It seems like stories, while supported on DeviantArt as a medium aren’t really the interest of the user base.

I am delighted that my stories here have received so many views here, but it seems like (as has always been the case) the community has ebbs and flows.

This forum appeals to me for many reasons and I’d like to learn to interact here more fruitfully of course. But I’ll confess that I have been unsuccessful in promoting conversation organically.

Clearly people are here, the high view counts are demonstration of that. But it has always been “deep magic” to motivate the lurkers to post.