Ooh this does my heart so good. This fandom is very much alive and I very much love your writing. You capture the series and the characters and you have these plots that drive the story the forward and bring the series up to much needed date. It's refreshing to read you Mirage. I can't wait for more. This is super exciting!

Exciting and eloquently written! I'm excited to read more, and that the fandom is still alive and well after decades!!! That means the tv series was awesome AND it means the fanfic is also awesome!!

I will have to read the other parts of this series. I'm new so please be kind and forgive me for not knowing all of your work. I'm excited for the rest of the series to complete.

Kind regards always and thank you for not giving up on the fandom.

Thank you so much for writing and sharing. We have to keep the series alive, keep the characters alive, keep the fandom strong. It means so much to me that you continue. I need this so badly now.

Please keep going forever.

What blows me away is your spot on characterisations and how all senses are impacted when I read you. It's like watching, hearing, touching, tasting, smelling, etcc.... That's the thing also that I don't like sometimes... it all being real enough to touch and taste as it's quite terrifying and this isn't an insult to you... that's the reading experience. Authors should be able to transport and you excel in doing so. You are an outstanding author and that's why I'm still trembling after reading this. I await impatiently the complete series of these no longer missing pieces.Thank you.

Exciting! This was intriguing and pleasantly dark Mirage. Good to see Catherine. I think Parker would retreat into her mother's embrace and can't blame her. I hope Lyle pays. I can't wait for this series to be all completed. I'm so excited. You never disappoint. More more more please please please and thank you so much.

I'm actually speechless. The seamless merging of the peaceful freedom-refuge  with terror and entrapment and the seamless merging of the terror with reality, the way the reader is allowed to SEE everything that has happened and everything that Parker believes is happening, some that she doesn't undersatnd and is confused by, and then that allows us to also see what is actually really happening while she struggles to free herself of webbing.. it is powerful. It's really moving for me. You do really take me there, sink me into the scene.Her brain has been trying to process events, and in fear she sought her mother's refuge, escaped into her mind. There are things that her brain isn't processing. I think that's part of the refuge. The 'strange and violent hammerring" is Jarod "thrusting" Lyle's face into the floor three times.. this does follow Asphyxia perfectly. The pressure in her chest and the lips is jarod performing CPR on her. The sirens, the throat. She was intubated. She escaped all of that trauma by finding her mother but she couldn't run far enough. It's that feeling that something is wrong and you keep running until you can't run anymore. You transported me, took my  hand and yanked me into that world. How are you able to do that? Not even Stephen King has done that. Not many authors can do that. This is all plausible, too. It's scarily plausible. You're a hell of an author, Mirage. My sights are set on the next installments. Please. Kudos and Bravos!

Ooh Merci! I'm hooked LIKE a fish. You reel me in. I need more.

Hell yeaha, Mate this is gold! The way you set this up and introed us to the "IT" a bloody spider and weaved the tale the way that spider weaved Parker into its web in her dream refuge turned nightmare is brilliant. You're a GENIUS! Pretender Gold Mate.

Merci! Please keep going. I love it all. So much emotion and terrific writing.

Oomph! Congratulations! Broots for the win! He is tolerant af sure but when he finally gives out of fucks it's a sight. I love Jon Gries, too, and he is central to The Pretender, and he will give us these little bits of wisdom here and there and is protector. I love that you know that and include him. Have you seen Dream Corp LLC by the way? You should if you haven't. What movies have you seen him in if you don't mind having the conversation. Any recommendations? Please?

Anyhoo m'dear the characters are all real enough to feel up and punch. I don't like that doctor either.

I'm Lyle's favorite lovefest gal, and an incest fan. I can't ignore his darkness or what we know is canon from the series. You do right by him and all of the characters in this (and everything you write while I'm at it). You blew me away with this. I love Wild Horse right out of the gate (puns all the way babe) with Lyle kissing Jarod, didn't see that one coming.  YOu are full of surprises, wonderful ones. Seriously. Holy hot awesomesauce. Asphyxia is Lyle in action doing what Lyle does and you capture him perfectly. This chapter is a result of the Asphyxia. I want this series completed NOW.

It's probabaly my favorite Lyle-centered story of yours. It's amazing. Thank you for writing and for sharing with us.

Amazing mate. You balance the dynamics superbly and provide spine tingling elements that make this pop. I love it. You really capture the emotions, the confusion, the spirit of The Pretender brillantly. Please don't stop. You say you  will complete this series this year and I cheer you on! Thank you for this and all of your work.

Ohh Ooooh! This makes perfect sense, Mirage. Everything you write makes sense. I've always followed along with your work with ease. I enjoy well written work and the adult sized words you use. It's obvious to me that you feel it's important to be specific so as to not be misinterpreted. LIke that Shades of Grey book.. and all of the "down there" bs.. I'm like... down where? Anus? Toes? Australia? Where down there? I'm totally neurodivergent and because of that I like to be specific, too.

I love that you are totally specific about where Jarod and Miss Parker's tongue are at and what they are doing specifically. It matters!

I notice the way you space paragraphs and I think you might be a little spectrum-y in that regard and it doesn't impact anything negatively at all. It clarifies for me and I love it. YOu're my favorite author. Between the super stella storytelling ability and the clarity and your command of language... you're a wordsmith. and the stories you tell PLUS you space your paragraphs and don't include too many sentences in each section.. YES I LOVE IT ALL! You're either spectrumish or really considerate of my little autistic heart.

I love the transitions between refuge dream- to nightmare to  reality where she's fighting the doctor. Oh, god. This is amazing. Thank you bunches my fandomly sister! I love you. Keep going. Never stop writing for us please!