[4] The parts are titled: Dawn, A Gathering of Souls, That Far-Off Island, Fine Work and Wide Across, Rock and a Hard Place, and Song.

[4] The digital approach to storytelling allows for a wider range of elements and permits the author to lay out a story spatially rather than linearly.

[6] Malloy uses this to her advantage in the story by incorporating randomization elements to convey the nonlinear reality of resurfacing memories.

[7] She compares the main character in the Odyssey, Odysseus, with Anne, emphasizing the pursuit for knowledge that expands beyond generations and time.

[3] It was made with Narrabase II, a generative hypertext authoring system, in BASIC on a 3.5 inch floppy disk.

[2] A copy of this version is preserved in the Judy Malloy Papers at the David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library at Duke University.

[2] Two copies of the 1993 publication are housed in the Electronic Literature Organization's The NEXT, Library, and Preservation Space, hosted at Washington State University Vancouver.

[8] In 2020 Judy Malloy was presented with the Marjorie C. Luesebrink Career Achievement Award by the Electronic Literature Organization in part for its name was Penelope.