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Escape Pod 870: The Contrary Gardener (Part 1 of 2)

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The Contrary Gardener By Christopher Rowe Kay Lynne wandered up and down the aisles of the seed library dug out beneath the county extension office. Some of the rows were marked with glowing orange off-limits fungus, warning the unwary away from spores and thistles that required special equipment to handle, which Kay Lynne didn’t have, and special permission to access, which she would never have, if her father had anything to say about it, and he did. It was the last Friday before the first…

DystopiaFatherhoodMidwest USA

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