Mondo Wav posted:

Cool! Thanks a lot for reading and for your thoughts!

As to the links, I met with this writer whose work I admire (Daniel Pinchbeck) to get some feedback before I shared the story with a wider audience. He suggested I streamline the narrative and add footnotes a la David Foster Wallace. I decided links would be a more natural way to provide context in an online format. I might still try a version with footnotes instead of links for a more purely literary vibe, but I'm glad you found they provided some worthwhile color and were not just a distraction!