Darkendore and Cat's Claw share top position

Much as I hate to brag...

*Ahem*

My branching narrative stories Cat's Claw and Darkendore have recently shared top spot on the Tales: Choose Your Own Story app. This makes me very happy. The app management team are still in the "writer and community building stage" right now. But even so, the number of readers appears to be steadily growing.

There must be over a thousand stories/games on the app now and I'm so happy my stories are being read, even at this early stage. I hope that, when Tales team switches from app development, to the serious business of attracting readers in large numbers, that the stories will enjoy a similar degree of popularity.

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