Original Writing by Robert Leigh Angus

  DEATH AMONG FRIENDS By Moses Levi First published in Devil’s Advocate Magazine, July 1996 “It was a masterstroke only made possible by a certain kind of genius. His was a mind of uncommon integrity, rarely found in organized criminality.” [1] …………………………. This is an eulogy for my dear friend, Douglas Hartford, who was more of a “man” than those “men” who presume otherwise. May he rest in peace. It was obvious by his presentation and affectation that he was a gay man, but he was my partner, my best friend. We had no resentments between each other. He was a lovely person. He was my brother. I loved him. That was all anyone ever asks for. His queerness was not hidden. It was linear. It was analog. It was the singular detail that you did not need to know in order to respect or appreciate him. I understand that. If you are a hetero person with religious inclinations which demand that you hide such substance from your own human experience, you are what you are – but that...