pulls the reader in. but the sentence “she needed total ambiguity” did not work for me. “she needed total anonymity” or “she needed total clarity” would have made it better.

Oddly, I had that in there, but I didn’t want it to feel too repetitive since I used anonymous right before it. I guess I over thought that one! :)

Congratulations on a second-place finish, Horror!

Thanks!

I do like this. My only issue would be changing “new wetness” to “fresh wetness” but that is merely opinion. Well written
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