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Author Archives: Brian Bixby
Coffee house or donut shop?
I’ve been confronted by the great dilemma of our times: do I want good coffee, or do I want good pastry? Because I have a lot of trouble finding both. Recently, I’ve had to temporarily live away from home. This … Continue reading
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Tagged cafe, coffee, coffee house, coffee shop, donut, pastry case, pastry shop
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Chapter 28 of Prophecies and Penalties
Alex Bancroft has just told Emily Fisher that she is the Prophesied One of the Children of the New Revelation. As far as Emily’s concerned, that is sheer poppycock, just one more unnecessary complication in her screwed-up investigation into Stephen … Continue reading
Going historical, going pirate, adding a blog
As some of you know, I have a string of degrees, some even in related subjects, to follow my name when I bother to use them. (I rarely bother, though when I’m feeling snooty, I sometimes insist on being called … Continue reading
Chapter 27 of Prophecies and Penalties, and an apology
Alex Bancroft is not in a good mood. He dislikes what Hannah Wyatt, the Instrument of the Divine, did to the head of the High Council. And Emily Fisher isn’t contributing to his good humor, not at all. So it … Continue reading
Posted in Prophecies and Penalties, Writing fiction
Tagged detective story, Fiction, murder mystery, religious commune, Vermont, Writing
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Chapter 26 of Prophecies and Penalties
An Instrument, the Prophesied One, and the Chairperson of the High Council walk into a bar . . . oh, wait, getting ahead of myself. We left Emily Fisher watching Hannah Priest Wyatt, unofficial Instrument of the Divine, make the … Continue reading
Posted in Prophecies and Penalties, Writing fiction
Tagged bathtub, detective story, murder mystery, religious commune, Writing
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Freedom of the blog
It was on this date in 1735 that a jury, in contravention to established law, acquitted Peter Zenger of libel against the colonial governor of New York, on the grounds that the so-called libels were actually true. It’s a celebrated … Continue reading
Posted in History
Tagged Blogging, freedom of the press, History, news, Peter Zenger, philosophy, Press, Zenger
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The trial, Chapter 25 of Prophecies and Penalties, and Queen Caroline’s trial
The trial is on! Defendant: Emily Fisher. Charges: Demonolatry, corrupting the young. Court: the High Council of the Children of the New Revelation. Prosecutor: Harold Lewis, of the High Council. Defender: Sonia Hoopes, Treasurer, Milltown council. In the eyes of … Continue reading
Caring for a parent
I’ve just had to cancel a trip today to go take care of my mother. She’s 89. We’re not exactly a long-lived family, so she’s now outlived her siblings, her husband, and his siblings. And while she still lives by … Continue reading
Chapter 24 of Prophecies and Penalties
Emily Fisher is going to be tried by the Children of the New Revelation for corrupting the young and for being a demonolater. She is confined to her residence, not by the High Council, but by her half-sister to protect … Continue reading
Posted in Prophecies and Penalties, Writing fiction
Tagged detective story, fantasy, Fiction, Magic, murder mystery, supernatural, Vermont, Writing
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A brief introduction to Ms. Sanderson
Back in December, I wrote a Christmas ghost story, Nightfeather: Ghosts, about a curious young woman named Sanderson, who lived in a not-particularly-desirable community called Farnham, and her even more curious encounter with ghosts, some of whom were over a century … Continue reading
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