As you can tell by the title, I don't come today with good news. Some of you may remember a while ago I announced I would be starting a Star Wars fan fiction that would be updated in tandem with this one. I thought I could handle juggling two fics at once. I thought working on them both would keep them from getting stale. Instead, the opposite is true. I burned out faster than I ever have, than I ever thought possible. To put it lightly, I bit off more than I could chew. This burnout hit me hard, to the point where I wasn't writing either fic. I knew something had to be done. So, I have come to the decision to suspend The Strangers until further notice.

This isn't a decision I came to lightly. I realized the necessity of suspending one of my fics about a month ago, and have been agonizing over the decision ever since. However, the choice of which one was never in doubt. Looking at it objectively, my other fic is just better. It's more cohesive, shorter, more established, and has better characterization. If I was going to continue either, I knew which one to pick. I'm sorry to have let you all down.

To all of my readers, thank you. So much. You all have been so kind, generous, and supportive, things I am most certainly not used to. If you feel the need to leave a nasty comment and/or unfollow, I understand. It is your right to do so.

If you want to read more of my writing, then look up the imaginatively named Sequel Trilogy Rewrite on fanfiction.net. It is the fic I will be updating regularly. I may one day come back to The Strangers, but until then, I wish all you Critters a fond farewell.