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Post by the paperback fanatic on Nov 1, 2014 21:44:10 GMT
I've just heard from a reliable source that Michel passed away this morning. Gutted.
He never really let on quite how ill he was. A really super, genuine guy who was very generous with his time. Hugely supportive of The Paperback Fanatic and Bedabbled!.
Michel, please post that this is misinformation and that all is well....
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Post by Deleted on Nov 1, 2014 22:18:45 GMT
I'd say it's true - I've been keeping in touch with his daughter - the last time I was in touch with her, he had days...
EDIT - it's just been reported by family members
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Post by Dr Terror on Nov 2, 2014 0:01:42 GMT
Sad news. R.I.P. Michel.
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Post by jamesdoig on Nov 2, 2014 4:05:56 GMT
I've just heard from a reliable source that Michel passed away this morning. Gutted. Terrible news, but he leaves a fine legacy - love all his books. |
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Post by mcannon on Nov 2, 2014 4:15:07 GMT
Oh, that's terrible to hear. From the earlier comments it obviously wasn't unexpected - hopefully he was in no great pain or discomfort at the end.
I know next to nothing about Michel himself other than a few scraps of biographical information and a couple of photos, but his 1970s anthologies were a major part of my early education in horror fiction; I'd imagine the same applies to many others here. As a result, I sort of felt that I "knew" anthologists such as he and Peter Haining ever so slightly, if only enough to be immensely grateful for the pleasure their work had brought me. RIP.
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Post by ripper on Nov 2, 2014 8:42:20 GMT
Very sad news. RIP Michel
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Post by franklinmarsh on Nov 2, 2014 10:16:57 GMT
Oh no! Got a feeling Dem introduced me to him at Coppernight. A thoroughly nice chap, supportive of Filthy Creations too.
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Post by ramseycampbell on Nov 2, 2014 18:34:46 GMT
Alas, old friends leave us all too soon.
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Post by pulphack on Nov 3, 2014 10:47:04 GMT
This is sad. Met him through Dem, and only briefly, but a nice bloke and one with a hell of a history in the genre. Did the work he loved and did it well. Can't say more. There's a thread here somewhere where he relays an anecdote about living below Phil Lithman and trying to write while Chilli Willi & The Red Hot Peppers rehearse electrically above him that says in a few words a lot about the counter-culture he was part of and that fuelled his work and outlook. He was of that time and from it, when all things seemed possible. Anyone who's familiar with his work will miss him at least a little.
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Post by dem on Nov 4, 2014 8:42:16 GMT
 Michel Parry, Banbury, April 2013Goodbye, my friend. Thank you for everything. |
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Post by Craig Herbertson on Nov 4, 2014 12:55:54 GMT
I only met him briefly at the WHC in Brighton. He took a few minutes to say some really kind words to me. Seemed a genuinely decent man. Sad loss.
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Post by dem on Nov 5, 2014 7:26:30 GMT
I am just glad that Michel got to see all the complimentary things written about him and his work on vault's mk 1 & 2 while he was alive. Some very lovely tributes on this thread. Note how the word "supportive" shows up a lot - that is certainly my experience of the man - right from our very earliest weeks, he always had words of encouragement, even let us run two of his stories on last years Vault Advent Calendar, making out it was us doing him the favour. Michel's anthologies were such a massive inspiration to so many people - I love the sense of mischief he brought to the game and, judging by one of his later ideas for a collection, he was still up for causing an outcry. Our man of a thousand pseudonyms was such a sweet guy, and I feel blessed to have met him. Goodbye, 'Linda Lovecraft'. We are sure gonna miss you. This is sad. Met him through Dem, and only briefly, but a nice bloke and one with a hell of a history in the genre. Did the work he loved and did it well. Can't say more. There's a thread here somewhere where he relays an anecdote about living below Phil Lithman and trying to write while Chilli Willi & The Red Hot Peppers rehearse electrically above him that says in a few words a lot about the counter-culture he was part of and that fuelled his work and outlook. He was of that time and from it, when all things seemed possible. Anyone who's familiar with his work will miss him at least a little. Its on p2 of the Bedabbled! thread. |
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Post by weirdmonger on Nov 11, 2014 8:08:43 GMT
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