Described as the "watering hole" for electronic literature, Word Circuits was founded in 1997 by e-lit pioneer Robert Kendall, with an all-star editorial team that included Marjorie C. Luesebrink (M.D. Coverley), Rob Swigart, Deena Larsen, Jean Hughes-Réty, and Nancy Smith. It featured 85 works by 51 artists.
In Fall of 2018, the local files for all of the works in BeeHive came from Dr. Talan Memmott and J. Patrick Forden to the Electronic Literature Lab.
