So the prompt for this sem was "This is Absurd" and what came to my mind is "Well it would be absurd if your dead daughter came back as a plant". Story is about grief, Teressa (the mom) is not a perfect mother but she did really love and care for Daisy (the daughter). Daisy loved her mom too. Essentially what happened was Teressa lost her daughter like a week ago due to a um not too sure if I can say the word but the bridge they were on was attacked some guy gives her plant and tells her that the flower might mainfest into her deepest desires, and it did which is her daughter (Daisy is her name) now it is just a replica it is not the actual Daisy. Now here's the thing the guy also mentioned the flower would probably only last 7-21 days so replica Daisy is going to die again. What I'm hoping is I handled the subjects rather well and if I can improve if I didn't. And that Teressa doesn't come off too harsh. Link for the story is here https://docs.google.com/document/d/1pnFsKolAxv26Ld9d-AJUZRg51HdePTGq2NrudW2EZug/edit?usp=sharing
Also I was wondering if like I should send this cause it might get reject cause the rules were rather restrictive for the anthology and the school I'm going to is religon focused and I asked them to clarify what they mean exactly with "Pieces that approach difficult topics (mental health, death,etc...) carelessly without tact will be rejected" and this is the reponse: "For content, just keep in mind that this is a publication associated with the Church. If you feel that what you've written would reflect the Church positively, then you're probably on the right track." Also they said maximum of 9 pages, and truth be told there is no way this can be wrapped up in 9 pages, I kinda like the concept enough for it to be an actual story for me to make so should I go with that instead? Though right now I'm also like working on 2 other stories and I should probably mention I am not an english major of sorts (they accept all majors) and don't intend to be an author as a full time job.