A couple of developments over the past week had eerie parallels, in terms of keeping one’s memory alive:

- Aaron Hawkins of Uppity-Negro.com died. Judging from the feedback (over a hundred comments and trackbacks as of this writing), he’ll be sorely missed by many a blog-reader.

- Will Allen’s “Swords for Hire” is getting accolades as one of the year’s best new fantasy novels — a quarter-century after the first-time author’s death.