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Richard Matheson has passed away. (http://www.cnn.com/2013/06/25/showbiz/richard-matheson-death/index.html?hpt=hp_t3) http://www.cnn.com/2013/06/25/showbiz/richard-matheson-death/index.html?hpt=hp_t3

I've always been a huge fan of the Twilight Zone, still watching episodes regularly, and could always tell a Matheson story from one of Beaumont's, or Johnson's, or Serling's--they were always more on the fantasy/horror side opposed to having a hidden (and often blatant) societal message, yet were extremely well conceived and well written.

Do yourselves a favor, if you haven't read it, read, 'Nightmare at 20,000 feet', a collection of Matheson's short stories; a chilling and fantastic read by a writer who, though dealing with flights of fancy and damn-good-scares, wrote honestly and was a master of his craft.