Monthly Archives: September 2015

Chapter 3 of Magician’s Misfortune

Posted on September 25, 2015 by Brian Bixby

Harry Eberhardt: professional magician, government agent, and God’s gift to women. For Harry, even a murder investigation is an opportunity to score, not that he’s into corpses, mind you. Or the truculent female bartender and amateur magician “Nightfeather” Sanderson, who combines … Continue reading →

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Chapter two of Magician’s Misfortune

Posted on September 18, 2015 by Brian Bixby

So Harry Eberhardt has a case, a demon traveling the Interstates and killing people. It could be his ticket out of his government agency’s “Siberia.” “I’ll drink to that,” says Harry in chapter 2 of Magician’s Misfortune. That is, if he … Continue reading →

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Starting a new story: Magician’s Misfortune

Posted on September 11, 2015 by Brian Bixby

Meet Harry Everhardt. Harry is in his thirties, divorced, and works for the Federal Government. Harry’s unhappy with his job and in his off-hours has bad luck pursuing women. He has bad luck pursuing women on the job, too, which … Continue reading →

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Not quite the start of another story

Posted on September 4, 2015 by Brian Bixby

A long time ago (July 31) in a place far, far away (my home, which is not where I am at the moment), an author (me) laid down his pen (interpret this figuratively, unless you want to imagine me marking … Continue reading →

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Inspiration in a letter from the past

Posted on September 1, 2015 by Brian Bixby

Just today I stumbled across a letter I had long forgotten, a letter I wrote my parents on their 39th wedding anniversary. That was over 23 years ago. They saved it.♥ There was one passage that explains a lot about … Continue reading →

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