Tag Archives: Magic

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 9 of Summer of the Netherfield Witch

Posted on April 3, 2015 by Brian Bixby

Netherfield’s a small town. Practically everybody knows everybody. They all know each other’s habits and quirks. There are the town eccentrics. (We’re looking at you, Miranda Milan!) And the people of the town all manage to keep a few secrets … 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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Beginning a new serial: Summer of the Netherfield Witch

Posted on February 6, 2015 by Brian Bixby

Now that I’ve had a month to rest, it’s time to start up a new story. It’s a comedy. How can it not be a comedy? It’s set in a minor vacation resort, where people are happy at their leisure. … Continue reading →

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A Halloween horror story: Death and Professor Appleton

Posted on October 31, 2014 by Brian Bixby

‘Tis the day of innocent trick-or-treaters, candy corn, bobbing for apples, ghosts, witches, and malevolent creatures that will treat your children as hors d’oeuvres before they come to eviscerate you. Yep, it’s Halloween, and time for a short story of … Continue reading →

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Chapter 37 of Prophecies and Penalties

Posted on October 24, 2014 by Brian Bixby

The killer has finally been revealed. Now Emily Fisher finds herself in a life-and-death struggle. Too bad she’s tied up! But this is not a battle that will be won with fists, no. It will be waged over stranger terrain, … Continue reading →

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Chapter 33 of Prophecies and Penalties

Posted on September 26, 2014 by Brian Bixby

The showdown on top of Sacred Mountain is over. Emily is herself again (or at least she thinks so). But what exactly happened up there and why? And what has happened to the others who were up there? Emily gets … Continue reading →

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