Tag Archives: Magic

Chapter 10 of Nightfeather: Ghosts, and the Peralta-Reavis land fraud

Posted on December 10, 2013 by Brian Bixby

Energized by finding out that one of the ghosts actually lived, Sanderson decided to take an active role in investigating the ghosts. But ghosts aren’t the only hazard out there. And Sanderson doesn’t yet know what they can do. But … Continue reading →

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Chapter 8 of Nightfeather: Ghosts

Posted on December 8, 2013 by Brian Bixby

No matter what neat bits of magic she can pull, Sanderson lives in the same world the rest of us do, and has to deal with its pains and pressures. So while she thinks about what to do about ghosts, … Continue reading →

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Chapter 7 of Nightfeather: Ghosts, and an old acquaintance

Posted on December 7, 2013 by Brian Bixby

Three women, one of them dead, a lonely ravine . . . what could go wrong? No, no, this isn’t a slasher flick. Sanderson might be happier confronting a slasher. At least she’d understand what she was dealing with, instead … Continue reading →

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Review: Mitchell, Witchcraft and Magic in the Nordic Middle Ages

Posted on November 7, 2013 by Brian Bixby

An acquaintance mentioned to me a talk on “Witchcraft and the Law in Medieval Scandinavia” by Prof. Stephen A. Mitchell of Harvard University that she had heard and enjoyed. So I looked up Prof. Mitchell’s 2011 book, which includes a … Continue reading →

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The conclusion to Martha’s Children

Posted on October 31, 2013 by Brian Bixby

The struggle between Martha Fokker and Edward Cross is over. But what does that mean for Ned O’Donnell’s vampire police? And what of Martha and Cross, for that matter? And who’s going to tell us all this, anyhow? Find out … Continue reading →

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Chapter 36 of Martha’s Children, and Halloween next

Posted on October 25, 2013 by Brian Bixby

Finally Edward Cross and Martha Fokker are poised to engage in deadly combat. And holding the balance of power between them is the sorceress who calls herself Make Love Not War, who is Martha’s friend . . . but sitting … Continue reading →

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The magic of Owen Davies

Posted on October 20, 2013 by Brian Bixby

Owen Davies is a U.K.-based scholar who has been writing scholarly and popular books on magic and witchcraft for more than a decade now. I’d only learned about him by reading his Grimoires: A History of Magic Books (2009), which I … Continue reading →

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Chapter 35 of Martha’s Children, with the end in sight

Posted on October 18, 2013 by Brian Bixby

Ned’s attempt to establish a vampire police bureau has gotten tangled up in a sorcerers’ war pitting Martha Fokker against Edward Cross. Martha is not known for the sweetness of her temper. She’s going to put an end to this … Continue reading →

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Chapter 34 of Martha’s Children, and op art

Posted on October 11, 2013 by Brian Bixby

The last time we saw Nora O’Donnell, her brother was a vampire, her parents under the control of sorcerers, and she had just toppled backward into . . . nothing? Well, it turns out to be a very specific nothing, … Continue reading →

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Chapter 33 of Martha’s Children, and taking on a historical character

Posted on October 4, 2013 by Brian Bixby

Martha Fokker is not the most trusting of people. When her friends and allies start disappearing, she suspects foul play. Well, if there wasn’t foul play before, there will be by the time Martha gets finished! And Make Love Not … Continue reading →

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