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In Memoriam… The Bay Area community of writers has lost one of its most colorful voices. Steven Hoadley passed away on March 27, 2006. He was 45 years old. Steven was a frequent contributor to SoMa Literary Review and many other publications. We’d be excited each time we received something new from Steven. His work was often crude, raunchy and outrageous, peppered with unflinching depictions of The City’s down and out. His most recurring character was Sam Mackie, a wreck of a man for whom the gutter would be a step up. Sam Mackie was the type of person we avoid making eye contact with on the streets. Not Steven. He looked Sam Mackie in the eyes and saw some truths the rest of us needed to hear. In life, we all step in dirt. No one understood that better than Steven. He spent his days toiling in construction, operating heavy equipment. Then in his off hours, he’d write. He was remarkably prolific and talented. I encourage you to read the stories and poems of Steven Hoadley. Many are permanently stored in the archives of www.somalit.com. We’re publishing Steven’s last submission to us. It’s an off-color poem about religion - "Fucked Again". I think Steven hoped it would really piss people off. We’ll miss him. Kemble Scott, Editor SoMa Literary Review San Francisco
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