Monthly Archives: December 2013

Closing out the year on the Sillyverse blog

Posted on December 31, 2013 by Brian Bixby

2013 was a good year for the Sillyverse blog. I wrote, you all replied. So this end of year will sum up what I did, what you did, and what’s to come. What did I do? In 2013, I finished … Continue reading →

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The blog from now until February, 2014

Posted on December 23, 2013 by Brian Bixby

With the conclusion of my Christmastime ghost story Nightfeather: Ghosts yesterday, this blog is going off its regular schedule until February 1, 2014. That doesn’t mean there won’t be any posts, just that they won’t follow a regular schedule, let alone … Continue reading →

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The final chapter of Nightfeather: Ghosts

Posted on December 22, 2013 by Brian Bixby

Nightfeather: Ghosts, my Christmastime ghost story about Persephone Désirée Arabia Nightfeather Sanderson and the ghosts she encountered in Farnham, is now at its end with a final chapter. There’s not much more to say, except that if you haven’t been reading it … Continue reading →

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Chapter 21 of Nightfeather: Ghosts and the winter solstice

Posted on December 21, 2013 by Brian Bixby

Today is the darkest day of the year, the winter solstice, when the sun is over the horizon in the Northern Hemisphere for the shortest amount of time in a day. It always perplexed me as a child that the … Continue reading →

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Ghost conductor: chapter 20 of Nightfeather: Ghosts

Posted on December 20, 2013 by Brian Bixby

Sanderson needs a plan to take the ghosts home, if she can figure out what home means for ghosts that have been dead for over a century. So she invents one. As you might expect, it’s not perfect! See what … Continue reading →

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Chapter 19 of Nightfeather: Ghosts is up!

Posted on December 19, 2013 by Brian Bixby

There’s a line in the film An American Werewolf in London, in which the ghost of the protagonist’s friend says to him something like, “You know what’s it’s like being dead? It’s boring!” Well, I suppose when you’re part of a race … Continue reading →

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Chapter 18 of Nightfeather: Ghosts, and no more than six chapters left!

Posted on December 18, 2013 by Brian Bixby

So, more ghosts. Rather than reeling from fatigue, Sanderson’s going to do it right this time . . . if she can figure out what that entails! Time for some thinking in chapter 18 of Nightfeather: Ghosts, “It’s a matter of … Continue reading →

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The haunting of chapter 17 of Nightfeather: Ghosts

Posted on December 17, 2013 by Brian Bixby

If you’re going to be facing a ghost, it would be helpful to be at the peak of your abilities. However, Sanderson has woken up in the middle of the night with a hangover, and is feeling as observant as … Continue reading →

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Back to the present in chapter 16 of Nightfeather: Ghosts

Posted on December 16, 2013 by Brian Bixby

Our story returns to the present, where Sanderson and Valerie Thompson have been hiking out of the hills back toward Farnham. Sanderson could use some rest, but she knows they need to tackle the soul-eater soon before others die. However, … Continue reading →

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Chapter 15 of Nightfeather: Ghosts, and the events of 1896

Posted on December 15, 2013 by Brian Bixby

Abigail Lane of the Office of Occult Affairs and Charles Horner of the Secret Service have to find a way to get into the Maverick Mine to defeat the soul-eater and rescue the miners. But Abigail has never gone up … Continue reading →

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