Author Archives: Brian Bixby

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About Brian Bixby

I enjoy history because it helps me understand people. I'm writing fiction for much the same reason.

Four against the beasts in Chapter 15 of As the Wyrm Tyrns

Posted on January 20, 2017 by Brian Bixby

Our band of heroic (or at least temperamental) magicians have a goal, “Finding the wyrms’ lair,” in chapter 15 of As the Wyrm Tyrns. And wouldn’t you know, it’s the scholarly Calpurnia that sets them in the right direction. Or maybe … Continue reading →

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It’s nighttime soap opera time in chapter 14 of As the Wyrm Tyrns

Posted on January 13, 2017 by Brian Bixby

Romance, explosions, sex, family conflicts, monsters, well-intentioned people who screw everything up, backstabbing politics — it’s all here as our team of intrepid magicians, and the weird offspring of one of them, spend most of their time at cross purposes instead … Continue reading →

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It’s just one darn thing after another in Chapter 13 of As the Wyrm Tyrns

Posted on January 6, 2017 by Brian Bixby

Katherine Swynford (call her Kate, she likes it) managed to claw her way from being a servant to a Royal Duchess in the 1300s. She hasn’t gotten any less tough as a Royal Magician in the centuries since. And now … Continue reading →

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Hunting a supernatural creature is difficult in chapter 12 of As the Wyrm Tyrns

Posted on December 30, 2016 by Brian Bixby

Just how do you put down a wyrm: a marine creature that is sixty feet long and emits venomous fireballs? Scots professor of magic Geoffrey MacAlpine, his English colleague Calpurnia Kingsley, her ex-husband (and a vicious bastard) Marcus Satterthwaite, along … Continue reading →

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A retrospective on the TV series The Green Hornet

Posted on December 28, 2016 by Brian Bixby

2016 saw the deaths of two people who influenced my beginnings as a storyteller: Lois Duncan, author of Ransom and many other young adult novels, and Van Williams, who played the Green Hornet in the 1960s TV series of that … Continue reading →

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Not all monsters are monsters in chapter 11 of As the Wyrm Tyrns

Posted on December 23, 2016 by Brian Bixby

What do you do when someone wants to kill you? When that person is the nastiest magician in all England (and he’d be willing to try for an all-British title)? Geoffrey MacAlpine is in just this situation, and now that he’s … Continue reading →

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A new look to honor As the Wyrm Tyrns chapter 10

Posted on December 16, 2016 by Brian Bixby

Geoff, Jackie, Calpurnia, and even Marcus have “Unexpected encounters” in chapter 10 of As the Wyrm Tyrns, my serialized story about what one might call a magical fishing expedition in English waters. And somewhere mixed in there is “La Belle Dame … Continue reading →

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Wounded creatures are dangerous in chapter 9 of As the Wyrm Tyrns

Posted on December 9, 2016 by Brian Bixby

You’d think people would be satisfied. Flo Thursby is in love with a wyrm. Geoff and Jackie have sighted it, as they hoped. Calpurnia is deep in scholarly thinking. Marcus is having fun manipulating his fellow magicians. Ursula is off-stage, … Continue reading →

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Things get wyrmy in chapter 8 of As the Wyrm Tyrns

Posted on December 2, 2016 by Brian Bixby

Reality can surprise you. You, me, everyone. With the possible exception of Bathsheba Kingsley, Calpurnia’s middle daughter, who seems to be surprised by nothing. Not even her mother having her foot almost burnt off by a fire-breathing wyrm. One must … Continue reading →

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An apology: no chapter today (11/25/16)

Posted on November 25, 2016 by Brian Bixby

For the first time ever, I’ve missed a scheduled post of a chapter in my serialized stories on this blog. I apologize to any readers who were disappointed. It was a case of force majeure — I spent last night and this … Continue reading →

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