At the time of this writing, we have the fortunate opportunity to read The Book of Going Forth By Day while it is still incomplete. Coverly provides a linear map of the narrative by clicking on the Æ symbol, but the end of the narrative, the last two parts, have not been put online yet. Even if we try to read Going Forth without a beginning by skipping Coverly's numerous introductions and orientations, her work still makes me consider that there is still a place for definitive endings in hypertext. One of the reasons for this is because Coverly is writing a mystery, and she doesn't mix words about it. Her protagonist, Jeanette, is reading Agatha Christie's Murder on the Nile on her own journey on the Nile, during which her brother (whom we know from the beginning is dead) is murdered. The mystery is a whodunit (of course), but, like in every mystery, the answer to this question ends the narrative. There's no way around it. A mystery, unlike most canonical hypertexts, must have a conclusion in which the killer is revealed (and usually brought to justice). Going Forth doesn't work as a mystery or a narrative without this vital conclusion because the reader needs that familiar ending.