Dona Sadock (b.1945) died on October 9. Sadock worked as a freelance editor and was Norman Spinrad’s partner, serving as his first reader and editor. Sadock also produced Firesign Theatre.

Fan Ward Christensen was found dead on October 12 during a wellness check. Christensen was active in General Technics and a frequent attendee of Windycon and Capricon, where he helped out with Build-a-Blinkie.

Author Jack Nimersheim (b.1949) died on October 3. Nimersheim cegan publishing in 1992 with “A Fireside Chat.” In 1994, he was a nominee for the Campbell Award. His fiction was collected in Something Old, Something New and Graffiti from the Subways of My Mind. Nimersheim was also a musician.

Fan Bill Desmond (b.1941) died on August 11. A member of The Science & Fiction Critics Club, he was also one of the founders of NESFA and served as a trustee, being named a Fellow of NESFA in 1976. Desmond founded NESFA Press and chaired Boskone 8.

Fan John Nielsen Hall died on September 7. Hall published the zines Motorway Dreamer, The Other Side of the Wood, and Zine, among many others. He joined BSFA in the 1960s. He gafiated between 1978 and 2005 and was named Past President of the Fan Writers of America in 2014.

Author Heather Osborne died on September 20. Osborne published the novel Song Broken, co-edited the anthology Eve of Fear, and published a handful of short stories.

Author and editor David Stuart Davies (b.1946) died on August 16. Primarily known for his work studying and writing Sherlock Holmes, his novels include The Tangled Skein, The Shadow of the Rat, and The Scarlet Coven. He also edited several horror anthologies

Artist Karl Moline (b.1973) died on September 12. Moline co-created Fray with Joss Whedon and penciled Route 666. He worked for Marvel on Rogue and The Loners and Dark Horse on Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season Eight.

Artist Bernie Mireault (b.1961) died on September 4. Mireault started in the Montreal underground commix scene before working for DC, Dark Horse, Caliber, and other publishers. He illustrated the Riddler story “When Is a Door” and the Grendel story “The Devil Within.”

Author Taylor Grant (b.1970) died on September 12. Grant’s stories were collected in The Dark at the End of the Tunnel and The Many Deaths of Cole Parker, the first of which earned him one of his two Stoker nominations.