never had that happen before

[novapsyche]

Upon updating my poetry bookkeeping, I noticed a major error: one of the magazines that had accepted two pieces from a batch of three had published all three instead. Usually, this would cause me to jump for joy. However, in the interim I had sent the remaining poem to another market which promptly accepted it to be published the same season. This subsequent market does not accept reprints, and at any rate it is a grave faux pas to have the same piece running concurrently in two or more magazines.

I sent an email to the initial market explaining the odd situation and requested the piece be removed. Luckily, it is an online publication, so removal should be painless.