Kenneth "Khen" Moore, longtime Southern fan and convention runner, passed away peacefully, in his sleep, at his home in Nashville, TN, on June 30, 2009.  Ken has been in declining health since the repair of his aorta two years ago.

A memorial service and Irish Wake was held at LibertyCon22, the weekend of July 10-12 in East Ridge (Chattanooga) TN.  Exact date and time TBA, but the Irish Wake will be hosted by Frank and Millie Kalisz, of Xerps’ party fame.

Khen and I only met limited times over the years at DeepSouthCons, ChattaCons and LibertyCons. I never made it to any of the KublaKhons that he ran in Nashville, but the stories I have heard were legendary. He invited me to be a guest several years ago, but something came up and I was unable to make it. I think I was unable to get off from my job at the time. We always had good times and good talk and I always left while I could still walk, which is more than I can say for a lot of his room parties. He was a loyal and heartfelt friend. I will miss him a lot.

Ben Indick 1923-2009

Ben Indick, popular and highly esteemed fanzine fan, passed away September 28 at the age of 86 after a period of shaky health. He is survived by his wife, Janet, two grown children and two grandchildren.

In years gone by Ben was a prolific writer of letters of comment to fanzines, File 770 luckily among them. He became one of the leading personalities in Donn Brazier’s famous Title in the 1970s.  

Andrew Porter reminisces: "Ben Indick received the First Fandom Hall of Fame award at Anticipation, the 2009 Worldcon. Besides his long-running fanzine Ben’s Beat, he had hundreds of articles, reviews and other material published, for instance George Alec Effinger: From Entropy to Budayeen (1992), "H. Russell Wakefield: The Man Who Believed in Ghosts" in Discovering Classic Horror Fiction (Borgo Press, 1992), short stories in a variety of places, an interview with Nelson S. Bond in Publishers Weekly, and material in REHUPA, the Robert E. Howard United Press Association."

Robert Lichtman advised the Trufen list: "Contributions in Ben’s memory can be made to The Dramatists Guild Fund. The Guild, of which he was a lifetime member, is America’s national organization of playwrights, and is a group that was dear to his heart." (Reprinted from Don Herron’s site.)

Sorry about the lateness of this issue. I went back to work at the end of July and did not get to work on this issue. I did what I could to update the blog, but the stress and trying to learn the new job took up a lot of time. As of this past Friday, they decided that I wasn’t fitting in, so now I have plenty of time to work on things and look for another job.

I hope the economy is being friendlier to you than it is down this way.

I’ll get the next issue out as soon as I can. Keep a check on the blog, I’ll try to keep the reviews and any news that’s fit to print.

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As always, thanks for your support. Barry, Harriet, Jim, and Peter.