In Memoriam

[bradygirl_12]

I was shocked and saddened to find out that a dear friend of mine passed away recently. We had kept in touch and I was looking forward to a reply to my latest letter (yes, we'd gone old school lately) and learned the news through a mutual friend of ours. I'd known khylara for 30 years, so a big part of my life is gone. :(

She and I met through Hogan's Heroes fandom. She was looking for contributors to an HH zine she was doing and I sent her a story, and we started corresponding, and the rest is history! We met in person at MediaWest* Con in the early '90s because we both needed roommates, and we were a good match.

We made a lot of happy memories over the years. We decorated our door in the hotel every year, and ate most of our meals together and attended some panels together, though we also were flexible enough to go off and attend other panels without each other and get together with friends we knew through fandoms we didn't share, though we ended up sharing quite a few fandoms, which khylara declared was all my fault! :) We also shared many mutual friends.

We enjoyed the full MWC experience: the panels, vid room, Dealers' Room, parties, the masquerade, the Art Show and Auction. She liked to stake out the auction and bid on stuff while I drifted in and out throughout the course of the auction, which in its heyday could go 3-4 hours.

We shared so much, endlessly talking fannish things and sometimes real life. Spending time with each other at the con was always a highlight of the year for both of us.

RIP, khylara. You will be missed.