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.

Chapter 10 of Nightfeather: Ghosts, and the Peralta-Reavis land fraud

Energized by finding out that one of the ghosts actually lived, Sanderson decided to take an active role in investigating the ghosts. But ghosts aren’t the only hazard out there. And Sanderson doesn’t yet know what they can do. But … Continue reading

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Chapter 9 of Nightfeather: Ghosts, and silver

The ghost told Sanderson that she needed more information. So she’s off to get more information from Decatur County’s unofficial historian, Miss Angela Farr. But will more information solve Sanderson’s problems, or raise new ones? Find out in chapter 9 … Continue reading

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Chapter 8 of Nightfeather: Ghosts

No matter what neat bits of magic she can pull, Sanderson lives in the same world the rest of us do, and has to deal with its pains and pressures. So while she thinks about what to do about ghosts, … Continue reading

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Chapter 7 of Nightfeather: Ghosts, and an old acquaintance

Three women, one of them dead, a lonely ravine . . . what could go wrong? No, no, this isn’t a slasher flick. Sanderson might be happier confronting a slasher. At least she’d understand what she was dealing with, instead … Continue reading

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Chapter 6 of Nightfeather: Ghosts

Sanderson isn’t really the outdoors type. She’s never set foot in the ravine in the more than two years she’s lived in Farnham. That omission gets rectified in chapter 6 of Nightfeather: Ghosts, “In the ravine,” as this affair with ghosts … Continue reading

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Chapter 5 of Nightfeather: Ghosts, and the new background

There’s a lot of things one can lose. A cat, say. Or maybe a friend. Or, if one wants to get philosophical about things, one’s self. A cat, unless it’s Schrödinger’s, is either found or lost, there’s no in-between. Not … Continue reading

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Chapter 4 of Nightfeather: Ghosts

In chapter 4, “Nightfeathers,” Sanderson explains a bit about her odd right hand, and sets off on what begins as a search for a missing cat. If you’re not reading Nightfeather: Ghosts, my serialized Christmastime ghost story, you can start here. … Continue reading

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Chapter 3 of Nightfeather: Ghosts, and Joseph Rodes Buchanan

If you’re going to take on an impossible task, then you need to develop impossible skills. Or so Sanderson seems to think in chapter 3 of Nightfeather: Ghosts, “In which Sanderson multiplies her regrets.” Because taking on the impossible isn’t the … Continue reading

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Chapter 2 of Nightfeather:Ghosts, and Tarot

Telling fortunes is easy, no? There are so many rich fortune tellers. Yeah, right, in your dreams. Sanderson plays Madame Fortuna to earn a few bucks. But it’s not always easy money. Find out how it can go wrong in chapter … Continue reading

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A Christmas ghost story

Nightfeather: Ghosts is the title of this year’s Christmas ghost story, which I begin telling today and will finish on or before December 24. What’s it about? Well, ghosts, of course. And a strange young woman named Sanderson, who has … Continue reading

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