John Dufresne

Novelist and short story writer Barry Hannah has died at sixty-seven. (thanks to Robert in Miami)

Our friend and fellow teacher at the Taos Summer Writers Conference Barbara Robinette Moss has passed away. 

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."