There Is No Antimemetics Division (2018)

Spoilers, but I'll try to phrase this vaguely:

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Near the end, I noticed one or two hints that SCP-4987 was still around. I thought that was going to be the key to the solution at the end, but the story went for the more generic option.

I found a comment by QNTM that the former was actually his original plan[0]. Personally I actually would have preferred that ending but maybe that's just because I thought I'd guessed the twist ahead of time. The whole book is really really good.

If anyone comes into this not having heard of the "SCP Foundation" before, imagine something a bit like the secret government organisation from Men In Black but instead of aliens it's the paranormal.

[0] Major spoilers here if you haven't read the story already: https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/forum/t-13410227/tombstone#post...

For those confused about SCP-4987, it refers to https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/where-have-you-been-all-my-life... and not https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/scp-4987

Not sure if there was (is?) ever a true SCP article for it.

Yeah, when the story was written that SCP number didn't exist yet, so it was a safe unused number. Unfortunately not anymore.

SCP-4987 is also explained in the first chapter, for a slightly less spoilery link. https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/we-need-to-talk-about-fifty-fiv...

We never do learn what "Clay" actually was do we?

Both Scifi Channel's "Warehouse 13" and Remedy Entertainment's "Control" video game (same studio and universe as Alan Wake) are essentially reskins of SCP, if that helps anyone.

Not that I recall.

Warehouse 13 is closer to a goofy comedy though. SCP is very much horror based.

W13 had so much to love, but something was missing to make it stick.

The genre(s) of any given SCP are unclear when you begin reading, and can vary wildly. That's part of the appeal for many readers.