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Text-Talk novels are hybrid texts in the sense that they combine features of 21st century modern literature with features of the traditional 18th century epistolary novel (cf. Thomson in this volume, Lomicka/Lord 2012, Page/Bronwen 2011, Schmidt et al. 2010). Starting with Deep Love (2003) by Yoshi, the cell phone novels (mobile phone novels) were originally written on a cellular phone via text messaging. The stories are told almost completely in dialogue simulating social network exchanges, display a strong visual component, are often multimodal and always intermedial (different medial formats like letters, emails, notes, IMs). Although they adopt a 1^st person point of view, they provide multiperspectivity. The absence of a narrator creates a lack of coherence, so the readers have to take a much more active role in filling the gaps.

 Email novels: Heart on my Sleeve by Ellen Wittlinger (2004)

 IM novels (instant messaging): Connect2God. Instant Messages from God to Teens by Andy Cloninger/Kurt Cloninger (2004)

 Blog novels: Kiss & Blog by Alyson Noël (2007)

 Twitterature (Twitter literature): TweetHeart: A Novel in E-mails, Blogs, and Tweets by Elizabeth Rudnick (2010)