I keep waiting for someone to ask “When did Tim die?” Funny you should ask. IIRC Mr. Allison mentioned it in a response to a comment during “Steeple”‘s “Author Unknown” storyline: “Tim is dead [due to circumstances I don’t recall]. This is canon.” Or words to that effect. It was something the typical reader might not remember or even have noticed, hence me expecting the question. I was going to include a link but the Comments sections haven’t been preserved in the “Steeple” archives. At least, not in the archives I located and consulted; there may be others elsewhere on the internet.