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...