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Book Sale for Tom Piccirilli and Michelle Scalise (Apex Publications)

I learned via Bill Crider's blog this evening that Apex Publications is having a sale through their website of certain publications featuring Tom Piccirilli's work to help the family with the medical costs. We know something about nightmarish medical bills for cancer treatment. We have been told that while our bills are horrendous, bills for brain cancer are far, far worse. If you are interested in helping by making a purchase, please check out the link below.

Book Sale for Tom Piccirilli and Michelle Scalise (Apex Publications)

Sad News Elsewhere

So sad to come home and see the news Tom Piccirilli has passed thanks to the evil known as cancer. Our thoughts and prayers for his wife, Michelle, and the family and close friends.

J. Kingston Pierce of The Rap Sheet has a piece here on the news.

Ed Gorman comments here.

More on Tom Piccirilli

Tom made it through the brain surgery okay, but based on what his wife Michelle wrote on Facebook yesterday, the road ahead is going to be much harder than they anticipated.  Beyond what I already mentioned on here, Brian Keene has additional ways you can help Tom and his family at http://www.briankeene.com/?p=12584

For those on Facebook, Tom's page is at http://www.facebook.com/tompiccirilli?ref=ts&fref=ts

Please help if you can.


Kevin

Helping Tom Piccirilli

Known for his crime, noir,  and horror fiction as well as a few other things, Tom Piccirilli and his family are now dealing with a huge medical problem. Tom annouced last Saturday that he has a brain tumor that would be operated on today. After that was done, Tom would be facing radiation and chemoptherapy in the coming weeks.

As we know from direct personal experience, cancer surgery and treatment is brutally expensive even with insurance. As bad as Sandi's situation was, cancer was not sitting in her brain like it is with Tom. We didn't face what Tom is facing now. Tom's niece, Shannon, has set up a donation page at  http://www.indiegogo.com/TomPiccirilli if you would like to make a donation.

More ways to help support Tom and his family can be found at http://litreactor.com/news/help-tom-piccirilli-beat-cancer including the news that his e publisher, Crossroads Press,  is giving him 100 percent of all royalties till the end of the year.

If you can help, please do so.


Kevin