Brian and I were close "phone friends," talking at least weekly,
firing books back and forth to each other constantly, and endlessly
conniving as gleeful conspirators on book ideas, short story ideas,
publicity ideas, and talking about life, the universe, and
everything. We had tossed e-mails back and forth just hours before
his passing, and agreed that he'd call me "tomorrow" to hone our
latest scheme.
That call will never come, now.
Leaving me staring at the empty silence, and feeling pain not only
for his wife and kin, and his publishing colleagues, and for me and
his other friends, but for the entire d**ned publishing field.
The man was a tireless powerhouse of mining ideas and forgotten
books from the past, neglected audiences and stories that could be
done better; ALL readers are the poorer for this loss.
I dedicated several of my books to him, and the one that's just
appeared in DARK VENGEANCE is very fitting:
"To Brian
Who deserves much, much more than this."
Farewell, friend.
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