamwhen your bloodKeri GlastonburyaspirationalAsh HempsallButterflyMatt HetheringtonPage PoemSara KnoxIrrelevanciesAlicia SometimesDeath by StereoJames StuartWe say Louise WakelingCondy's crystalsFiona WrightThe arterial flow, nightdarkURL for zip files : www.trope.net.au/eloYou will require quicktime to view the machinima. There are 2 versions included, 1 low res, and 1 high res.To visit the project using the SLURL supplied, you will need the Second Life client and an avatar.www.secondlife.comabout the projecttrope is a publishing form developed to promote new Australian writing within virtual environments. trope creatively intervenes in the ways that readers engage with literary texts by designing an environment that is conducive to and assists the experience of reading the poetic text. Experimenting with the physicality of the text itself, poems and short stories are repositioned rather than illustrated in spatialised, audio and visual format/s not possible in real life. In the trope landscape, SL users can negotiate their own paths through each creative work and for example, fly into a snowdome, run through a maze in the sky, listen to a poem whispered by a phantom pair of dentures, or stumble upon a line of dominos snaking around the bay. Among SL environments, trope is a creative digital living archive, unique in its application of textures and sounds, pushing the envelope in what it means to read and imagine a text. Trope aims to expand writing networks and further develop the virtual literary community. trope is supported by the Literature Board of the Australia Council for the Arts, and the Narrative, Discourse and Pedagogy research node and the School of Communication Arts at the University of Western Sydney.