A good few years ago, long before I put together Alien to Any Skin, I wrote a poem that deals with memory loss, among other things. It was called “The Waiting Room.” I sent it off to a magazine in August 2009, then forgot all about it.
Then a month or so ago I got an email. Kaleidoscope Magazine apologized for taking a long time getting back to me. They wanted to know if I would still allow them to include the poem in a forthcoming issue, 67. Of course I said yes, and they said they didn’t mind that it was already in Alien. Last night I received a rather formal email with an attachment. A Memorandum of Agreement along with a token payment offer. Wow. It wasn’t much, but they dealt with me in a meticulous and respectful manner so unlike other publications that I thought I should say something about it somewhere.
This might be a good time as any to say that I have a handful of copies of Alien to Any Skin still with me in Cape Town. You can send me a message here or on my main blog, http://www.matangmanok.wordpress.com if you are interested.
Sound Before Water and Kalmot ng Pusa sa Tagiliran, the new siblings of Alien and Baha-bahagdang Karupukan are taking some time to be put out due to various reasons. But hopefully some time soon they’ll take physical form. haha.
Alien to Any Skin 
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Jim, congratulations on the publication of your poem.