In the latest issue of Uncanny Magazine I have shared a remembrance of my friend Richard Bowes, who passed away on this last Christmas Eve. Rick was a good friend, a great writer, and I miss him dearly. I have posted the beginning of my remembrance below, and you can read the entire thing on the Uncanny website. (My piece is the last on the page, but they are all worth reading).
I’ve included a few pics of the two of us, but the center one, where I have blonde hair, is perhaps the first time I met Rick, captured in a photo. More about this below:
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- Rick and me at the KGB Bar
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- Rick and me at the KGB Bar, with Rajan Khanna in the background
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- Rick and me at a Readercon room party
I’m fairly certain I met Rick Bowes at a Fantastic Fiction at KGB reading on November 15, 2006. That night, Lucius Shepard and Catherynne Valente were reading. This may seem awfully specific, but I have proof. Ellen Datlow captured this moment in a photo that resides on her Flickr stream. For a Halloween party I’d bleached my hair and dressed up as Roy Batty from Blade Runner. In the photo, Rick leans in, hands pressed like a sage, telling me something with authority, while I, with my Billy-Idol-blonde hair, listen rapt. (In the background, Rajan Khanna, whom in this moment I have yet to befriend, stares at the camera.) And this is how I will remember Rick. Telling stories. His depth of knowledge always astounded me. Right away, I knew I was in the presence of a sharp mind.
Read the rest of the piece (and other reminiscences) at Uncanny Magazine.
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