Although this was one of the nicer and more encouraging ones:
Dear Raquel:
Thank you for submitting your fiction for publication in Valparaiso Fiction Review. After careful review and much deliberation, we regret that your submission “Erasing Cedrick” does not suit the current needs of VFR.
The editorial staff took particular interest in your writing, and we strongly encourage you to submit to VFR in the future. We would appreciate and consider other pieces of your fiction that fit our submission criteria.
Again, thank you for your interest in VFR and we hope to see more of your work.
Sincerely,
Jon and Ed
Back to square one, right? My poor story “On a Blue Day” was rejected so many times before it was published. I know this story WILL find a home, eventually, too.
xoxo,
Raquel Ivelisse