Dun dun duuuuun! Yeah, on hindsight it's fine. But the first ten minutes after that 40+ day wait...!
On a more general note, Deep Cuts unleashed my masterpiece back into the marketplace with a long and painful 110-day rejection! One of the editors graciously offered to let submitters know specific reasons why a story was rejected, provided you email her first. That's pretty dang awesome of her. I have a few ideas how to improve it, but if she could narrow it down that'd be sweet.
Take helpful hints from editors with a grain of salt. More than once I've sold a rejected story ... to the same magazine which rejected it.
First time, rejection: 'Just not right for us. Descriptively confusing. Resolution feels forced.'
Second time, acceptance: 'Love the noir feel of the piece. Contract will be in the mail.'
Same editor, diff. comments a year apart. Why did I resubmit a story which was originally rejected?
Ummm ... didn't know any better.
This has happened to me twice btw. (The second time the submissions were about seven years apart so perhaps the editor forgot she originally rejected it.)
I don't recommend anyone do this, unless there's a new editor in place. Seriously.
Just commenting because editorial comments can be so all over the place and so often purely subjective.