Got my 1600th short story rejection

The other day I got my 1600th short story rejection. It's taken me a very long time! I used to rack up a hundred rejections in nine months or so. But I see that I logged my 1500th more than two years ago! I know, I'm such a slacker. It wouldn't have happened at all if I hadn't decided to do some more submissions to literary journals. Since you can simul…