HOSHANA

HOSHANA 

The hand balled in a fist, the noise of the night, since birth the lull of sleep, a conquering enemy, cruelly rains down empty images, spongy cortexes, not awake to experience yet somehow aware, it seems entirely cheap, darkly shrouded cowardice, hidden, fraudulent, a violation of an unwritten, unheard of trust, and how this is possible and why this happens are not questions but phrases to remember when the head rolls, tumbling over marbled steps and corridors, offed by the swift steel of nod ― I cannot fight it and I must not fear it, the battle is the war, the war is life, and the battle is abysmal, empty, imagineless, no, I mustn’t fear, because the pull will take me, it will take me down and pull me places that I, defenseless and vast, have not yet asked to go ― praise the heavy gray clouds, for they give way to rain, the pillow, the sheet, the blanket, a blank slate it is not, carte blanche given the subconscious mind, the free nightly ride, costly only in its exuberance, draped in fake hair, the eyes grow wide, with finger pressed to lips, the silence of sunrise. 

Oh for One

"From the editors of Anderbo:
Sorry to say, we will not be using this submitted work, and do wish you the best of luck with it elsewhere. 
(Anderbo.com is able to use less than 1% of what comes in; most submissions receive a response within 12 to 36 hours.)"

Well, that was quick. But as the fine editors at Anderbo.com state, "within 12 to 36 hours." And boy are they not kidding. I submitted my work at 7:42 p.m. last night, received the above rejection at 8:46 this morning. At least it wasn't the extreme far end of the spectrum at twelve hours. They gave me thirteen. Nice. My guess, and I'm quite near certain, that the piece was not read. No tears. Got two more to go, still waiting on responses from thepedestalmagazine.com and failbetter.com, which, with any luck, won't rejectfully ping back at the same page-ripping speed or, with more luck, won't take too long or, with infinite luck, fall into an abyss. 

Welcome to the Interweb's 2,756,933,901st Blog!!!!!

Yes, welcome indeed. Thanks for coming. A little bit about this place: I will be posting from time to time short stories I've authored and track their progress, or lack of it, as I submit them to various on-line and print publications. Any suggestions that you as readers have, please, feel free to comment on the stories. Also, I will be posting from time to time whatever I feel like writing about, because that's the point, nay, the essence of the blog. So, again, thanks for coming, check back periodically, tell all your friends and family, and I look forward to sashaying out into this great wide sprawling network of self-promotion. 

Below is the first story, hope you enjoy. Again, feel free to comment. I will be submitting it to the publications thepedestalmagazine.com, Anderbo.com, and Failbetter.com.