I did enjoy it, and because of that, I suppose references wasn't quite the exact word I needed. Let me explain. I usually read the header before I go into a story, just because I don't like to be surprised by a character death or other things of that nature. Having said that, and with the nature of your AN, I was well into your story, but still found that I wanted to know more about Hamish MacBeth and the rest of the town and it's inhabitants.