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Visiting the Mall of Lost Souls in chapter 13 of Summer of the Netherfield Witch

Posted on May 1, 2015 by Brian Bixby

Miranda Milan is a witch. She’s also a walking goth fashion disaster. And now she’s taking Jane Harris and Cindy Van Schacht on a trip to one of the most dangerous places in the world: a shopping mall. But this … Continue reading →

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Chapter 12 of Summer of the Netherfield Witch

Posted on April 24, 2015 by Brian Bixby

Miranda Milan is an eccentric fortune-telling witch. She’s also Jane Harris’s only ally in trying to find out who’s trying to kill her. When you’re fourteen, having an ally in such a matter, even one as temperamental as Miranda, is … Continue reading →

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New art work for Summer of the Netherfield Witch, and chapter 11

Posted on April 17, 2015 by Brian Bixby

A horrible supernatural entity is torturing an old woman and threatening Jane Harris, so who should try to rescue her? Why Miranda Milan, of course! Oh, wait, she already tried that at the end of the last chapter. It didn’t … Continue reading →

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Mysteries and mistakes: chapter 10 of Summer of the Netherfield Witch

Posted on April 10, 2015 by Brian Bixby

Summer is here, and Jane’s life is getting complicated. She’s just been poisoned by Genevieve, whatever Genevieve is, and saved by Nature and Miranda Milan, but how much of that does she remember? Then Jane’s friend Cindy does something completely … Continue reading →

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Chapter 8 of Summer of the Netherfield Witch

Posted on March 27, 2015 by Brian Bixby

Summer arrives, and part II of Summer of the Netherfield Witch begins. The beginning of summer really needs a celebration. Certainly I think so, especially after the nasty winter we had here in the Boston area. You’d think this was Buffalo, we … Continue reading →

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Chapter 6 of Summer of the Netherfield Witch

Posted on March 13, 2015 by Brian Bixby

Jane Harris is fourteen years old. So, naturally, she thinks she’s the most rational person around. It’s just the rest of the world that is so irrational. That includes authority figures, friends, enemies, and total strangers. So just where is … Continue reading →

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Chapter 5 of Summer of the Netherfield Witch

Posted on March 6, 2015 by Brian Bixby

Jane Harris has spent most of her life in Boston. So when she came to Netherfield, she liked to think of herself as more sophisticated than her classmates. And among the lessons she’s learned is that you should pick your … Continue reading →

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Chapter 4 of Summer of the Netherfield Witch

Posted on February 27, 2015 by Brian Bixby

We live in an era in which information is exploding. Sometimes literally. I wonder if the exploding heads in the movie Scanners were meant to be a deep commentary on that phenomenon. This notion seems much more reasonable at the tail … Continue reading →

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Chapter 3 of Summer of the Netherfield Witch

Posted on February 20, 2015 by Brian Bixby

Jane Harris no doubt misses her life in Boston, but willy-nilly, she finds herself taking up the reins of a life in Netherfield. Time to meet new people, make new plans, maybe even make progress on that new diary, Jane … Continue reading →

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Chapter 2 of Summer of the Netherfield Witch

Posted on February 13, 2015 by Brian Bixby

So you’ve met Jane Harris. Come meet her family. They are an ideal family. Mind you, I’m not saying whose ideal. Certainly not Jane’s. Jane probably imagines her ideal family as something closer to the painting below. Still, she must … Continue reading →

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