Jack Ketchum passed away a day ago. His real name was Dallas William Mayr, but under his Ketchum pseudonym he was a horror novelist who won the Bram Stoker Award four times. His novels included The Girl Next Door, Off Season, and The Woman. He also wrote the novella, Right To Life, the cover of which can be seen above.
Ketchum's fiction was relentless and unflinching. He dared to go to the dark areas of horror in his finely-crafted stories. He will be missed. RIP.
We also lost Ursula K. Le Guin, who was best known for her SF works. She probably gained her greatest fame when PBS produced a movie from her novel, The Lathe of Heaven, back in 1980 (when the movie originally aired, she wasn't able to see it because her area suffered a black out). Her writing sparkled with great imagination and wit. She, too, will be missed. RIP.
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