AfterwordThank you so much for reading!This was a very personal story inspired by a character I’ve had in my head in some form or another since probably1999.

  Other recent creative topics had me looking back and becoming introspective about my old OC, so I decided to write a paragraph or two about what Sheam would be like in a totally original story and setting (she was a fanfic author-insert character back then) written by present-day me. That quickly became an entire chapter of a book that didn’t exist, and a week ter here we are.

  If you got this far you may be thinking, but Dana, how dare you say it’s finished! What about [plotline] or [loose end]! I think it’s easy to imagine an intriguing murder-mystery anachropunk thriller based on the characters and world I quickly threw together as a backdrop and pressure-cooker for Sheam’s story of personal growth and transition, but that wasn’t my focus when creating this work.That will be the focus of part 2.I’m having too much fun now to stop.

  - Dana