Been reading your novels and playing your games for quite a few months now and I have to say, this may be my favorite one.
Perhaps it's because I enjoy short stories, but this one just seemed to have ticked off all the right spots. The tone, the setting, the foreshadowing, the characters and the pacing. How you managed to weave all these things to create a well-structured and brilliant story is amazing.
You've told an amazing story here and this only made me look forward to what you have in store for the future.