Cormac McCarthy is alive and well and still doesn't care about Twitter.

— Penguin Random House (@penguinrandom) June 28, 2016

I expect Cormac McCarthy to bury us all. I mean that literally.

— Dave Itzkoff (@ditzkoff) June 28, 2016

When Cormac McCarthy actually dies youll know by the characteristic lack of punctuation in the announcement tweet

— Louis Peitzman (@LouisPeitzman) June 28, 2016

My new band is called Cormac McCarthy Is Dead. We have one drummer & three guys who play the gun.

— Kashana (@kashanacauley) June 28, 2016

Contrary to scurrilous rumors, Cormac McCarthy is alive and well and hiding in your daughter's closet with a length of piano wire.

— rob delaney (@robdelaney) June 28, 2016

Live footage of Cormac McCarthy pic.twitter.com/CorKFQ2Fph

— Lauren Duca (@laurenduca) June 28, 2016

Cormac McCarthy at the Pearly Gates

I'm here
So you are
Which of us is talking right now
No way of knowing
/knife fight

— jason (@JasonKirkSBN) June 28, 2016

Misreporting the death (he's not) of Cormac McCarthy isn't the first time USA Today had to walk a big scoop back… pic.twitter.com/zP8cV6RGqC

— Ryan Parker (@TheRyanParker) June 28, 2016

True fact: Cormac McCarthy once killed a man with just his vocabulary. Combination of "fissiparous" and "bowsprit" stopped the dude's heart.

— Jersey Devil Press (@JDP_Magazine) June 28, 2016

🎶cause i'm a smoker
i'm a joker
i'm a cormac mccarthy death hoaxer🎶

— Melville House (@melvillehouse) June 28, 2016