Tag Archives: horror

Review: Women ghost story writers of the Victorian Age

Posted on October 7, 2014 by Brian Bixby

Ever since the Women’s Lib movement of the 1960s, editors have produced endless anthologies of stories written exclusively by women to prove that women can write as well as men, and to bring undeservedly obscure female authors to our attention. … Continue reading →

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Chapter 30 of Prophecies and Penalties, and a notice about posts

Posted on September 5, 2014 by Brian Bixby

Prophecies and Penalties, my serial about a murder on a Vermont religious commune, has hit the thirty chapter mark! Hoorah! Emily Fisher, not-exactly-professional detective of this story, proclaims, “I am a gifted individual” in chapter 30. Oh, but the Trojans … Continue reading →

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Hangsaman by Shirley Jackson

Posted on April 13, 2014 by Brian Bixby

There seems to be a rule that “popular” writers are disdained by critics, if not in their lifetime then shortly after they die. After a few decades, if they’re lucky, some influential critics says, in effect, “Although I’m not supposed … Continue reading →

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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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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 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 … Continue reading →

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A Halloween short story: Dead Cellphone

Posted on October 31, 2013 by Brian Bixby

According to WordPress, I just hit 200 people following this blog on the 25th. So, between that and Halloween, it’s time to celebrate with an original horror story. And here’s the link to it: it is called “Dead Cellphone.” “Dead … Continue reading →

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Review: William Hope Hodgson, The Ghost Pirates (1909)

Posted on October 31, 2013 by Brian Bixby

William Hope Hodgson (1877 – 1918) was a modestly successful English writer in his day, until he joined up in World War I and was killed on the battlefields of France. His reputation, never great, languished for several decades. In … Continue reading →

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For once, a video that does justice to the book: The Green Man

Posted on September 22, 2013 by Brian Bixby

You’ve heard the refrain: if only the movie had been true to the book, it would have been so much better! Of course, much of what can make a book good are things that are difficult to capture in a … Continue reading →

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When the Devil went to law in America

Posted on July 22, 2013 by Brian Bixby

Today, July 22, is the birthday of Stephen Vincent Benét (1898 – 1943). He rose to literary fame for his lengthy 1928 historical poem, John Brown’s Body, and remained a notable literary figure until his sudden death from a heart attack … Continue reading →

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