Category Archives: Writing fiction

A torrent of suitors in Chapter 5 of To Ride the Lightning Bolt

Posted on November 2, 2017 by Brian Bixby

Who is Daphne Vane’s father? Good question. But to Daphne, there is yet one question more important: who are these guys who want to be her husband? The horror of her situation becomes obvious and ominous to her in chapter 5, … Continue reading →

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The Day After Halloween, a new story

Posted on October 31, 2017 by Brian Bixby

So after a night of trick-or-treating, which can mean different things if you’re a child, a parent, or a young adult, you wake up the next morning and everything is normal, right? Well, not for one father, who finds his … Continue reading →

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Minds out of control in chapter 4 of To Ride the Lightning Bolt

Posted on October 27, 2017 by Brian Bixby

Daphne Vane was actually looking forward to her walk home from a one-night stand. She just didn’t think she’d be going to meet a fiancé she’s never seen while wearing the dressing gown of the guy she just got down … Continue reading →

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It’s all a question of status in chapter 3 of To Ride the Lightning Bolt

Posted on October 19, 2017 by Brian Bixby

Daphne Vane is a third-class member of her world. She not only has to ride back in coach, other people decide what flight she’ll be on. We’re talking in metaphors, of course. It’s all about love, sex, and marriage — you … Continue reading →

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Life is just a madcap adventure in To Ride the Lightning Bolt Chapter 2

Posted on October 13, 2017 by Brian Bixby

When we last saw Daphne Vane, she was being afflicted with what might be called an attack poodle. But never fear, her Mum is near, and she knows how to deal with bitches. Except when she’s being a bit of … Continue reading →

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A new story: To Ride the Lightning Bolt

Posted on October 6, 2017 by Brian Bixby

Meet Daphne Vane. Daphne is, in her own eyes, a perfectly normal young American woman just starting out in life. She has a family that she thinks would be great contestants in a surreality game show. As actual family, they … Continue reading →

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Wrapping things up in the epilogue to As the Wyrm Tyrns

Posted on February 24, 2017 by Brian Bixby

With the Breydon wyrm going back into its slumber, and the Faroe Islands female wyrm away from Great Yarmouth, our team’s business is almost through. But there remain a few loose ends to tie up, and Geoffrey MacAlpine’s the man … Continue reading →

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A comedy of errors in chapter 19 of As the Wyrm Tyrns

Posted on February 17, 2017 by Brian Bixby

Our heroes have made their share of mistakes. Geoff and Gwen just got dumped into Breydon Water thanks to one of them. But it’s a long wyrm that has no tyrning, and the Breydon wyrms are 60 feet long, so … Continue reading →

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England and the Windsors are at stake in chapter 18 of As the Wyrm Tyrns

Posted on February 10, 2017 by Brian Bixby

Our valiant team of magicians, along with a cambion and a normal human, prepare to put down the wyrms using Guinevere Satterthwaite’s plan. If they fail, Great Yarmouth could be laid waste and the Royal Family lose its most photogenic … Continue reading →

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Time is running out in chapter 17 of As the Wyrm Tyrns

Posted on February 3, 2017 by Brian Bixby

Kate and Willy, the Duchess and Duke of Cambridge, are arriving in town, the English Council of magicians is getting nervous, and one of the wyrms is pregnant. But the shoe is literally on the other foot this time as … Continue reading →

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