John Dufresne

Today's short story waiting to be written. A pair of midget Mexican wrestlers have been drugged to death in a cheap motel. The men were twin bothers and are being mourned in Mexico where midget wrestling is still popular. Murder weapon: eye drops and alcohol!

You were warned. Today, it's Harve Presnell who's been taken from us.

Death continues to make his rounds in Hollywood. Academy Award winner Karl Malden has died. From A Streetcar Named Desire: "Poker should not be played in a house with women."

Alain de Botton, whose work I enjoy and whose new book I've just bought, lashes out at a critic. Maybe some writers should not be allowed to Twitter.

In Johnson County, Kansas, trucks deliver literary goodness. (via Bookslut) And shots of all the trucks here.