Rejection note that almost got it right by reyes_mx

I got a rejection this week for a short story I've been sending around for about four months. Normally I read rejections, file them, move on. This one was different. The editor wrote two paragraphs. He said the premise was strong and the atmosphere was working but the ending was 'too complete.' He said it resolved things that horror should leave unresolved, and that the final image, which I worked on for probably longer than any other part of the story, was too 'decided.' I sat with this for two days. And I think he's right. I keep wanting my horror to offer some kind of foothold at the end. A decision made, a surviving character with a plan, something that gives the reader somewhere to stand. But the best horror I've read doesn't do that. The fear at the end of a Poe story or a Mariana Enriquez story is more complete because there's nowhere to go. I'm revising the ending. But I wanted to share because it's a rare thing when a rejection is actually useful. Most of them just close a door. This one opened a window I didn't know was there. Has anyone had feedback from a rejection that genuinely changed how they thought about their work?