Losing Keith 'Doc' Herber

I'm fairly sure it's old news to everyone by now, but on Friday the 13th of March we lost Keith Herber, one of the earliest and most prolific writers for the Call of Cthulhu role-playing game. Keith cranked out such classics as The Fungi From Yuggoth (now published as The Day of the Beast), The Trail of Tsathoggua, and The Spawn of Azathoth. Mr. Herber had just returned to the game, having helped form Miskatonic River Press and gained a license from Chaosium to start publishing new material. Sadly Kieth did not go down under a human wave of pranga-wielding cultists, a smoking pistol in each hand, but succumbed to a very human heart attack at the age of 60. He left behind a wife, a grown son, some grandkids and a lot of people who got a lot of enjoyment out of his work.

There's a place to donate on fundable.com to help the family offset funeral expenses. I encourage everyone to throw $10 at it. 

http://www.fundable.com/groupactions/groupaction.2009-03-14.8857145180

They just need a couple hundred more to cover the cost of cremation. It ain't cheap dying in America and we game writers are not driving Porsches.

Mr. Herber will be missed.

And how's that for horror-writer class... checking out on Friday the 13th? Damn. Now THAT is style.