Category Archives: Writing fiction

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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Ghost conductor: chapter 20 of Nightfeather: Ghosts

Posted on December 20, 2013 by Brian Bixby

Sanderson needs a plan to take the ghosts home, if she can figure out what home means for ghosts that have been dead for over a century. So she invents one. As you might expect, it’s not perfect! See what … Continue reading →

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Chapter 19 of Nightfeather: Ghosts is up!

Posted on December 19, 2013 by Brian Bixby

There’s a line in the film An American Werewolf in London, in which the ghost of the protagonist’s friend says to him something like, “You know what’s it’s like being dead? It’s boring!” Well, I suppose when you’re part of a race … Continue reading →

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Chapter 18 of Nightfeather: Ghosts, and no more than six chapters left!

Posted on December 18, 2013 by Brian Bixby

So, more ghosts. Rather than reeling from fatigue, Sanderson’s going to do it right this time . . . if she can figure out what that entails! Time for some thinking in chapter 18 of Nightfeather: Ghosts, “It’s a matter of … Continue reading →

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The haunting of chapter 17 of Nightfeather: Ghosts

Posted on December 17, 2013 by Brian Bixby

If you’re going to be facing a ghost, it would be helpful to be at the peak of your abilities. However, Sanderson has woken up in the middle of the night with a hangover, and is feeling as observant as … Continue reading →

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Back to the present in chapter 16 of Nightfeather: Ghosts

Posted on December 16, 2013 by Brian Bixby

Our story returns to the present, where Sanderson and Valerie Thompson have been hiking out of the hills back toward Farnham. Sanderson could use some rest, but she knows they need to tackle the soul-eater soon before others die. However, … Continue reading →

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Chapter 15 of Nightfeather: Ghosts, and the events of 1896

Posted on December 15, 2013 by Brian Bixby

Abigail Lane of the Office of Occult Affairs and Charles Horner of the Secret Service have to find a way to get into the Maverick Mine to defeat the soul-eater and rescue the miners. But Abigail has never gone up … Continue reading →

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Set the way-back machine for chapter 14 of Nightfeather: Ghosts

Posted on December 14, 2013 by Brian Bixby

What really was going on in the mining town that stood where Farnham is now? Why was Abigail Lane involved? And will any of this explain what’s happening in Farnham today? Find out in chapter 14 of Nightfeather: Ghosts, “Back in … Continue reading →

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Chapter 13 of Nightfeather: Ghosts is up

Posted on December 13, 2013 by Brian Bixby

How are a woman from a century ago and an e-mail connected to each other? Sanderson would like to know, because she’s at the mercy of the person who connects them! Unravel the riddle in chapter 13 of Nightfeather: Ghosts, “A … Continue reading →

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