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.

Abigail Lane begins her investigation of the Office, 1934

Posted on January 22, 2014 by Brian Bixby

An extract from the unpublished memoir of Abigail Lane, in response to a reader’s request. This memoir was found in a box in Miss Lane’s house in Connecticut when it was being demolished in 2008. Although I had offered him … Continue reading →

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Sometimes the unexpected happens

Posted on January 18, 2014 by Brian Bixby

I had expected to make daily postings, along with some photos, from ARISIA 2014, the Boston sci-fi/fantasy convention. However, due to a family situation, I had to leave earlier this afternoon and am not likely to make it back to … Continue reading →

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ARISIA 2014, day one

Posted on January 18, 2014 by Brian Bixby

ARISIA, the Boston sci-fi/fantasy con in January, kicked off yesterday at 3 PM, though things don’t really start to roll until after 5. Because E.J. Barnes, whose illustrations you’ve seen on my blog, is selling some of her art there, … Continue reading →

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Back to ARISIA

Posted on January 15, 2014 by Brian Bixby

So I’m off to ARISIA 2014, which bills itself as “New England’s largest and most diverse science fiction and fantasy convention.” As you might recall, I made up a Dragon Lady t-shirt before going last year. It got zero attention, which … Continue reading →

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Accepting the Very Inspiring Blogger Award

Posted on January 7, 2014 by Brian Bixby

I recently received notifications from two bloggers that they had nominated me for the “Very Inspiring Blogger Award.” My first reaction was that inspiration must be getting scarce for me to be nominated, twice at that. However, this is not an … Continue reading →

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Abigail Lane: a biography

Posted on January 3, 2014 by Brian Bixby

As she has appeared in two stories on this blog, here is a brief biography of Abigail Lane, Practicing Magician, Office of Occult Affairs. Abigail Lane was born on November 18, 1851, the only daughter of an impoverished Connecticut cooper, … Continue reading →

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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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