Mister October Volume I - An Anthology in Memory of Rick Hautala: 1

On March 21st 2013 I received a phone call from Holly Newstein telling me that her husband Rick Hautala had suffered a massive heart attack. That piece of information shocked me into a surreal sort of panic so much so that at first I could not make the leap to the next thing she saidthat he had died. It seemed impossible. Rick had been such a good friend such a consistent and stable force in my life that the idea of him being so suddenly removed from this worldI just couldnt make sense of it.I have no doubt that readers will treasure this two-volume set. It is my hope that as you read you will ruminate a little bit about the man for whom we all have come together within these pages. And I hope youll urge others to pick up their own copies of MISTER OCTOBER as well.