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As you may have noticed threads posted in certain forums show up automatically on the front page and if a new visitor to the site came to front page and saw a message that is just a link to another site, they are likely to just interpret it as 'spam' and move on.
Perhaps a signature link would be a tad better? To encourage discussion about your short story, perhaps posting an excerpt from it here at this site instead of just a blind link?