The weekend is definitely a big factor in putting me more ahead this year than the previous years. But I look at the word counts and see a multitude of people ahead of me--I try not to think about it too much. There's an entire month ahead of me.
Chapter 4, the most recent part I have posted, really starts delving into the fact that Verity's world isn't exactly "normal". Or rather, isn't like our world. One could hypothetically envision Monteport as a coastal city in New England, or once I get into descriptions of the Old Quarter, perhaps a city in northern France which had once been occupied by the Romans. But in this world, there is no such thing as New England, France, or Rome and Verity would be quite puzzled if you asked her about these places.
I have included more hints about the religion of this place. As a brief, simplified explanation, there is no "God" in this world. The main religion is somewhat monotheistic in that everyone believes in "the nameless one" but the nameless one takes on different forms in different places.
And for a bit of trivia, the name Nathaniel Gammell is Lovecraft-inspired. It is of no relation to the domain name.
