I don't want to say this too loudly, as it were, so as not to spoil people's fun, but someone gave me a link to a forum where the author tells people what's really going on. (The people on the forum were confused and thought it might be the beginning of an online game, so he decided to set them straight before they got too frustrated. I think the outside link to a LJ as part of the story gave the impression that it might be an online mystery-game.) It's not. It's fiction, and it'll be finished soon. :)