My heartfelt thanks to:
Nida Ramirez and Visprint for the invaluable help;
Dean Francis Alfar and the rest of the spec fic gang for the undying support and encouragement;
the editors of the various publications who first gave my stories a home;
my friends (online and offline) for reading and promoting my work and for their kind words;
my family—my parents Belen and Rodolfo and siblings Jasmin, Robie Jay, and Allan—for keeping me in their thoughts despite (or because of?) my propensity to kill off characters in my stories (as my mother once dutifully observed);
the Lazarte family for making me feel welcome in Parañaque;
and Jaykie, for the love (and for letting me use his laptop and wi-fi connection whenever I needed to “edit something quick”).
Additional thanks to Honey de Peralta, Charles Tan, Kristine Reynaldo, Adam David, and the rest of Flipside Publishing for all their hard work and attention.