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This is the last page of Salad Days. That does not mean this is the end of the story. (Salad Days copyright 2008 by Paul Hostetler.)

No, there is so very much more I could do with this premise. Every tomato plant on the planet vanishes. Why? Is this the end times? Are tomatoes being raptured up to heaven? If plants are the only virtuous beings on Earth, what kind of Armageddon does that portend? What would the Horsemen look like?
Or maybe it's not the end of the world. Perhaps the natural spunk of the solanaceae family was enough for them to ditch the human world and unleash the true hidden power of chlorophyll.
And what happens to Cherry. This was a deeply moving experience. A person would not go through all this unchanged. Her story must continue as well.

However.

I have so much faith that this is a GOOD idea, that can become a GOOD story, an EXCELLENT story, if treated right, that I am not going to rush into it. Salad Days will marinate in the stew pot of my brain, until I have all the pieces (concepts, characters, plots, and enough layers of meaning to make your goddamn head spin) in place.

Good night, and good art.
Paul Hostetler
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MistahPete's avatar
This is a really beautiful story. I enjoyed reading it.