Wow. This is truly illuminating. I've been involved with Medium only for a month, and I've been slowly disrobing the onion. It's been challenging to figure out what this platform is all about; this story brought me to the onion's core. I was wondering why Illumination accepted a story from me in about 20 seconds; I was wondering if they'd read it. (Now I get it, and I'd be happy to pull my story from them.)

I'm excited to have discovered your publication just today after a convoluted journey of clicks, and I'm about to dive in to A Work of Fiction, Loose Words, and the others. I'm grateful for your transparency and integrity.