So, is anybody interested in reading it? Fair warning--there are moments with Really Serious Stuff and I haven't had a beta reader go through it. And there may be some timey-wimey stuff in there, along with Big Commentary.

So, I repeat: Does anyone want to read this and find out how Andrew Mays et al. end up? Or, does anyone want to read this and make suggestions. I can convert the file to a PDF and link to Google Drive.

Anyway, I know this probably won't garner much interest, but...I do have An Ending for Andrew Mays.

--Doc

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Um, that is, yes, I'm interested.

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First of all, there's "Birthday Blues," where Andrew survives his 30th birthday and gets a jarring perspective on what Might Have Been:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1gcESiyktmNvK2qfykGG_24VILcYi4IoA/view?usp=drive_link

And here's the final story, "Curtain Call." The nightmare that Andrew encountered on his 30th birthday may be coming true, thanks to an "old friend" of his:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1RUna_atdsi0MXt3Ws94aeXF-dE0Phowf/view?usp=drive_link

There is a story that predates these two, "Fragrance Fiasco," but the details are pretty much summarized in these two stories.

These are PDF files and, as I mentioned before, the stories are raw and not proofread. So, if anyone finds any wonkiness, let me know.

Oh, and they may both be 50k words, since they were Nanowrimo projects. So, you've been kind of warned.

Anyway, happy reading!

--Doc

(Access should now be for whoever has the links. Sorry about that, folks.)

>Folks, one year for Nanowrimo, I wrote what I consider to be the last
>Anime Detective story. Considering that I wrote the first story back
>in, oh, 1993, I think I've progressed a bit in my style.
>
>So, is anybody interested in reading it? Fair warning--there are
>moments with Really Serious Stuff and I haven't had a beta reader go
>through it. And there may be some timey-wimey stuff in there, along
>with Big Commentary.
>
>So, I repeat: Does anyone want to read this and find out how Andrew
>Mays et al. end up? Or, does anyone want to read this and make
>suggestions. I can convert the file to a PDF and link to Google
>Drive.
>
>Anyway, I know this probably won't garner much interest, but...I do
>have An Ending for Andrew Mays.
>
>--Doc

I did note one incomplete paragraph on page 249 of the final story (and you uploaded a lot of notes at the start of one).

The only criticism I'd make is that bringing up the 'dynamic detective duo' thing maybe came up a little too often - once it was established, repeating it for the audience felt like it came up once or twice when it didn't need to be.

But it was a good, earned (and urded) ending for Andrew. Thanks for sharing.

It's been quite the ride from there to here, and I'm glad I got to see it all play out.

Peter Eng
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