We have very twisted environment here, don't we?
But Leo behaves like a total moron. It is hard to believe, how one can be so stupid...

Interesting.
Although your fight scenes are too chaotic for my taste. There is a room for improvement here.

Previous two chapters are rather lackluster.
This one is quite interesting. Let's see what will happen next.

Dude REALLY IT'S BEEN MONTHS PPPPPPLLLLLLLLLZZZZZ

WOO! Excellent chapter. Casey, you're breaking my heart.
First: Welcome back!

Second: You MUST write first for yourself - always. No matter the genre, no matter the subject matter or theme - your vision of the story is the essence of the story and MUST be written in the creator's own style/voice.

If you don't it will never come out the way you hoped, it'll ring false, hollow and uneven. As you've seen.

Writing comes from a place deep within ourselves - the shape it takes as it filters through our imagination, our experiences, our worldview, can't be denied. What you produce may not please everyone, but if it's something real and true for you, it'll find its readers.

Look, you can't take a Nicholas Sparks story and make it a hard science-fiction thriller - the moment you try, it ceases being a Nicholas Sparks story and becomes something utterly different. Just as you can't take Stephen King or Asimov and mangle it into a Gentle Read (which is a soft, fluffy, sweet genre without profanity, violence, or action - which is fine for folks who are into that) and still say this is Asimov or King. Because it's not. Not anymore. And I guarantee that you'll end up disappointing ALL of your readers if you tried to please them ALL.

It boils down to this: what we call in writing, "Being Honest."

It has less to do with truthfulness and more to do with the authenticity or your work - and it takes no small amount of courage to do so. You cannot be HONEST with your vision if it is no longer your vision. It is no longer that pure essence flowing from the murky depths of wherever stories first take shape within us.

Bravo for sticking to your vision. Bravo for not giving up. And HOORAY for you coming back to us! And Hooray for upcoming updates!

(And sorry for the rambling essay on writing :( You got me fired up on a subject that's important to me, personally and professionally.)

xo

Well I for one am grateful that you have not only decided to continue this but continue it in your way. It's impossible to please everybody, and sometimes even friends with the best of intentions are wrong. I'd hate to see this story sterilized when the horror aspect works so well. Lighter stories are nice and all, but not everything can be butterflies and rainbows. Keep up the great work!

Great job on the chapter please update soon thanks.

Curious to see where this ends up! Keep up the good work :)

I haven't paused to comment even because I've been tearing through this in breathless suspense.

I will always love this fic. It's like watching a horror movie. Those irresistible thrills cascading over me is something I can't get enough of. Casey's predicament in this just touched all the right points. I love it. Poor Casey, though. That must have been terrifying. I can just imagine the turmoil going through his mind right now.

Awesome chapter. Yep, Messis is here and still wreaking havoc and will continue to do so. I really like where this is going and how you're weaving this story. Don't beat yourself up over this because this story is amazing and I like how you've done it and proven your friends wrong that a story like this CAN work with the right formula which you're doing perfectly. So keep it up and good luck. I'll be eagerly awaiting an update.

The Bubbly One,
Shell

Whoa. What a chapter! I loved hearing things from the Harvester's point of view before coming to Anne. And I think Leo's going to really feel messed up once he gets out of this mess and realizes what he's done. Nicely done on this as always.

The Bubbly One,
Shell

I'm so glad you decided to keep this story the same! I hope that you update soon and don't let other people control your story. Great job!

Nice story so far, love to read the rest and see the end. Any chance of that happening soon?

So I reached the end of this chapter and started to move to the next... and there wasn't one! This is so good! Your plot is interesting, your villain is scary and it's all around fantastic. I eagerly await an update!