By request, I've read 'The Stranger' as the first story of all Story Contest entries. Again I can't really go into details, but I must agree with the others that one of the weakest part of the story is most likely the grammar. Considering the amount of notes I made by the story and compare it with the other stories I (*uhhum*) read, the difference is gigantic. I personally do not agree with the point that the grammar is the weakest. There was something in the story that annoyed me much, much more.
It's a good story nonetheless, and I'm pretty willing to wait to read the next part. It's only unfortunate that much was hasted because of the deadline of the contest. Because of that, not all potential could be drawn from it. But that was to be expected, I guess.