My first work for publication

I,m working on a short story that I hope to publish. Its a bit different for me as i,m writing it with no dialogue and no character names. Here are the first few lines. First draft.


Driving rain stung his face as he fort his way, against the wind, up the hill. Darkness enclosed him as if he was the only living person on this land. He longed for the site of home in the valley on the other side of this natural barrier. The village he had lived in his entire life. It had been a hard life but still he remained settled in the place of his birth.