I had a poem that was accepted for Light Quarterly but never appeared before the print journal folded. I think it was just an oversight, though, since they had about six of my poems in the hopper and the rest of them did appear.
In general, though, I've observed that writers have been trained somehow to think it is rude or pushy to communicate with editors, and they seem afraid of angering them somehow if they contact them. In my experience, however, editors are not at all bothered if you are not a nagging and unreasonable crackpot, but you have a reason to contact them and you do so politely.
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