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J.T. SHARRAH (1947-2025) John T. Sharrah saw his first sale to Analog in 2002, and over the following decades would publish eleven stories in these pages. John’s stories were full of wit and imagination. I have a strong memory of editing “Malnutrition”—the second story of his to land on my desk—because the fascinating culture-building John deft- ly pulled off with the alien people in this one has stuck with me all this time. (“Malnutrition” appeared in the November/December 2013 issue.) He had a way of making intricate, difficult writing seem intuitive and smooth. Personally, John was a delight to correspond