Michael Louis Calvillo, author of I Will Rise, Blood & Gristle, As Fate Would Have It (reviewed here), and other original and inventive works of horror fiction, passed away on Monday, April 30 after a long battle with cancer. I did not know Michael at all except through the eyes of the reviewers and readers who make up the staff and community here, but their words, and the words of others in the horror community, speak volumes about the kind of writer and the kind of person he was. Greg Lamberson and Benjamin Kane Etheridge have written moving tributes to him, and it’s clear that touched the lives of others both with his work and his personality. If you visit his blog, you’ll see that he remained positive and involved in life in every way he could. Our thoughts are with his family, and we hope yours will be too.
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