But few think of writing fiction specifically for the net, says Sue Thomas, head of trAce, an online writing centre based at Nottingham Trent University.
He tries making another map of the city in his head and tracing the course of the river.
During their conversation in the glassed-in dining room, the head of Troll Trace reveals his ultimate plan.
But one of his mini-speeches nets him some mercy: the head of Troll Trace invites him to dinner to supposedly make his case.
"Because it's freaking hilarious: getting a Scandinavian country to fight trolls by building a giant machine that actually shows everyone on Earth is a giant troll too," says the head of Troll Trace.
At that, Bernie Sanders, her opponent, pursed his lips and dipped his head, tracing a semicircle of amazement in the air.
Red Crescent minivans, manned by young women in white smocks and head scarves, traced the route of Sunday's battle, picking up the bodies of fallen Iraqi fighters.
Her mix of archival material, punchy graphics and concise talking-head commentary traces a troubling modern history.
A 10-minute walk away, and boasting the resonant address 9 Holy Bones, is the Guru Nanak Sikh Museum, a former hosiery factory where visitors, with their shoes left at the door and heads covered, can trace the history of Sikhism through photographs, documents and detailed models of South Asia's major temples.
To say that the U.S. has recovered is to accept a desultory life of mediocrity with a re-branded IRS tracking citizens who are required to have chips planted in the backs of their heads which can trace earnings, purchases, and movement.
