Talk:Silent Spring/@comment-34823985-20180619192149/@comment-10502460-20180620090428

Thanks for the props. I generally try to write my stories in a way such that fear is secondary to intrigue, and that was definitely the case with this story. So if my story was so intriguing to you that the part of your brain that knows it's fake came in as a buzzkill, I did my job.

"I could never in a million years pull off a story like this."

Well if it makes you feel any better, my optimism at my chances of winning the contest went down considerably after I read the submissions from you and Icy and realized what I was up against.