South Branch Scribbler: Goodbye to another friend. Lockie Young 1959

Sunday 1 January 2017

Goodbye to another friend. Lockie Young 1959 - 2016

Life is pleasant. Death is peaceful. It's the transition that's troublesome.”
― Isaac Asimov

The Scribbler lost another friend last week. Lockard F. Young passed away on December 27th with his wife Trish and two sons Jason and Ryan at his bedside. Locks was one of our favorite guests, a terrific author and a man we truly liked.

This week's post is a tribute to Lockie. Below you will find a link to some of the pages where he was the guest and some of his talented writing.

August 23, 2015        His short story - Are You Sure.
Here

May 23, 2014             The Lone Shepard
Here

Jan. 30th, 2015          4Q Interview
Here

Feb. 21, 2014            Kenny-isms
Here

September 27, 2013 (My favorite) - Not Waxing Poetic.
Here

This story was plagiarized by someone and went viral on the internet with out any credit given to Lockie. Naturally, he was upset but I was impressed at how many people loved and laughed at this story, at his talented writing.

In December, 2016, Lockie's two published stories, Ryan's Legend and The Legend Returns has been published as a paperback called Ryan's Legend. The Early Adventures and is available here

His website - https://lockardyoung.wordpress.com/

Farewell my friend, it has been a true pleasure knowing you.

2 comments:

Louise2 January 2017 at 07:34
He will be missed!! I still cannot wrap my head around the fact he will no longer be around. Thank you so much Allan for sharing this blog.
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South Branch Scribbler2 January 2017 at 08:17
I know how you feel Louise. Lockie was a good man. I will miss him.
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Sunday 1 January 2017

Goodbye to another friend. Lockie Young 1959 - 2016

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