Some thoughts on "Close"

The short story "Close" came to be in a matter of hours. The central idea arrived in the evening of the 24th. The notes I got back up to jot down whilst trying to fall asleep kept going and by 3:30 in the morning of the 25th, the first draft was here. Two online friends gave it a read that day, which helped me understand what I needed to bolster to better convey the relationship, and now on the morning of the 26th, it is essentially complete. Bar the usual tendency to tweak and adjust.

These are some thoughts from conversations I've had with readers, gathered here because social media posts are fragmented and easily lost.

( continued with spoilers )