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 happens in chapter 20 of Nightfeather: Ghosts, “Ghost conductor.” All aboard!

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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 of beings best known for saying “Boo,” being bored is more likely than not. The ghosts Sanderson has raised have been anything but boring, but they don’t always seem to be on the same wavelength as normal people, never more so than in chapter 19 of Nightfeather: Ghosts, “Talking with ghosts and other difficult people.”

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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 timing.” And with Christmas only seven days away, the story has no more than six chapters left.

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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 a dead parrot. (If you don’t understand the reference, see this video.) Read how the confrontation works out in chapter 17 of Nightfeather: Ghosts, “Old problems are new problems.”

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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, nothing goes quite as she expected, in chapter 16 of Nightfeather: Ghosts, “In which we return to the present, where Sanderson’s plans are undone.”

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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 against a soul-eater before. On the other hand, the soul-eater has never dealt with the likes of Abigail before! Read what happens in chapter 15 of Nightfeather: Ghosts, “Back in 1896, part II.”

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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 1896, part I.” And yes, that implies that there will be a part II; look for it Sunday!

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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 link to the past.”

If you’ve not read any of this story before, you can begin with chapter 1. Chapter 14 will go up tomorrow.

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Chapter 12 of Nightfeather: Ghosts is available

Posted on December 12, 2013 by Brian Bixby

Puzzles, puzzles, puzzles: a missing ghost, a live person as a ghost, ghosts killing people. Sanderson is trying to unravel the puzzles with the few clues she has from yet other ghosts, while working through her shift as bartender. But there’s one piece of advice from the ghost of Abigail’s Lane that she’s forgotten. It is never a good idea to ignore Abigail’s advice. Find out why in chapter 12 of Nightfeather: Ghosts, “Advice, remembered and forgotten.”

See you tomorrow!

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Chapter 11 of Nightfeather: Ghosts

Posted on December 11, 2013 by Brian Bixby

Armed with a sack of flour, Sanderson is willing to do battle with the ghosts that are slaying people in Farnham. But being willing does not necessarily mean being successful, and sometimes even successes don’t turn out the way one expects. Read how Sanderson tries to cope with the ghosts in chapter 11 of Nightfeather: Ghosts, “In which Sanderson’s victories bear strange fruit.”

If you’re not already reading my Christmastime ghost story, you can start here. A new chapter is going up every day, so far, and the story should be finished by December 24.

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