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.

Starting part 2 of Magician’s Misfortune

Posted on December 25, 2015 by Brian Bixby

If you haven’t already, meet Harry Eberhardt. Harry is a magician in the employ of the Office of Occult Affairs, the U.S. Government’s agency charged with dealing with magical threats to the country. Harry has not been a great success … Continue reading →

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Chapter fifteen of Magician’s Misfortune

Posted on December 18, 2015 by Brian Bixby

What has gone wrong with the team searching for their demon-possessed colleague? Why don’t the phones work? Harry Eberhardt is facing the possibility that this demon hunt has turned into a fiasco once again. And then one of his colleagues … Continue reading →

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Harry hits the road in chapter 14 of Magician’s Misfortune

Posted on December 11, 2015 by Brian Bixby

“It’s my way and the highway,” Persephone Désirée Arabia Nightfeather Sanderson tells Harry Eberhardt after deciding not to kill him. Seffie gets pissed off at men turning up in her bed uninvited, especially when they don’t even come in through the … Continue reading →

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Lucky (for Harry) chapter thirteen of Magician’s Misfortune

Posted on December 4, 2015 by Brian Bixby

Harry Eberhardt has crappy luck. He’s now the sex slave of Dr. Candy Knox, who takes “dressing down” to mean dressing ugly or not at all. He needs to communicate with Abigail Lane, who’s been dead for the better part … Continue reading →

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The 2015 moldy oldie(s): Midwich Cuckoos of the Damned

Posted on December 1, 2015 by Brian Bixby

Every Halloween I dust off a long-forgotten supernatural horror story to read and review. It’s been a busy November, which is why I’m only getting to writing up my review of 2015’s selection today.  This year’s “moldy oldie” is the … Continue reading →

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Chapter twelve of Magician’s Misfortune

Posted on November 27, 2015 by Brian Bixby

Harry Eberhardt feels pretty low as he returns to Farnham. His newest colleague is a woman so repellent that even Harry can’t get interested in her. And he finds himself sitting idle and useless while other magicians hunt the demon … Continue reading →

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Chapter eleven of Magician’s Misfortune

Posted on November 20, 2015 by Brian Bixby

Harry Eberhardt will tell you he has a way with women. Well, with normal, sensible women, i.e., women who see him as charming. Then there are those few women, unnatural creatures, who fail to be impressed with Harry’s sterling character … Continue reading →

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Chapter ten of Magician’s Misfortune

Posted on November 13, 2015 by Brian Bixby

Harry Eberhardt may be a crack demon slayer, but having a vortex suck him down to a realm of demons, a hell, is more of a challenge than he’d care to undertake. Unfortunately, he just fell into a vortex. Too … Continue reading →

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Chapter 9 of Magician’s Misfortune

Posted on November 6, 2015 by Brian Bixby

It’s “Empathy for the devil” in chapter 9 of Magician’s Misfortune as Harry Eberhardt, demon slayer for the Office of Occult Affairs, finds out why having three empaths on the same case is a bad idea. Though he takes a fall … Continue reading →

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Chapter eight of Magician’s Misfortune

Posted on October 30, 2015 by Brian Bixby

Harry Eberhardt is a busy man. He’s supposed to be helping to catch a homicidal demon which has possessed one of his colleagues. Another of his colleagues has just been stabbed by Harry’s latest love interest. You’d think this would … Continue reading →

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