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a happy ending?!! if I didn’t like this so much, I would consider it a betrayal. really beautiful all the way through.

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I decided to go bran over brand. har har

Thanks for the kind words! ❤️

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This is mesmerizing! Felt like I could hear the wheat rustle as I read the story. So cool.

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Thank you, Lizzy! That means a lot to me! ❤️❤️

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This was beautiful.

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Thank you, Liz ❤️

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This one was a ride! Had no idea where it was going to lead me. Love the interaction between these two

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Thanks, Will ❤️🙏🏼

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Ooh, this is very good. Nicely done, Sean!

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Thanks! It was for a rural fantasy submission that was rejected within minutes. Lol

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This was great, did not go where I thought it was going to! The wheat was its own fantastic character.

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Thanks for reading my story and for the lovely comment! 🌾 ❤️

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Seriously? You gotta ask yourself who’s working the desk at those places. AI, maybe 🤔

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Nah, I think people just have preferences and follow some pretty old fashioned rules about things. It's fine. Now I get to publish it here!

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I don’t even try anymore, for obvious reasons. Pointless.

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Curse your throwing words about like that! <cursing in a good way> That was smashing, guv. You make those words seem so easy to do. so right for the story. wheat fields... they've got something about them alright. i remember them as a kid. can wind undulate things though? pah. shut up Nick, not important. Top marks Sean!

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Thank you, Nick! I appreciate your kind words!

And great call on the wind part. The way I wrote it read like the wind was undulating (huh!?), so I removed the mention of wind entirely from that line.

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you could go - the wheat undulated in the wind, maybe? - its a vgood image

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Love this one

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❤️ Thank you, Linda!

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❤️

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I want more about these characters!

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Ooo that could be fun to explore. ❤️

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I like it when the babies are saved.

"If the wheat could speak, we’d hear it scream when the combine came around.”

Impeccable logic there. Check-mate, wheat-talkers.

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haha right!? ❤️

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I had to read this one twice, the imagery was too haunting to not revisit. Also, witches 🖤

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❤️ Thank you! Witches are so 90s! That's why I love them. ;)

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