@pangalactic: Thanks buddy, but CP ultimately passed on my story. He sent a nice personal R and although I don't ultimately agree with his specific criticism, I like the story and am glad his antho had caused me to write it.
I'm vacationing in Barbados starting today and it seems that in honor of my departure from NYC everybody and their mother decided to reject me in the last 24 hours. Got Rs from DSF, BCS, Memory Eater and even Short, Fast & Deadly (sent them something that took me 2 min to write, on a lark).
The good news is that all of those R's are offset by a pretty cool acceptance from a couple of days ago. I can't share the details yet, but will post in braggage as soon as I'm able (I suspect as early as this weekend).