Thank you for your insightful commentary and honesty! I will be sure to take these things into consideration when writing. I agree with what you said about @swissclive.
This is the kind of community interaction I was hoping for when I joined Steemit--thanks for taking the time to make thoughtful posts!
The pleasure is mine. Glad to share your work.
Just as a tip of how to hide and later reveal mystery in the same piece, i recommend you read the story by @doodlebear:
https://steemit.com/story-300words/@doodlebear/a-short-short-story-in-300-3-words
That story manages to hide mystery, but give clues enough for one to finally discern on his/her own upon story end.
Cool! Will do :)