… is in the posting queue and will be out today. Thanks to all the readers who dropped me a line with hints, ideas or simply a thank-you note. I appreciate the feedback.
People have asked me about scoring. Two readers apparently even managed to sneak in their scores as I can see on my stats sheet. (I must have two serious hackers among my readers :o)) Anyway, scoring will be activated when Chapter 10 hits the Updated Serials page. I hope that by then, with about one quarter posted, people will have a good understanding of the story and can give it a fair assessment.
Well, that's all for today. Chapter 9 will be posted on Christmas Eve.