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The premise: A New Jersey boardwalk fortune teller named Frank Pietro gets involved with a murder investigation when he unexpectedly experiences psychic powers for real. This story quickly establishes a pattern: in every chapter, you come into contact with an object that triggers a vision of past events, filling in a little more about what happened. In a very nice touch, Frank perceives the trigger objects as, in some unfathomable way, having emotions. For example, cigar cutter found at the crime scene is described as “frustrated”, because the victim was interrupted just before using it. When other objects are described as furious or terrified, it sets the tone for what you’re about to see.<\/p>\n
It must be said: This piece is very light on interactivity. Maybe once or twice per chapter, you get a choice of three things to pay attention to, usually as a focus for Frank’s cold-reading skills. This never seems to have any consequences beyond the current paragraph. There’s also a repeated gimmick of critical-path hyperlinks that change a couple of times when you click on them, clarifying or intensifying a description, as a way to evoke the act of scrutiny. But unless there’s something subtle that I didn’t notice, that’s about it as far as taking advantage of Twine. 1<\/sup><\/a>ADDED 9 Oct 2016:<\/strong> Stone Harbor is not written in Twine. My apologies. I was confused.<\/span><\/span>