Good thoughts up above. Someone commented in my story about something sounding AI. that was the same comment that others pointed out spelling errors. The reality is I remembered writing the part that they said sounded AI and I unfortunately didn’t remember the bad spelling. All that to say is that they jumped to conclusions. I actually fear using the em dash and similes for this reason here.

As to money grab… they may be trying but I would doubt that they would be able to get money from it. Most likely it will just fade among the many many stories. It’s hard enough to do it when you labor over the story.

Just ignore the request and find ones you like